Dr. Memet Aktürk Drake

Associate Professor

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Biography

Memet Aktürk Drake is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nordic Languages at Uppsala University. His main research interests encompass multilingualism and language contact, focusing particularly on loanword phonology, bilingualism within the Turkish diaspora, language policy, and historical sociolinguistics. Currently, he is engaged in projects that examine new perspectives on achieving Sweden's multicultural language policy, as well as changing norms regarding the pronunciation of English loanwords in Swedish. His work contributes significantly to the fields of phonology, multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and language policy.

Research Interests

Requirements for Uppsala University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Writing
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen (180 ECTS) 90 credits in a subject relevant to the specific program
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate and diploma
  • Official transcripts of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport photo page
  • Statement of Purpose (for most programs)
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application Summary Sheet (if required by department)
Specialization Notes

General Master's requirements applying across Science, Technology, and Humanities departments.