Overview

The Linguistic Theory and Language Description programme offered by the HSE University is taught by members of HSE’s School of Linguistics in Moscow, which conducts a wide range of research activities, including fieldwork with minority languages, field anthropology, typology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and Russian sign language. Some of these activities are pursued in cooperation with the Laboratory of Language Convergence and the Center for Language and Brain. It is one of the few master’s programmes in theoretical linguistics that includes a strong interdisciplinary perspective, including acoustic phonetics and variationist sociolinguistics.

Career Opportunities

The Master’s programme in Linguistic Theory and Language Description is designed for students who plan to pursue careers in academic research and teaching. Successful graduates will typically look to further their training through PhD programmes in Russia or abroad or pursue positions teaching theoretical linguistics at leading universities.

Graduates also pursue positions with internationally renowned academic centres; in Russia, these include the Institute of Linguistics, Institute of Russian Language, Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, and the Institute of Linguistic Research.

Accreditation

State Accreditation

Programme Structure

Course included:

Linguistic data analysis: quantitative methods and visualization

Preprocessing and analyzing linguistic data in Python

Explanatory models in social sciences

Laboratory phonetics

Theoretical models in language description

Historical linguistics

Experimental linguistics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-03 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Moscow, Russia

Disciplines

Language Studies Linguistics View 4 other Masters in Linguistics in Russia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A copy of the document confirming the level of education (diploma or transcript of academic record)
English certificate

Motivation Letter
Interview

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

255000 RUB / year

≈ 255000 RUB / year

Additional Details

255 000 – 510 000 RUB/year

Living costs

Moscow

Russia

41640 - 81437 RUB / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

International students can apply to study at HSE for free through full-tuition scholarships and partial grants. Here is a link to explore: https://admissions.hse.ru/en/graduate-apply/financial-aid

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