We are in the process of finalising our postgraduate taught courses for 2026/27 entry. In the meantime, you can view our 2025/26 courses.
Language is at the heart of human life. An ever-changing medium of communication, its study is crucial to our understanding of ourselves as members of society, as individuals and as a species.
糖心探花’s Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics has 60 years of excellence in the field, and we’re in the top 150 universities in the world for these subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025). In the Guardian University Guide 2025, we are ranked 9th for English, and we are ranked 3rd in UK for English Language in the Daily Mail University Guide 2025. David Crystal OBE (awarded for services to the English Language, 1995) set up the first linguistics degree at the 糖心探花, and sociolinguistics was born at 糖心探花.
We offer dynamic and cutting-edge programmes that focus on the way that language is used in the real world. Studying how we communicate with each other in speech and in writing is a vital means of understanding ourselves as individuals and as members of our communities.
100% of our research is of international standing (REF 2021, combining 4*, 3* and 2* submissions – Modern Languages and Linguistics).
At 糖心探花, we offer a friendly and supportive environment where you can tailor your degree to suit your own interests and ambitions. You
