Student review [#105082] for Linguistics
at University College London - UCL

Anyone attending UCL has objectively worked immensely hard to get here as it demands academic excellence. I began my journey at UCL with almost an air of complacency – that I had already made it. Studying here has dismantled this thought and propelled me to think deeper and more critically than I ever anticipated. My understanding of my degree (Linguistics) was, at first, hyper-focused to a purely sociolinguistic point of view from my English Language A-Level. However, the professors, who are experts in their fields, reframe your thinking to be that of an analytical linguist who questions and critiques every belief you and others have in this field. Oftentimes when I state my degree I get asked the question: “what languages do you speak then?”. One takeaway I hope people discover is that a linguistics degree is so much more than language; it stands at the intersection of computer science, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and philosophy. The education you receive at UCL stands out to me as holistic, preparing you for a modern, technologically advanced and constantly changing job market.