Psychology of Language MSc

The MSc Psychology of Language at University of Dundee explores how humans acquire, use, and process language, and how these processes change with age or after brain injury. It suits graduates in psychology, linguistics or education who wish to pursue research, speech-language therapy or cognitive science roles.

Curriculum structure:
In the first phase, students take core modules such as Research Foundations (PY51001) and Qualitative Research Methods (PY51002), learning research design, qualitative analysis, and foundational psycholinguistic theory. 
The next phase covers modules like Advanced Quantitative Methods (PY52007) and optional classes such as Second Language Processing (PY50425), where students develop advanced statistical skills and delve into bilingual language processing and psycholinguistic experiments. 
Finally, the programme concludes with the Research Dissertation (PY52004), in which students conduct an independent empirical project—often using specialized equipment (e.g., EEG, eye-tracking) to investigate language cognition or disorders. 

Focus areas:
"psycholinguistics, second-language processing, language disorders, advanced research methods"

Learning outcomes:
"Graduates will apply advanced psycholinguistic theory, execute sophisticated quantitative and qualitative research, and conduct an independent empirical dissertation in language psychology."

Professional alignment (accreditation):
While not a practitioner-accrediting course for speech-language therapy, this MSc offers strong preparation for PhD study, research assistant roles, and cognitive/neuro-language research careers.

Reputation (employability rankings):
Dundee’s Language Research Centre (LaRC) and dedicated EEG, eye-tracking and fMRI facilities enhance the programme’s reputation—graduates move into research, AI-language applications, educational assessment and speech-therapy support roles.