Linguistics degrees

229 courses at 34 UK universities offer linguistics for 2027 entry: most ask for between 104 and 128 UCAS points; 98 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 170, MA (Hons) 32, BSc (Hons) 15, BA 5
Study full-time 221, part-time 8

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing linguistics with another subject.

• English language 39
• modern languages 26
• psychology 13
• philosophy 12
• Spanish studies 8
• French studies 7
• English studies 6
• English literature 6
• German studies 5
• teaching English as a foreign language 5

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• Q1 linguistics 45
• Q3 English studies 18
• R9 other European languages 7
• C8 psychology 4
• R1 French 2
• T2 Japanese studies 2
• X1 teacher training 2

Universities

• Lancaster University 20
• University of Essex 20
• University of Aberdeen 18
• The University of Edinburgh 14
• University of Oxford 14
• University of York 14
• SOAS University of London 13
• University of Westminster, London 13
• Manchester Metropolitan University 10
• Queen Mary University of London 10
• Newcastle University 7
• Swansea University 7
• University of Warwick 7
• York St John University 7
• UCL (University College London) 6
• University of Southampton 6
• University of Portsmouth 5
• Bangor University 4
• Cardiff University 4
• University of Reading 4
• Birkbeck, University of London 3
• Nottingham Trent University 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Manchester 3
• University of Sheffield 3
• Ulster University 2
• University of Cambridge 2
• Bristol, UWE 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• Lincoln Bishop University 1
• Queen's University Belfast 1
• University of Greenwich 1
• University of Huddersfield 1
• University of Lancashire 1

Courses