Linguistics - Doctorate [5 Years]
$29,500 /Yr On-campus full_time

Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] Linguistics

  • The department offers state-of-the-art facilities for research in phonetics, including articulatory movement tracking, ultrasound, electroglottography, and speech aerodynamics. 
  • The phonetics lab is part of the Cornell Speech Imaging Group (SIG), a cross-disciplinary team of researchers using real-time magnetic resonance imaging to study the dynamics of speech articulation.
  •  The department also hosts a Computational Linguistics Lab which focuses on statistical parsing of large data samples, including grammar development, parameter estimation, and acquisition of lexical information from corpora. 
  • The Language Documentation Lab provides resources and laboratory space for research involving language documentation, description, and analysis, with an emphasis on understudied languages. The Interface Research Lab focuses on understanding the interfaces between phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Tuition Fees $29500 $29500 $29500 $29500
Total Fees $29500 $29500 $29500 $29500

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7.0 9 3
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 100 120 3
GRE Graduate Record Examination 310 340 2
PTE Pearson Test of English 70 90 3

Academic Eligibility: 

  • Students must have a bachelor's or a master's degree in a related field to get admission to this program.
  • A GPA of 3.34 on a 4.0 scale is required to be eligible for the program.

Indian Student Eligibility:

Indian students are eligible to apply if they meet one of the following eligibility criteria:

  • Students must complete a 4-year undergraduate degree with first class in a relevant field from a recognized institution
  • Or, students completed a master's degree with first-class in a relevant field from a recognized institution.

Students need to submit a minimum GMAT score and GRE exam scores for a better chance of admission.

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test to get admission to this program.