Language and Linguistic Science

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• The department is based in Vanbrugh College on Campus West.
• A range of dedicated and advanced facilities, including a psycholinguistics lab, speech lab (articulograph and ultrasound) and a recording studio.

Undergraduate-specific

Postgraduate-specific

• The Humanities Resource Centre is a community hub for cross-disciplinary research, and acts as both a work and social space for postgraduate researchers and academic staff. The space is also open to postgraduate-taught students to a certain extent (it's fine to advertise this on PGT pages).
• Data Lab -  equipped with computers running various software that can be used to conduct data-oriented research, e.g. acoustic, corpus or statistical analysis. Can also be used for meetings and as a study space when available.
• Forensics Lab - a dedicated lab space for use by Forensic Speech Science staff and students, where data can be stored securely.
• Psycholinguistics Lab - equipped with computers running E-Prime and Matlab, which can be used to run audio and visual behavioural experiments.

Linguistics

• 1st in the UK for the quality of our linguistics research, according to the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021)
• 5th in the UK for linguistics (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)
• 10th in the UK for linguistics (Complete University Guide 2025)
• =81st in the world for linguistics (QS World Rankings 2024)

• 3rd in the Russell Group for 'Academic Support' in linguistics (National Student Survey 2024)

Languages

• 10th in the UK for French (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)
• 4th in the UK for French (Complete University Guide 2025)
• 6th in the UK for Iberian languages (Complete University Guide 2025)
• 9th in the UK for Iberian languages (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)

• 2nd in the Russell Group for 'Academic Support' in French studies (National Student Survey 2024)

• 3rd in the Russell Group for 'Academic Support' in Iberian studies (National Student Survey 2024)

Key messages about York

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• A Language and Linguistic Science degree offers incredible flexibility, with a wide range of option and elective modules on offer.
• Incorporate studying a language as part of your degree through an elective module, or as a short course through the Languages for All programme.
• The ability to learn directly in your language of study. The department are unique in teaching their core language modules in the language of study, in order for students to develop fluency and confidence quicker.
• A variety of exciting study abroad opportunities.
• The department offer a range of exciting language learning courses that students of all disciplines can carry out alongside their degree, including Languages for All and CertTESOL.

Undergraduate-specific

• Ability to study a language 'ab initio', which means from the beginning. Students are not required to have any previous language qualifications or any prior knowledge of the language. Ab Initio leads to the same level of language proficiency as language programmes requiring an A-level.

Postgraduate-specific

• One of the leading centres in the UK for teaching and research in theoretical and empirical linguistics.

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• Language and Linguistic Science student blogs

Undergraduate-specific

• York Virtual Visit page
• What it's like to study Languages at York
• What it's like to study Linguistics at York
• What can you do with a Linguistics degree? (Student vlog)

Postgraduate-specific

• York Virtual Visit page
• MA Linguistics at York