Cambridge
Linguistics
BA/BSc/MA
Typical offer rate
36–46%
competitive entry
Typical entry
A*A*A
Grad employment
85%
15 months after
In professional roles
75%
Median grad salary
£26,000
15 months after
Cambridge's linguistics degree is a BA and MA studying how languages are structured, acquired and used, from phonetics and syntax to meaning and language change. The programme is analytically demanding, drawing on evidence from languages across the world. The offer rate sits at the competitive end; offers are made around A*A*A at A-level.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Linguistics at Cambridge has a 36–46% chance of an offer, competitive by UK standards. Most offers are made around A*A*A at A-level. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
See your personalised chances
Unimetrica estimates your individual offer likelihood for this course from your predicted grades and profile. It shows how it fits into your best five UCAS choices.
Estimate my chancesEntry requirements
- Typical A-level grades: A*A*A
- UCAS tariff: 160–160 points
About Cambridge
Cambridge teaches through its colleges as well as its faculties, so applicants apply to a college and are taught in small supervisions alongside the lectures, a system little changed in its essentials for a very long time.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Cambridge · Linguistics
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.