Admission Requirements
Applicants should hold a B.A. or equivalent degree in Linguistics or an equivalent degree with a sufficient emphasis on topics related to Linguistics. Only candidates with a minimum of three Linguistics courses will be considered.
Officially certified copies of all educational certificates, including transcripts and diplomas from secondary school and university education, must be submitted.
An English proficiency test result must be included. Applicants must pass either the TOEFL with a minimum paper score of 550 (230 computer) or the IELTS with a mark of 6.0 or better.
Citizens of Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand do not have to submit TOEFL/IELTS test results. This is also the case for applicants who have spent at least one year in one of these countries, and who have attended higher secondary school or university there.
Applicants from African countries with a BA/BSc/BEng degree for which the language of instruction has been English, and those who have passed English as a subject at GCE A-level with grade C or better, are also exempted from the language requirement. Applicants with a university degree in English language (BA in English) are also exempted from the language requirement.
Please be aware that applicants from Asian countries (for example Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) with a BA/BSc/BEng degree for which the language of instruction has been English are not exempted from the English language requirement, except for candidates holding a BA degree in English.
