Linguistics: General Linguistics
University of Amsterdam • Amsterdam • Humanities, social sciences, communication and arts
Admissions & requirements
- 1. Additional Knowledge
General Linguistics is open for application to students with an academic BA degree in the humanities or social sciences with a minimum of 30 EC (equivalent to a full-time semester of academic studies) taken in the field of linguistics.
Please note that language acquisition courses are not considered linguistics courses unless they specifically focus on a subdiscipline of linguistics, e.g. Phonetics of Russian, Syntax of English.
Check: www.uva.nl/ma-general-linguistics > Application and admission
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Language requirements
Standard requirement for HBO/WO programs: IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80. Note: Specific scores for this program are being verified.
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