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PhD Linguistics / Overview

Year of entry: 2024

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• Bachelor's (Honours) degree at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and 
• Master's degree in a relevant subject – with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

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Please ensure you include all  required supporting documents  at the time of submission, as incomplete applications may not be considered. 

Application Deadlines 

For consideration in internal funding competitions, you must submit your completed application by  12 January 2024. 

If you are applying for or have secured external funding (for example, from an employer or government) or are self–funding, you must submit your application before the below deadlines to be considered. You will not be able to apply after these dates have passed. 

• For September 2024 entry:  30 June 2024 
• For January 2025 entry:  30 September 2024

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Programme description.

Our PhD Linguistics programme enables you to carry out research in a field of linguistics that matches the interests of one of our members of staff.

The Department of Linguistics and English Language is an international centre for Linguistics, with 20 full-time members of staff and approximately 15 postgraduate research students.

We are virtually unique in the UK and beyond in the breadth of subject areas and theoretical approaches represented by our members, many of whom are internationally renowned scholars in their specialisms.

Our academics' areas of expertise include:

• phonetics and phonology
• syntax (lexical-functional grammar, role and reference grammar, construction grammar, and minimalism)
• (formal) semantics
• historical linguistics
• dialectology
• the linguistics of English
• language contact
• variationist sociolinguistics
• child language acquisition
• field linguistics and language documentation
• quantitative corpus-based approaches
• forensic linguistics.

In our research, we combine the advancement of theoretical approaches with a strong concern for their empirical and methodological foundations.

Each member of staff also has a special interest in particular languages and language families, including major European languages, as well as lesser known languages of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Australia.

WE DO NOT, HOWEVER, SUPERVISE PROJECTS WITH A FOCUS ON SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING OR LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY. PLEASE, DO NOT CONTACT STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT SUCH PROJECTS.

Joint supervision arrangements for interdisciplinary projects are available.

Find out more about our Linguistics research , staff members , and what our current postgraduate research students are working on.

Find out what it's like to study at Manchester by visiting us on one of our  open days.

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:

• PhD (full-time) UK students (per annum): £4,786 International, including EU, students (per annum): £21,500
• PhD (part-time) UK students (per annum): £2,393

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

Please note for the majority of projects where experimentation requires further resource: higher fee bands (where quoted) will be charged rather than the base rate for supervision, administration and computational costs. The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive and, therefore, you will not be required to pay any additional bench fees or administration costs.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of the course for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your project.

Scholarships/sponsorships

There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers, details of which can be found via the links below.

To apply University of Manchester funding, you must indicate in your application the competitions for which you wish to be considered. The deadline for most internal competitions, including AHRC NWCDTP and School of Arts, Languages and Cultures studentships is 12 January 2024. 

All external funding competitions have a specified deadline for submitting the funding application form and a separate (earlier) deadline for submitting the online programme application form, both of which will be stated in the funding competition details below.  

For more information about funding, visit our funding page to browse for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.

• ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) PhD Studentships - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry
• AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP) PhD Studentships - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry
• School of Arts, Languages and Cultures PhD Studentships 2024 Entry - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry
• China Scholarship Council - The University of Manchester (CSC-UoM) Joint Scholarship Programme - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry
• Trudeau Doctoral Scholarships 2024 Entry
• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (High Income Countries)
• Humanities Doctoral Academy Humanitarian Scholarship 2024 Entry
• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (Least Developed Countries and Fragile States)
• School of Arts, Languages and Cultures New Generation PhD Studentships - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry
• President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards - Competition Closed for 2024 Entry

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Programmes in related subject areas

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The HPSL is offering full PhD scholarships, the NIHIN grants for open access publications of PhD theses and/or language corpora, and  Sachmittelstipendien/Förderbeiträge , grants covering expenses for conference trips or other activities related to HPSL projects.

Currently, we offer:

• financial support for research expenses ( Förderbeiträge )  for PhD students in Basel,
• financial support for workshops  for PhD students in Basel,
• grants for research stays for PhD students and postdocs in Freiburg

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Information on research grants and programs for transatlantic cooperation can be found at  GAIN , the German Academic International Network.

Useful information on funding specifically geared towards PhD researchers at Freiburg University has been compiled by the IGA, the  Freiburg International Graduate Academy .

