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The Master program Comparative Linguistics is a minor program (30 ECTS). You can begin your studies either in Spring semester or in Fall semester. Starting in Fall 2025, this program will also be available as a major (90 ECTS).
Those completing the program are equipped with the specialist linguistic knowledge required to analyze language from a historical, typological and documentary, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic perspective. They have mastered a broad comparative approach to languages and language. They have advanced knowledge of quantitative and qualitative analytical methods, experience with the interdisciplinary presentation of research and its findings, and are capable of designing and conducting comparative language research.
Language of Instruction: English
For this consecutive study program, students are required to have knowledge and skills equivalent to 18 ECTS of basic/introductory linguistics and 12 ECTS of advanced linguistics modules. These requirements are set on the basis of the quality, content and scope of, and the level of skills imparted in, the Bachelor’s degree program Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich. If these requirements are not fully met, additional requirements (in the form of Bachelor’s modules) may be imposed. Requirements will be determined only after submission of the full application dossier (see admission).
As with most other university degrees, studying Comparative Linguistics does not lead to a specific profession. One of the main areas of interest for graduates is research. However, there are many other career possibilities outside of academia, as the interdisciplinarity of the program makes it possible to work in various language-related areas, e.g. copy-editing, PR consulting/advertising, translation or teaching. Depending on personal interests and other skills acquired during their studies in both the minor and the major, students may realize the possibility of working in areas such as development work or natural language processing.
