PhD Translation Studies

Staff in Modern Languages research a wide range of areas, including literature, linguistics, translation and film. We supervise PhD students researching periods from the medieval to the present, across our seven main languages, with interdisciplinary projects involving additional supervision from other departments in the College of Humanities and beyond.Translation Studies at the University of Exeter is strongly marked by both applied and theoretical areas of interest. Academic staff serve as translators in such fields as the social sciences, philosophy, academic and literary prose, theatre and poetry, translating from and into Catalan, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish, whilst pursuing cutting edge theoretical research in cultural and historical approaches to translation.Our research is not only centered on translation in its professional, applied aspect, but together with the Centre for Translating Cultures, is also engaged with broader questions of translation as a key approach critical for describing the diachronic production and transfer of knowledge, for understanding the workings of memory and ideology, for examining inter- / intra-cultural and transcultural relations globally, for seeing translation as the root of adaptation in literature and the arts.

We are committed to ensuring you receive high quality research supervision to maximise your potential and prepare you for a rewarding career. You will develop skills which will be useful to you whether or not you stay in academia including highly developed research methods skills. Possible careers include academic research and teaching, and potentially, usually with further professional training, employment in research and policy organisations and charities in the UK and beyond.

IELTS, IELTS Online and IELTS Indicator (International English Language Testing System academic version) Overall score 7.0 with a minimum score of 6.5 in the writing component and all other sections no less than 6.0
TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition 100 with minimum scores of 25 for writing, and no less than 21 for listening,reading and speaking. MyBest scores are not accepted
Students applying to enter directly into the MPhil/PhD programme would normally be expected to have a Masters degree with Merit or equivalent in Modern Languages (in particular French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish) or Translation studies, or other relevant qualifications such as a doctorate in another subject.