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 50 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. |
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Please read the following information below carefully before requesting application materials.
A full description of the UCLA Linguistics graduate program may be viewed here.
For admissions materials, the easiest way to proceed is electronically, through the Web site of UCLA's Graduate Division. The electronic form can be used in place of a paper application by both U.S. and international applicants. If you would like a paper copy of the application forms, please contact the Department's Student Affairs Officer. General information about applying to UCLA for graduate study is also available online through UCLA's Graduate Division at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu.
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.