18 August: fyi -- language technology taught msc funding (Erasmus Mundus)

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The following consortium of Universities:

1. Saarland University in Saarbruecken, Germany (coordinator)
2. Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy
3. University of Malta
4. University of Nancy 2, France
5. Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
6. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands

are offering the European Masters Program in Language and Communication
Technologies (LCT; http://lct-master.org) under the auspices of the Erasmus
Mundus Program of the European Union
(http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm).

The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Language and Communication
Technologies is an international distributed Master of Science course. The
program involves studying one year at one of the Universities of the
consortium, and completing the second year with a stay in one of the other
partner Universities. After this, the student will obtain two degrees at
the level of Masters with legal value in each of the countries of issue.

The Program in Brief

Objectives: The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Language and
Communication Technologies provides students with profound knowledge and
insight into the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of
language and communication technologies and it strengthens their ability to
work according to scientific methods. Moreover, the students acquire
practice-oriented knowledge by choosing appropriate combinations of modules
in Language Technology, Computational and Theoretical Linguistics, and
Computer Science. As such, the European Masters Program in LCT is designed
to meet the demands of industry and research in the rapidly growing area of
Language Technology. It offers education and training opportunities for
future generations of leaders in research and innovation.

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS credits)

Language of instruction: English

Summary of Study Programme: The course consists of compulsory core modules,
as well as elective advanced modules in Language Technology and Computer
Science, optionally complemented by a project, and completed by a Masters
dissertation.

Application Deadlines:
Applications to the LCT and the Erasmus Mundus Scholarships scheme for the
academic years 2010-2012 commence on the 15th of August 2009 and can be
made online at
http://lct-master.org/registration/index.php?authorsInstructions=1

Study Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the following study requirements:

1. a Bachelor degree or equivalent in the area of (Computational)
Linguistics, Language Technology, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science,
Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines.
2. Proficiency in English (for non-native speakers) must be certified by
one of the following (for more details, please check
http://lct-master.org/index.php?id=prerequisites):
a. TOEFL score of at least 250 (computer-based test) or 575 (paper-based test).
b. Cambridge Proficiency Exam - pass
c. IELTS - > 6.5
d. Possession of a first degree taught in English
e. Internet-based TOEFL score: 79

Please, note that applicants from countries where English is not the only
native language do need one of the certificates mentioned above.

For detailed info on applications, please, check the web pages:

http://lct-master.org/index.php?id=deadlines

For further information please contact Dr. Valia Kordoni.

Program coordinators:

Prof. Hans Uszkoreit (hansu@coli.uni-sb.de)
Dr. Valia Kordoni (kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de)

Further contacts can be found at:
http://lct-master.org/index.php?id=ap

Application Web Address:
http://lct-master.org/registration/index.php?authorsInstructions=1

Contact Information:
PD Dr. Valia Kordoni
kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de
Phone:+49 (0)681 302 4682
Fax:+49 (0)681 302 4700


PD Dr. Valia Kordoni, Computational Linguistics-Saarland University, P.O.
Box 15 11 50, 66041 Saarbruecken, Germany and LT-Lab DFKI GmbH
Tel: +49 681 302 4682
Fax: +49 681 302 4700
E-mail: kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de
http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~kordoni/
http://www.lct-master.org/

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