Studying Linguistics at UCL

 

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Why study Linguistics at UCL?

• We are ranked 1st in London and top 10 in the UK for linguistics (Complete University Guide 2024).
   
• You will develop a broad foundation in linguistic analysis and theory, while being able to pursue chosen areas in greater depth, and also to study language and linguistics in a broader context.
   
• Students can study at one of our international partner institutions with a year abroad on our International Programmes.
   
• With a ratio of 1:10.9, UCL has the second best staff-to-student ratio of any public UK university (Guardian University Guide 2025).
   
• We offer cutting-edge resources such as extensive laboratories for research in speech and language, perception and cognition, a centre for brain imaging and a behavioural neuroscience laboratory.
   
• We collaborate with a broad range of interdisciplinary research centres and institutes, both within UCL and beyond.
   
• 100% of students said that staff often make the subject engaging and 85% were in employment or further studies 15 months after completing their course (Discover Uni 2023).

What our students say

"I really love the people in my department. Chandler House is a very supportive environment and by claiming it to be a “small Linguistics family” I’m not being melodramatic. All staff are extremely helpful and patient (and after talking to my friends from other universities or even other departments I have realised that this should not be taken for granted!).

I want to emphasise that the teaching staff in the whole department, the way they take care of their fields of study makes it very easy to understand why UCL Linguistics is world-famous."

- Catherine, Linguistics BA (2020) 

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