PhD in Language Studies

2025/2026

Introduction

The doctoral programme in Language Studies is aimed at those people who, with a university degree and a profile in languages and linguistics, wish to face the challenge of writing a thesis. We brought together a group of specialists in Spanish, Galician and general linguistics to offer an attractive program and a stimulating environment for the realization of the research plan. The research may deal with a topic related to: Discourse analysis and Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, synchronous and historical Lexicography and Lexicology, synchronous and historical Grammar and Dialectology, Corpus Linguistics and Language Technologies, Language Learning, Visuogestural Modalities and Sign Languages, Textual Editing and Literary Language.

This study is verified and published

This study renewed its accreditation on 03 June 2022.

 

Annual PhD tuition fees
Approximate price applicable to all students (non Spanish and non EU included). Secretarial expenses, school insurance and training complements (if applicable) are not included.
200€
Offered place for academic course 2025/2026
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Why study

Why pursue a PhD? A PhD is the highest academic qualification.It indicates that the holder has mastered the subject on which they wrote their thesis and has carried out research that contributes something new to our state of knowledge. Why do a PhD in linguistics? How do we communicate? What is the relationship between language and thought? What causes languages to change? Why are there so many languages in the world? If you have a background in Linguistics, and also ask yourself questions like these, you certainly have a place in our PhD programme. Through your research, you will be able to contribute the advancing  the complex answer to these and similar questions What are the advantages of the PhD program in Linguistic Studies? We are a team with a proven track record in supervision, as demonstrated by the theses we have already supervised and those currently underway under our supervision. You are sure to find a topic of interest among the diverse range of research areas we offer. Furthermore, the Universidade da Coruña will provide you with vauable resources, particularly regarding access to information sources. We also offer the opportunity to undertake study periods abroad,   benefiting from our collaboration with groups of foreign universities in countries such as Belgium, Brazil, France or Portugal.

This program is inter-university, as it is a joint degree with the Universidade de Vigo.



This is an interuniversity study, in addition to University of A Coruña, the following universities also colaborate in teaching:

  • Universidad de Vigo

Roadmap

Starting academic year 2013-2014
Last update/verification ACSUG date 26/07/2013
Authorization DOG publication date 20/12/2013
Official BOE publication date 11/03/2014
BOE syllabus publication date 11/03/2014