Berkeley,
CA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
PhD in Linguistics in Berkeley United States | University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
|
Berkeley United States
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
27,366
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
The Department of Linguistics adopts a comprehensive perspective on language studies. Our program encompasses fundamental areas like phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, while also extending to specialized fields including historical linguistics, field research and documentation, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. Our Graduate Program equips students with research skills to investigate and explain universal characteristics of linguistic structure, meaning, and application. We emphasize both language preservation efforts and advanced theoretical education. Linguistics represents a scientific discipline focused on understanding language systems, examining three primary dimensions: linguistic structure, semantic interpretation, and contextual usage.
Career Opportunities:
Federal government positions
Academic instruction
Scientific investigation
Language education, speech therapy/audiology,
Computational linguistics and language technology
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
The minimum graduate admission requirements are:
a bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution;
a satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale; and
enough undergraduate training to do graduate work in your chosen field.
Applicants admitted to a doctoral program that requires a master’s degree to be earned at Berkeley as a prerequisite (even though the applicant already has a master’s degree from another institution in the same or a closely allied field of study) will be permitted to undertake the second master’s degree, despite the overlap in field.
TOEFL at least 90 for the Internet-based test (IBT), and 570 for the paper-based format (PBT).
Overall Band score must be at least 7 on a 9-point scale for IELTS
Tuition
USD
27,366