This programme will give students a comprehensive grounding in the theory and practice of phonetics. In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), Linguistics research at Edinburgh is ranked 1st in Scotland and 2nd in the UK (Times Higher Education, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Rank order by GPA).

Students will learn the core phonetic topics of:

speech production
speech acoustics
speech perception
They will also learn how phonetics relates to many other language-related disciplines.

The programme has a strong practical emphasis. It is designed primarily for graduates wishing to continue studying phonetics at PhD level, and for those wishing to use phonetics as a tool for investigation in related fields, including historical linguistics, phonology, developmental linguistics, psychology and speech technology.

The taught MSc in Phonetics will provide students with an intensive grounding in:

phonetics and related disciplines
its methodologies
research questions
techniques of research