Useful information on funding specifically geared towards PhD researchers at Basel University has been compiled by GRACE, the  Graduate Center of the University of Basel .

Information on third party research grants and foundations for PhD candidates who want to pursue their doctorate at Basel University can also be found at the  Directory of Foundations  or at  Research Professional . 

Foreign PhD candidates who want to pursue their doctorate at Basel University can apply for the  Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars.

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Please see the details on our Admission page. For specific questions, feel free to contact our coordinators .

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• Monday, 13th May 2024, 00:00 - 00:00 Gastvortrag: "How lexical meaning evolves. Methods and models of reconstructing the change patterns of semantic categories" (Prof. Dr. Gerd Carling)

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Hermann paul scholarship in linguistics 2023.

The Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2023 in Basel went to Irene Inoue.  Congratulations!

Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2022

The Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2022 in Basel went to Wendy Diepgrond . Congratulations!

Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2020

The Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2020 in Basel went to Mizuki Koda . Congratulations!

Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2019

The Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2019 in Basel went to Ye Ji Lee . Congratulations!

Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2018

The Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2018 in Basel went to Joelle Loew . Congratulations!

Hermann Paul Scholarships in Linguistics 2017

The Hermann Paul Scholarships in Linguistics 2017 in Basel went to Robert Reinecke and Valentina Saccone . Congratulations!

Hermann-Paul-Preis für herausragende Dissertationen

Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2022 ging an Aline Bieri und  Florian Dreyer . Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2022 went to Aline Bieri and Florian Dreyer. Congratulations!

Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2019 ging an Emiel van den Hoven . Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2019 went to Emiel van den Hoven. Congratulations!

Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2018 ging an Verena Schröter und Hanna Svensson . Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2018 went to Verena Schröter and Hanna Svensson. Congratulations!

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Funding For Graduate Students

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Internal Funding Source for PhD Students

Admission is highly competitive. All students admitted to the PhD program will be offered funding. There is no separate application for fellowships, assistantships, or scholarships.

Doctoral Assistantships : Assistantships provide a taxable stipend ($33,814 for the 2022-2023 AY), cover thesis research fees or tuition, and health insurance. Recipients must be full-time doctoral students. Assistantships require 15 hours per week or work as Research Assistants (RAs) or Teaching Assistants (TAs) who are assigned to individual faculty member or a faculty coordinator (as in the case of our introductory linguistics course: Introduction to Language). Assistantships are renewable for five years pending satisfactory performance.

External Funding Sources

Students are encouraged to apply for outside grants and internships. A selection of resources is given below; students should also consult the Office of Student Financial Services, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the Provost.

Resources 1. American Anthropological Association 2. American Sociological Association 3. Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) 4. Department of Education: Student Guide to Financial Aid 5. Funding for Women and Minorities 6. The LINGUIST list

Additional Funding Sources for Linguistics Graduate Students

1. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Various awards, including travel grants for the annual conference 2. American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation fellowships and other grants for women 3. American Council of Learned Societies Assortment of fellowships 4. The Camargo Foundation Fellowships For research in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures. 5. Consortium of Universities Consortium fellows program Research areas include linguistics. 6. Cosmos Club Foundation Small grants for equipment, conference travel, etc. 7. Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program 8. DAAD Grants for dissertation and post-doctoral research in Germany 9. Department of Defense NDSEG Fellowships for doctoral study in science and engineering (3-year term) 10. District of Columbia DC State Student Incentive Grant Program (SSIG) Master’s grants for DC residents 11. Ford Foundation Predoctoral and dissertation fellowships for minorities 12. Fulbright grants (USIA) Graduate study abroad for US citizens; graduate study in the US for non-US citizens 13. Language Learning Dissertation Grant Program 14. Mellon Foundation Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research 15. Modern Language Journal Dissertation Support Grants Check annually for fall deadlines 16. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) For college seniors and first-year graduate students; 3-year term 17. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Note: Proposals are submitted by a faculty member on behalf of the graduate student 18.  Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Grants for up to two years of graduate study in the United States. 19. Social Science Research Council Pre-dissertation and dissertation fellowships and grants 20. Spencer Foundation Grants and Fellowships For research in education 21. TESOL Fellowships For graduate study; travel grants (membership required). 22. The Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation fellowships For research in anthropology. 23. The William Orr Dingwall Fellowship For research in neurolinguistics.

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