Welcome to Linguistics
and English Language

The Department has been at the cutting edge since its foundation in 1974 and is ranked third for Linguistics in the 2013 Complete University Guide.

Our main areas of study are: Discourse Studies; Language and Literacy in their Social Contexts; Linguistic Theory and Language Description; Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Methods of Language Research.

Living in Lancaster

Lancaster is probably one of the UK's greenest universities. Stay on either our park-like campus or in the historic city of Lancaster. Find out more about living in Lancaster.

Undergraduate Study

As one of the largest departments of Linguistics in the UK, we offer a wide range of BA (hons) degrees right across the fields of English Language and Linguistics.

Masters Study

Our MA programmes, in the key areas of TESOL/ELT and Language & Discourse, are authoritative and yet questioning. Taught by world class specialists in language and in the language professions they engage with both theory and practice.

PhD Study

Our doctoral programmes have a history of outstanding, and sometimes award-winning, doctoral theses, both on our PhD Linguistics by Research Only and on our partially taught PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework scheme.

Other Courses

The Department of Linguistics and English Language offer a range of other courses including Language Testing at Lancaster, English for Academic Purposes and International Summer Programme.

Living in Lancaster
Undergraduate
Masters
PhD Study
Other courses

Research

The Department of Linguistics and English Language is an internationally renowned leading centre for empirically-based theoretical and applied research in a wide range of research areas.

Teaching

Courses cover the study of the English Language as well as numerous areas of theoretical and applied linguistics. We also offer a suite of successful postgraduate distance programmes. Students rate our teaching highly, and our staff includes two National Teaching Fellows.