Graduate Admissions Information

Department of Linguistics
UCLA


The UCLA Linguistics Department welcomes applications from students interested in pursuing the Ph.D. degree. The department currently has approximately 45 graduate students, including 15 foreign students. The admissions process is highly competitive; those offered admission are provided with full financial support, with commitments up to five years. Support packages include tuition, fees, and salary or stipend, and normally involve a mixture of fellowship, research assistantship, and teaching assistantship.

   

Royce Hall, viewed from just south of the Janss Steps


The admissions application is prepared and submitted electronically, through the Web site of UCLA's Graduate Division. General information about applying to UCLA for graduate study is also available online through UCLA's Graduate Division at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu.

Supplementary admissions materials (e.g. letters of recommendation, transcripts) should be mailed to:

UCLA Department of Linguistics

c/o Graduate Admissions
405 Hilgard Avenue, Campbell Hall 3125
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 (USA)

A full description of the UCLA Linguistics graduate program may be viewed here.

For advice on preparing your application, click here.  

For information on fellowships, please visit the following websites:

Mellon Fellowship, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, National Science Foundation Fellowships (NSF), UCLA Graduate Division: university awards; extramural fellowships

We are not the only linguists at UCLA.  The UCLA graduate programs in English, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Applied Linguistics, Indo-European Studies, and specific foreign languages have separate admission processes. Please contact those departments directly for information about applying to their graduate programs.


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