UMass Linguistics second in World University ranking

The QS world rankings by subject have again placed UMass Linguistics in the top three, at number two in 2019. We are the only department besides #1 MIT to have been in the top three for the last three years; this year the University of Maryland has replaced Harvard at #3. https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2019/linguistics.
Linguistics at UMass Amherst

We are internationally recognized as a major center for work in theoretical, experimental, and field linguistics. Our top-ranked doctoral program focuses on educating a small number of Ph.D. students as high-quality researchers and teachers.
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TESOL certificate @ UMass

The Linguistics Department, in collaboration with the ESL Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures now offers a 15-credit Certificate in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language.

TESOL certificate to launch in spring 2020

October 22, 2019

The Linguistics Department, in collaboration with the ESL Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures now offers a 15-credit Certificate in Teaching English as a Second or...

CSAAL hosts Summer Dialect Research Program

August 20, 2019

The Center for the Study of African American Language recently hosted the Summer Dialect Research Project (SDRP), co-directed by Lisa Green (Linguistics) and Brendan O'Connor (Information and...

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What is Linguistics?

Linguistics is the systematic study of human language.

Linguists are interested in language for its own sake, as a complex product of the human mind. They are also interested in how language develops in children, how it changes over time, and how it is used in human society.

Linguistics at UMass Amherst We are internationally recognized as a major center for work in theoretical, experimental, and field linguistics. Our top-ranked doctoral program focuses on educating a small number of Ph.D. students as high-quality researchers and teachers.

Building a Community of Dignity & Respect

TESOL certificate @ UMass The Linguistics Department, in collaboration with the ESL Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures now offers a 15-credit Certificate in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language.

TESOL certificate to launch in spring 2020

CSAAL hosts Summer Dialect Research Program

What is Linguistics?

Linguistics at UMass Amherst

We are internationally recognized as a major center for work in theoretical, experimental, and field linguistics. Our top-ranked doctoral program focuses on educating a small number of Ph.D. students as high-quality researchers and teachers.

TESOL certificate @ UMass

The Linguistics Department, in collaboration with the ESL Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures now offers a 15-credit Certificate in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language.