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Utrecht University · Netherlands

Linguistics

How languages are built, processed in the brain and change over time, studied with experiments, logic and a little mathematics.

Where
UtrechtNetherlands
Degree
BA
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
1 May 2027
Admission
Open to all who qualify
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BA
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

    Source

  2. 1 May 2027

    Application deadline, programmes without numerus fixus (EU/EEA)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

Year one introduces the study of language through courses on meaning, psychology of language, morphosyntax, sociolinguistics, phonetics, language development and digital tools. In year two you choose one of three clusters: Language and Society (taught in Dutch), Language and Cognition, covering psycholinguistics and acquisition, or Language and Computation, covering corpora, computational modelling and language models, alongside an integrated humanities track. Year three has a capstone course on research and writing, electives for one third of the programme, and a bachelor's thesis. You can do an internship, with past placements at dictionary and language institutes.

What you need

  • Bilingual programme: year 1 is taught in English; from year 2 two tracks are in English and one (Taal en samenleving) is in Dutch.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Utrecht University

The IB Diploma counts as equivalent to VWO. IB English A or B, SL or HL, meets every UU English level.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on uu.nl

How places are decided

    • Everyone eligible is admitted
    No cap: meet the requirements and you are admitted. Apply in Studielink by 1 May; matching is part of enrolment (voluntary if you live abroad).
Sources (3)
  1. Linguistics at UU — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at UU

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