Overview

The Erasmus Mundus track in Language and Communication Technologies at University of Groningen combines Theoretical Linguistics and Computer Science. You will study language technology in a multi-lingual setting.

The two-year training is part of the prestigious international Erasmus Mundus programme. The first year you will start in Groningen. You will finish the programme with a stay at one of our partner universities in the second year. After completing the track, you will receive two Master's degrees: a degree in Linguistics in Groningen and a second Master's degree depending on the partner university you chose to stay at.

Job prospects

After graduation, you are well prepared for a career in Information Technology.

You can work on subjects such as web search, information management and human-computer dialogue systems.

You can also continue your career in research, for instance as a PhD student at a university.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Corpus Analysis

Syntactic and Semantic Theory

Language Modelling

Learning from Data

Multichannel Management

Neuro-Imaging and Language

Lecturers

The EM LCT courses are predominantly taught by researchers from the computational linguistics group of the Centre for Language and Cognition. The group specializes in automatic syntactic analysis (of Dutch and other languages), automatic semantic interpretation, machine translation, and authorship studies.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-28 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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IELTS

7

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Groningen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Language Studies Communications Engineering

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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7

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's diploma in a field related to Computer Science, (Computational) Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Humanities, Language Technologies, Cognitive Science, Mathematics, or relevant disciplines
Excellent academic record, with a grade of 8.0 or higher on the thesis written for the B.A. or previous M.A. degree
CV
Additional requirements English: A VWO diploma or a subject certificate for VWO English (mark 6 or higher), minimum requirement of TOEFL iBT 100 (with a minimum of 25 on writing skills), or IELTS 7 (with a minimum of 6.5 on all items)
Two letters of recommendation from relevant experts
Motivation letter
Students must be willing to complete the second year at one of the partner universities

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

8500 EUR / year

≈ 8500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

4250 EUR / year

≈ 4250 EUR / year

Living costs

Groningen

Netherlands

750 - 1000 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Are you an international student from a non EU/EEA member state starting a Research Master's programme or Erasmus Mundus Master's programme at the Faculty of Arts? If so, you could qualify for the Holland Scholarship, a partial scholarship which helps you to finance your studies.

Are you a non-EU/EEA student from Russia, India or Indonesia, starting a Master's programme at the Faculty of Arts? If so, you could qualify for the University of Groningen OTS/Talent Grant, Faculty of Arts, a partial scholarship which helps you to finance your studies.

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Overview

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Programme Structure

Lecturers

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

EU/EEA Applies to you

Living costs

Groningen

Funding

Scholarships Information

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