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Master Linguistik
Universität Basel · Basel, BS, Switzerland
Key facts
- Degree
- Master's
- Institution
- Universität Basel (University)
- Location
- Basel, BS
- Language of instruction
- German, English
- Standard duration
- 2 years
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Admission
- Swiss Matura (Gymnasium) · vocational Matura plus Passerelle
- Fields
- Linguistics
About Linguistics
The science of language: sounds, grammar, meaning, language change and computational linguistics.
Where it leads
Computational linguist · Speech technologist · Lexicographer · Language researcher
Median income one year after graduating
University master’s: CHF 83,000 · UAS bachelor’s: CHF 78,000
Swiss Federal Statistical Office, graduate survey, class of 2024, gross, full-time
Linguistics at other institutions in Switzerland
- Master LinguistikMaster's · Universität Bern · Bern
- Master Comparative LinguisticsMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Computational Linguistics and Language TechnologyMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft/LiteraturwissenschaftMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Französische Sprachwissenschaft / LiteraturwissenschaftMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Iberoromanische Sprachwissenschaft / LiteraturwissenschaftMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Italienische Sprachwissenschaft / LiteraturwissenschaftMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master LinguisticsMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master Slavische Sprachwissenschaft/LiteraturwissenschaftMaster's · Universität Zürich · Zürich
- Master LinguistikMaster's · Université de Genève · Genève
- Master LinguistikMaster's · Université de Neuchâtel · Neuchâtel
- Master Angewandte SprachenMaster's · ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften · Winterthur
Source: Studierende nach Hochschule und Fachrichtung (Bundesamt für Statistik) (Open use, Quelle: BFS). As of October 10, 2026. The assignment to fields is ours. Check the details with the institution before you apply.
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