Overview

The Language and Intercultural Communication programme from The University of Edinburgh is based on the premise that, to help learners develop into multi-lingually and multi-culturally aware world citizens, language teachers must work for maximum integration between language and culture teaching.

While this is now a desired goal of foreign language courses in the European context, and also in Asia, Australia and the USA, a growing body of literature suggests that the study of language and intercultural communication is not approached in a critical and engaged manner in the classroom. This lack of critical engagement may have a detrimental effect on deep culture learning.

Career opportunities

On completion of the degree, you can expect to be employed worldwide in all areas of intercultural language education.

Example roles include:

teaching language and intercultural communication in primary, secondary and tertiary levels

training other intercultural language teachers

designing intercultural language curricula, policies and materials

undertaking empirical research into the development of democratic competencies for intercultural citizenship

Every year we have the pleasure to accommodate representatives from large teacher recruitment agencies, who talk to our students about the benefits of becoming an intercultural language teacher, in addition to conducting interviews with candidates who are short-listed for language teaching posts.

The MSc in Language and Intercultural Communication is also a good introduction to undertaking further research at PhD level.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy

Language Education for Intercultural Citizenship

Critical Topics in Intercultural Communication Studies

Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature

Bilingual Education

Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching

Global Englishes for 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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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.

Applicants do not need to have language teaching experience to enter this programme. Applicants may also be considered on the basis of employment or relevant experience.

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Tuition Fees

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32000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

13700 GBP / year

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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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