A master's in linguistics gives you the tools to understand how we humans communicate and express ourselves, and how language shapes the society around us. Whether you are interested in technology, culture, social relationships or human cognition, linguistics will open the door to a variety of career opportunities.
A linguistics degree will give you deep insight and expertise into the cognitive, social and neurobiological processes that underlie both the production and understanding of language. Today, linguists play an important role in the development of language and information technologies. They contribute to groundbreaking solutions in speech recognition, machine translation and automatic text analysis. Linguistics graduates generally have strong analytical skills, which are highly valued in many types of jobs.
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Former students at work
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Adviser at the Norwegian Language Bank
The language technology industry will continue to grow steadily. A job market has opened up for linguists who are native speakers of the language for which language technology is being developed, says Marie.
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Natural language understanding specialist, historical language consultant and transcriber
“My studies in linguistics have shown me the breadth of language as a discipline – a perspective that is absolutely essential in all my jobs” says André who works with both cars and TV-series.
Start developing your career
In your third semester at the master's programme in linguistics you can choose to have an internship at a workplace relevant to your field of study. You can also write a master's thesis in collaboration with an external funder/employer. In this way, you can get a valuable network which can be useful when you are looking for a job later.
You can also prepare for working life during your studies by attending career events, job search and interview courses, counselling and other activities offered students at the faculty..
- Internship Semester for Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
- Research Semester for Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
- Start preparing for working life through Jobbklar in Canvas
- Join The Student Commitee of ILN
Enhance your degree with an interdisciplinary certificate
Gain unique interdisciplinary competencies for your degree, together with students from across UiO. The certificate provides students with knowledge and skills sought after in the job market.
The honours certificates consists of 20 ECTS, which may be taken as a supplement to your program. It is available for all students enrolled in a master's or professional degree program.
Further studies
Read more about research training at the Faculty of Humanities: