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| Application Deadline: | June 1 (EEA); March 1(Non EEA) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 578 | ||
| Location: | Leuven / Belgium / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | Dutch English | ||
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This master's programme builds on the research record and expertise of scholars who regularly contribute key publications within their fields. Besides combining linguistics and literature, it also gives students the opportunity to broaden their horizons by taking an elective course from among the many university programmes taught in English at Leuven.
Students live in an international atmosphere and are taught together with both Belgian and visiting students who have acquired a high degree of proficiency in English as well as strong methodological and heuristic skills in their disciplines.
Career prospects
Combined with a teacher-training certificate, this degree offers a strong qualification for graduates who wish to teach English in secondary or higher education. Graduates are thoroughly familiar with leading contemporary research in a particular field of English linguistics or literary criticism and are thus perfectly equipped for research at a higher level (PhD programmes / research projects, etc.) Graduates also develop the communicative skills required to report, both orally and in writing, on research findings and insights. Those skills can be used in a broad range of professional contexts where the ability to digest, synthesize, and present complex phenomena is essential.
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The main goal of the programme is the study of English linguistics and English literature, both in their theoretical aspects and in their applications.
The overall aim of the programme is to train students who, thanks to a thorough knowledge and command of the English language, are able to investigate and situate relevant linguistic and literary research topics in an autonomous way and to communicate their findings and insights effectively.
This aim implies a command of English as a prerequisite for research and scientific communication. It also implies a good grasp of research procedures, including a systematic methodological training and experience of research work, e.g. through the writing of an MA dissertation under the supervision of qualified staff.
Building on BA degrees in languages and literatures (including English), the programme emphasizes the development of a sound theoretical and methodological framework, the ability to take part in critical debates about data and research findings, and the stimulation of independent thinking.
- The student is thoroughly familiar with 'state of the art' research in a particular field of English linguistics or literary criticism.
- The student has developed expertise in research work in that area.
- The student is also familiar with 'state of the art' research in at least one field of the other discipline (literary criticism if his main emphasis is on linguistics and vice versa)
- The student is able to investigate, situate, structure and analyse research questions in linguistics and literary criticism and to formulate answers if necessary.
- The student has the communicative skills required to report, both orally and in writing, about research findings and insights. To that end, the student will have acquired a command of the English language corresponding to level C2 as defined by the Council of Europe.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Direct access:- Bachelor of Arts in de taal- en letterkunde: Engels
After admission:- Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Literature in English
Students with a degree other than 'Bachelor of Arts in de taal- en letterkunde: Engels' (e.g. Bachelor's degree in English) are required to submit a file showing substantial academic background in the field of study. In addition to the documents specified by the University's International Office (cf. this file should contain:- certified course descriptions in Afrikaans, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese or Spanish;- proof of proficiency in English: either an IELTS score of at least 7.5, or a TOEFL score of at least 610 (paper-based test), 253 (computer-based test), or 102 with no score under 22 for any of the four tests (internet-based test).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 610 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 253 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 102 |
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