Linguistics - Applied Linguistics

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University College Cork

Ireland , Cork

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines8-Sep-2026

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Duration 1 year(s)

Next Intake 8-Sep-2026

Linguistics - Applied Linguistics

About

This course will provide you with a solid grounding in various branches of applied linguistics, while at the same time allowing you considerable scope for specialisation in a research area of interest to you through the thesis component. Ours is a broad church and we can support you in most areas of study within the field of Applied Linguistics. For example, recent final-year thesis titles include:

Josephine Good: "The Discursive Construction of Psychiatric Identity: A Foucauldian Analysis of Patient Case Notes of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum 1900-1935"

Anne Marie Griffin: "Coping with Chaos: An Investigation of the Indirect Dyslexia Learning System, An Alternative Method of Teaching Dyslexic Students, with Particular Reference to the Phonological Deficit Theory"

Jessica Savage: "Gender Differences in the Language of Young Adults' Text Messaging: A Sociolinguistic Study"

You will also receive training in research methods, allowing you to develop generic skills which you will continue to draw on in your future career as well as in subsequent study at the doctoral level.

PhD Study at UCC

Many of our graduates pursue PhD study at UCC and beyond. The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences offer up to 10 scholarships to PhD/MPhil students every year.

Disciplines

Arts

Celtic Studies and Social Sciences

Requirements

Entry Requirements

For full details of the non-EU application procedure visit our how to apply pages for international students.

In UCC, we use the term programme and course interchangeably to describe what a person has registered to study in UCC and its constituent colleges, schools, and departments.
Note that not all courses are open to international/non-EU applicants, please check the fact file above. For more information contact the International Office.

English Language Requirements

Applicants who are non-native speakers of the English language must meet the university-approved English language requirements. Visit our PG English Language Requirements page for more information.

English Program Requirements

English Language Requirements (for Non-Irish EU applicants)

Teaching in Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is normally through the medium of English; therefore all applicants are required to demonstrate a high level of competence in the English Language.

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of equivalent competence in English Language through their school leaving examination or matriculation examination or by achieving the minimum standard (there may be higher levels for matriculation and/or particular programmes in individual institutions) in a recognised English language test, as specified below (note applicants are assessed on the results of a single sitting only):

UCC Language Centre Pre-sessional Programmes

These programmes are available to assist students who:

Have not achieved their required level of English for acceptance onto their undergraduate or postgraduate programme
Feel they do not have the academic or general English language skills necessary to succeed at the University

Find out more about the Language Centre's Pre-Sessional Programmes.

Career

What can I do after I graduate with an MA in Applied Linguistics?

This MA programme will specifically interest language graduates and those with an interest in language issues in society and a language-related career. Given the diverse branches of Applied Linguistics, students have considerable scope for specialisation in a research area of specific interest to them. A further strength of the programme is the training students receive in Research Methods, thereby developing generic skills which graduates will continue to draw upon in their future careers as well as in subsequent study at the doctoral level for example.

Occupations associated with Applied Linguistics

Language Teaching, Education & Research

Journalism

Communications & Media

Public Relations

Speech and Language Therapy

Translator

While these are examples of career areas, the generic and transferrable skills developed in the MA programme will be helpful in all career paths.

What are our graduates doing?

Past graduates are pursuing careers in a wide range of areas, such as language teaching and education, communications, journalism, and speech and language therapy, among others. Some graduates also choose to continue their studies at the doctoral level through the PhD programme in Applied Linguistics that is offered at University College Cork.

The generic skills that underlie the Research Methods training and the skills of analysis and interpretation that underlie the programme as a whole have been shown to be particularly fruitful in graduates’ subsequent professional and academic lives.