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Celtic Studies & Languages Departments

Here you can find a compiled list of university departments that work in Celtic studies and Celtic languages across the world to help students of all levels find academic institutions to study. When looking at different departments, be sure to check out the modules offered in each program as well as the research interests of different members of faculty.

 

If you know about a department that is missing from this list, please contact us and let us know and we will amend this page.

Ireland:

• Dublin City University, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge.
• Faculty.
• Maynooth University, Center for Irish Studies.
  
• Faculty.
• Course Structure and Modules.  
• Maynooth University, Department of Early Irish.
  
• Faculty.
• Module Booklets.   
• Maynooth University, Department of Irish Cultural Heritage.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules.  
• Maynooth University, Department of Mhá Nuad (Modern Irish).
  
• Faculty.
  
• NIU Galway, Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge.
  
• Faculty.
• NIU Galway, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies.
• Faculty.
• NIU Galway, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures.
• Faculty.
• Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies.
  
• Faculty.
• Book of modules.      
• Queen's University Belfast, School of Arts, English and Languages.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules. 
  
• Trinity College Dublin, Department of Irish and Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Example Undergraduate Modules.
• University College Cork, Department of Early and Medieval Irish.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• University College Cork, Department of Modern Irish.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules.
• University College Cork, School of Irish Learning.
  
• Faculty.
• Courses.   
  
• University College Dublin, School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore.
• Faculty.
• University of Limerick, School of English, Irish and Communication.
  
• Faculty.
• Book of modules.
• University of Ulster, Center for Irish and Scottish Studies.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules.
• University of Ulster, School of Arts and Humanities.
  
• Faculty.
• Modules. 
  

Scotland:

• Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
  • Faculty.
  • Courses and modules.
    
• University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Institute.
• University of Aberdeen, School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture.
  
• Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies, and modules.
• Gaelic Studies, and modules.
• Scottish Studies, and modules.
• University of Aberdeen, Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies.
• Faculty.
• University of Edinburgh, Department of Celtic & Scottish Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules. 
• University of Glasgow, Research Center for Scottish & Celtic Studies.
• University of Glasgow, Department of Celtic & Gaelic.
• Faculty.
• Modules for Celtic Civilization, Gaelic, and Scottish Literature.  
• University of Highlands and Islands, School of Gaelic.
  • Faculty.
  • Courses and modules.
• University of St Andrews, Institute of Scottish Historical Research.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  

Wales:

•  Aberystwyth University, Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Courses and modules.
  
• Bangor University, School of Welsh and Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate courses and modules.
• Graduate courses and modules.
  
• Cardiff University, School of Welsh.
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate courses and modules.
• Graduate courses and modules.
  
• Swansea University, Department of Welsh. 
• Faculty.
• Book of modules.
  
• University of Wales, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.

Brittany:

• Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Centre de Recherche Bretonne et Celtique.
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate degree in Breton.
• Masters in Celtic Studies.
  
• Université Rennes 2, Département de Breton-Celtique.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• Intranet page.
  
• Université Rennes 2, Centre de Recherche Bretonne et Celtique.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
• Intranet page.

Cornwall:

• University of Exeter, Institute of Cornish Studies.
• Faculty.
  

England:

• University of Cambridge, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic.
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate topics. (first, second, and third year)
  
• Masters topics.
• University of Liverpool, Institute of Irish Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• University of Oxford, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Celtic.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  

The Netherlands:

• Universiteit Utrecht, Celtic Languages and Culture.
• Faculty. 
• Undergraduate Modules.
• Masters program.
  

Germany:

• Philipps-Universität Marburg, Keltologie.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
• Navigation: Fachbereich 10 Fremdsprachliche Philologien > Masterstudiengänge > M.A. Keltologie (Studienbeginn ab WiSe 20/21) > Studienbereich 1: Fachkompetenz.
  
• Universität Bonn, Die Abteilung für Keltologie.
• Faculty.
  
• Modules.
  

Poland:

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate Modules.
• Masters Modules.
  
•  Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Pracownia Studiów Celtyckich.
• Faculty.
  
• Modules.

United States:

• Boston College, Irish Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• East Tennessee State University, Department of Appalachian, Scottish and Irish Studies.
•  Faculty.
•  Modules.
• Harvard University, Department of Celtic Languages & Literatures.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• Georgia Southern University, Irish Research and Teaching.
  
• NYU, Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
•  University of California, Berkeley, Department of Celtic Studies.
•  Faculty.
•  Modules.
• University of Notre-Dame, Institute for Irish Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• University of Wisconsin, Center for Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.

Canada:

• Concordia University, School of Irish Studies. 
• Faculty.
• Undergraduate Modules.
• Graduate Programs.
  
• Simon Fraser University, Center for Scottish Studies.
• St. Francis Xavier University, Department of Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  
• University of Guelph, Center for Scottish Studies.
• Modules.
  
• University of Toronto, St. Michael's College, Celtic Studies.
• Faculty.
• Modules.
  

 

Scholarships

• NUI Travelling PhD Studentship (more info here). 
• NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities (more info here). 
• University College Cork, MA Excellence Scholarship (more info here). 
• University College Cork, PhD Excellence Scholarship (more info here). 
• University College Dublin, PhD Studentship (up to 4 years) in Early Irish Language, Literature and Law (more info here). 

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