Overview

The Language Education programme at The University of Edinburgh draws on a robust theoretical foundation to develop knowledge and critical awareness of practical issues in how we teach, learn and use languages in a global but locally minded context to enable and inspire future-thinking, evidence-informed practitioners as agents of change. Capitalising on the University of Edinburgh’s unparalleled research expertise, you will have access to a wide breadth of research themes to cater for your academic interests and career aspirations.

This programme enables you to gain intellectual and practical skills to engage with Language Education and Applied Linguistics research to improve practice or as part of interdisciplinary research. Besides offering cutting-edge teaching informed by the latest developments in the field, the programme is highly relevant and also suitable for those interested in:

Language and education policy
Materials development
Curriculum and learning design
Digital technology in Language Education
Corpora and Language Education
Teaching Languages to young learners and across languages
Language Assessment
And research into these and other areas of Applied Linguistics

Our students come from all over the world, with interest in a number of different languages, including Chinese, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish and English as additional languages.

Career

This programme will develop your love of language and its teaching. It will give you the knowledge and professional skills you need to enter the challenging field of language education or to extend your current career.

Whether you are a newly qualified or experienced teacher, or you are involved in a related area of language teaching, such as curriculum development, you will benefit from the blend of educational and linguistic foundations on offer.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Language and the Learner

Languages, Society and Education

Professional Practice

Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature

Bilingual Education

Critical Literacies and Critical Pedagogies in L1 and L2 contexts

Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-30 00:00:00

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It is strongly recommended you apply as early as possible. Applications may close earlier than the published deadlines if there is exceptionally high demand.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant discipline. Previous teaching experience is not required.

We may also consider your application if you have relevant employment or experience; please contact us to check before you apply.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

32000 GBP / year

≈ 32000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

13700 GBP / year

≈ 13700 GBP / year

Living costs

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

725 - 1167 GBP / month

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

Funding

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Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Edinburgh

Funding

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