Postgraduate courses in Languages

Teaching and research in Chinese Studies at Maynooth University is focused on culture, society, history and literature rather than on business and commerce. Research includes the role of sport in the making of modern China and modern Ireland, Chinese Cinema and national identity and how Western thinking reshaped traditional Chinese knowledge. The MA in Chinese…

The M.Phil. in Early Irish is an opportunity to develop a wide range of specialist skills, as well as a deep technical knowledge of the Irish language as it was used during the Middle Ages. The programme explores the language through four key prisms: Old Irish prose, Old Irish poetry, Primitive and Archaic Irish as…

The Higher Diploma in French is aimed at graduates who want to be considered for a masters course in French, but do not have an honours degree in French, or who want to add a Higher Diploma in Arts subject to their qualifications. Objectives of the course: to provide you with opportunities to further develop…

The Higher Diploma in Arts is intended for those who already have a degree and who wish to study the subject intensively over one academic year full-time or two academic years part-time (by day). The Higher Diploma in Arts is a conversion programme and applicants would not normally have studied the relevant Higher Diploma in…

Do you hold a graduate degree in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or in English (if you are a non-native speaker of English)? Are you interested in advancing your career opportunities in multilingual global software and technology companies? Then the Higher Diploma in Languages and Global Software Business is just for you!…

This course offers an exploration of Irish writing in English from the late seventeenth century to the present. Trinity has educated many important writers, from Jonathan Swift to Samuel Beckett to Eavan Boland to Anne Enright. It has also long led the way in the teaching and researching of Ireland’s literature. Amid a diverse and…

The Higher Diploma in Arts (Italian) is a conversion course for those with a prior knowledge of Italian who want to study Italian language and culture to honours degree level. Competence in Italian language on entry should be equivalent to the standard in Italian achieved at the end of First Arts. It is aimed at…

This course is aimed at people hoping to return to the job market with modern language and intercultural communication skills along with competencies relating to managing global relationships, ICT, translation and localisation skills. It offers advanced specialism in one language (from Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian and French) and 10 credits of an additional foreign language…

Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. It has its roots in antiquity, though the twentieth century saw an explosion of research and the development of new theories and approaches. Linguistics has become an exciting and vigorous area of study, with strong connections to many fields including psychology, sociology, anthropology, cognitive science, computer science,…

This full time one-year MA Applied Linguistics course will appeal to a wide range of students, including present and future language teachers and those interested in linguistics, language studies and communication. Those applying for the course should have, or expect to have by the month of August prior to starting the course, a BA degree…

The course is aimed primarily at Language Teachers and other language professionals. The Masters in Applied Linguistics aims to provide a broad-based course of study in language description (language systems: grammar, lexis and phonology), theories of Applied Linguistics, theories of Second Language Acquisition, frameworks for the study of discourse, sociolinguistics, as well as specialist research…

MA in Global Cultures and Languages is a flexible programme that aims to equip students with advanced language skills in one or more areas and to develop their expertise in intercultural communication and cultural transfer. With a particular focus on training students for the global workplace, the programme enables students to take up an additional…

Introduction Many European societies have well-established sets of policies and legislation in place regarding the integration of migrants. However, they often lack a comprehensive and cohesive approach to meeting the needs of those arriving in crisis situations from a multiplicity of cultural and linguistic environments as well as the needs of the society in which…

Is is cuspir don chrsa minte iarchime seo n freastal ar chimithe Gaeilge a bhfuil caighden ard Gaeilge acu agus fonn orthu breis staidir a dhanamh ar theanga agus litrocht na Gaeilge. Cuirfidh mic linn an chrsa seo go mr lena gcuid eolais ar phromhrims linn na Gaeilge agus chomh maith leis sin beidh seans…

The MA in Translation Studies, a member of the European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network established by the Directorate-General for Translation at the European Commission (EMT network), provides expert training in the linguistic and intercultural knowledge and communication skills required to become a professional translator. Drawing on wide-ranging expertise in the School of Languages, Literatures…

Introduction The MSc in Translation Technology is a one-year, full-time programme at Dublin City University which provides advanced technical training, an essential element in the world of translation in the twenty-first century. It welcomes students with languages other than those covered by the MA in Translation Studies (i.e. French, German, Irish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese), with…

Speech processing is the science concerned with how speech communication works: how speech is produced by the speaker and understood by the listener. It is also concerned with how these processes can be analysed and modelled, and with how these models can be used to develop technologies that also produce and understand speech (synthetic voices,…

This doctoral programme in Applied Linguistics is a four-year, full-time programme which includes a combination of taught modules (in Year 1 of the programme) and individual research, the principal component being the doctoral thesis. In tandem with the doctoral thesis, this programme aims to enhance the professional knowledge of language teachers and language professionals by…