Welcome!
The Linguistics Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the oldest and most distinguished departments of linguistics in the United States, attracting graduate students from all over the world. With faculty members covering all major areas of linguistic research, the department offers a large number of undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics, as well as BA, MA, and PhD degree programs.
Formally established in 1965, the Department of Linguistics quickly became one of the leading linguistics departments in the nation. While its focus was originally on research and the training of graduate students, the Department has also developed an undergraduate program that has attracted some of the best students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Announcements
The Division of English as an International language has merged with the Department of Linguistics. . .
Effective Fall semester 2008, the Division of English as an International Language has merged with the Department of Linguistics. The MATESL program will continue to be offered in its current form through the the Department of Linguistics. Specifically, admission procedures, course requirements, graduation requirements and the degree awarded (MA in Teaching English as a second Language) will all be the same. In addition, students who obtain a MATESL degree and who wish to obtain a doctorate will be able to apply for admission to the PhD program in the Department of Linguistics, which has added a new area of concentration in Second Language Studies. Requirements for this new PhD specialization may be obtained in MS Word form here.
Classes start on 8/25!
Recent News and Upcoming Events
August 26, 2008 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Atrium, 1st Floor, Foreign Languages Building
Pedro Mateo, Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Kansas
September 4, 2008 | 12:00 pm
101 International Students Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St. Champaign
Professor Kingsley Bolton, University of Stockholm
October 9, 2008 | 7:30 pm
Room 210 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
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Department of Linguistics
4080 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue, MC-168 Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-333-3563
Fax: 217-244-8430
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