What will I learn?

The study of language is fundamental to the research environment across the School of Arts, English andLanguages, where various linguistic approaches are taken to varieties of English, French, Irish, and more.You’ll be part of a dynamic doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from diverse backgrounds. We supervise students undertaking research in key sub-disciplines of linguistics, including: sociolinguistics language variation and change language policy (education, community languages, minoritized languages) place-names language used in new media, narrative, literature, rhetoric, discourse analysis and translation and advancing knowledge of languages across the levels of phonetics and phonology, lexicology, morphology-syntax and pragmatics.

Which department am I in?

School of Arts, English and Languages

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£22,500.00 (24,51,514) per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

December 2027

Venue

Queen's University Belfast

University Road,

Belfast,

County Antrim,

BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£22,500.00 (24,51,514) per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

December 2026

Venue

Queen's University Belfast

University Road,

Belfast,

County Antrim,

BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

A 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. While a Master's degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) is not essential, it is desirable and applicants without this qualification will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.