English Language & Linguistics/Russian - MA (Hons)

University of Glasgow

English language and linguistics combines the study of the structure and meaning of the English language, past and present, to see what all this tells us about our culture, our society and ourselves. A degree in Russian will allow you to study a language of strategic international significance, as well as giving you access to the richness of Russian culture.

We have been teaching English Language and Linguistics for over 75 years and our staff are leaders in their fields. We created the world-leading Historical Thesaurus of English, a unique resource charting the semantic development of the huge and varied vocabulary of English, and we have dedicated laboratories for analysing spoken and written language. Glasgow has a long history of teaching Russian and Slavonic languages and we offer excellent materials in our dedicated library collections.

As a graduate in English Language & Linguistics you will be an expert in language, communication and the rigorous analysis of texts and events in the real world. You will have a broad range of career opportunities, drawing on your research skills and knowledge, as well as graduate attributes applicable to a variety of professional contexts Our graduates find jobs in traditional and new media, publishing, marketing, speech therapy and dictionary-making, and many of them teach English as a foreign language, often in Europe, Asia or South America. Graduates in modern languages and cultures pursue rewarding careers in the media, teaching, journalism, tourism, translating and interpreting, and the Civil Service. Russian is one of six languages in use by the United Nations.