Why study Linguistics and Communication Sciences in Nijmegen?
Whenever we use language – whether it’s written, spoken or signed – we’re communicating. How does this work, and how and why does miscommunication occur? How does language fit together and how do we learn to understand each other?
- Radboud University has leading experts in areas such as psycholinguists, language acquisition, language and speech technology, intercultural communication, optimal communication, multimodal messages and social media.
- The programme is designed so that you can develop a unique professional profile by specialising in an area that meets your interests and research ambitions.
- You’ll gain substantial hands-on research experience during two lab rotations, while you’ll also develop various research skills (including academic writing, statistics and grant proposal writing); the programme also challenges you to think about societal impact of your research.
- You’ll participate in group-oriented education and be part of a select group of highly motivated national and international students.
- Linguistics and Communication Sciences is a selective programme which accepts excellent students with a strong motivation and a keen interest in empirical research in the fields of linguistics and communication studies.
- Linguistics at Radboud University is ranked in the top 50 worldwide in its field (Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)
- The Radboud campus in Nijmegen offers you a challenging research environment in which you have the opportunity to closely work together with specialists from four leading research institutes connected to this field:
- Radboud University has excellent facilities for doing research, including:
- Experimental labs and computer facilities with state-of-the-art equipment
- The University Library which houses the largest collection in the field of linguistics in the Netherlands
- On this page, you can find more information about the difference between a Research Master's programme and a Master's programme.
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