Language and Communication Technologies
European Masters Program
Obligatory and Elective Courses of the LCT Program in Prague
Type of study: University Graduate - Master’s programme of study
Study programme / Subject of qualification: Computer Science / Computational Linguistics
Name of the qualification according to the Czech law: magistr
Title conferred: Mgr. (MSc. equivalent)
Each student has to pass all obligatory courses (5) at the Charles University (or their equivalents at a partner university - subject to approval) and the Final State Exam in particular.
Each student has to gain at least 42 ECTS from the list of elective courses at the Charles University (or their equivalents at a partner university - subject to approval).
More Detailed Information:
- Incoming students - Charles University web page
- Practical info: Booklet for incoming students
- MFF web portal for students in English programmes
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Studying at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (MFF):
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General rules for Master's Programmes
- Courses Enrolment
- Annual Evaluation of Study (including minimal number of credits for enrolment to the second year)
- How to close the first year and enroll to the second year. Note that you have to visit the Student office in person before you leave Prague.
- Overview of Master's Programmes at MFF
- Study regulations section at the MFF web portal
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General rules for Master's Programmes
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Study Requirements - Computational Linguistics as a part of the Master's Program in Computer Science
- general information (including obligatory courses and State Final Exam examination areas common to the Computer Science program)
- obligatory and elective courses, State Final Exam examination areas of the study branch Computational Linguistics
- Detailed Academic Calendar
- Student Information System
- Student Affairs Department (Mgr. Kristýna Kysilková, Ph.D.), including contacts and opening hours
- Charles University: Regulations
Diploma Theses
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submission deadlines for 2019/2020:
- May 28, 2020 (with defense and/or state exams in June);
- July 30, 2020 (with defense and/or state exams in September)
- Guidelines for Registering, Writing, and Submitting a Master Thesis
- Regulations concerning Diploma Thesis and its layout
- Master thesis and its defenses (unofficial notes for CL students)
- Archive of Diploma Theses - SIS
Note that you have to finish all your courses and get necessary credits including credits for diploma thesis (120 ECTS) before you are allowed to registered for the state exam and/or for the defense (typically in mid summer, see the academic calendar)!
State Exams (Oral Part) - students are examined from five areas:
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from two obligatory areas covering the theoretical foundations of computer science (description of the areas can be found here):
- complexity and computability, and
- data structures;
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from the obligatory area for the study branch Computational Linguistics (description of the area can be found here):
- fundamentals of natural language processing
- from two areas specific to the student's specialization within the study branch Computational Linguistics - the student will select these two examination areas when registering for the final exam; description of the areas can be found here.
Tuition Fee
The local tution fee for LCT students is covered from the LCT program - this fee covers one year of study at the Charles University.
The student obliges him/herself to complete the LCT Program requirements within the deadline specified in the academic calendar (typically the end of September). If the student fails to meet this deadline (s)he can ask for a program extension.
In case of the extension, the Charles University local fee will be demanded from the student according to the local regulations specified at the faculty webpage. If the student has finished his/her coursework and (s)he is just working on his/her master thesis, (s)he can ask for 80% reduction of the local fee (in written).
Known problems
- Data Structures I - based of students assesment, from 2018/19, the structure of course requirements has been changed and new teacher (with excellent grading from students) is assigned to the English course
The Coverage of LT Modules in Prague
The following table summarizes main courses covering LT modules (may be subject of marginal changes – please check in the Student Information System).
The Coverage of CS Modules in Prague
The following table summarizes main courses covering CS modules.
| Module | Code | Name | ECTS | Type | Semester | |||
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| Data Structures, Data Organization and Processing (CS-M1) | NTIN066 | Data Structures I (obligatory) | 5 | C+Ex | winter | |||
| NPFL092 | NLP Technology (obligatory) | 5 | MC | winter | ||||
| NPFL103 | Information Retrieval | 6 | C+Ex | winter | ||||
| Logic, Computability and Complexity (CS-M2) | NTIN090 | Introduction to Complexity and Computability Theory (obligatory) | 5 | C+Ex | winter | |||
| NPFL081 | Practical Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Computer Linguistics | 3 | C | winter | ||||
| Formal Languages and Algorithms (CS-M3) | NTIN071 | Automata and Grammars | 6 | C+Ex | summer | |||
| NPFL054 | Introduction to Machine Learning (3/6) | 3 | C+Ex | winter | ||||
| NOPT042 | Constraint Programming | 6 | C+Ex | winter | ||||
| Advanced (CS-M4) | NPFL054 | Introduction to Machine Learning (3/6) | 3 | (see above) | ||||
| NPFL104 | Machine Learning Methods | 5 | C+Ex | summer | ||||
| NPFL095 | Modern Methods in CL | 3 | C | winter | ||||
| NPFL099 | Statistical Dialog Systems | 5 | C+Ex | summer | ||||
| NAIL069 | Artificial Intelligence I | 5 | C+Ex | winter | ||||
| NAIL070 | Artificial Intelligence II | 3 | Ex | summer | ||||
Note that there is a great number of other CS courses taught in Czech. Depending on student's interest, English lessons may be arranged. Please, contact us.
Grading scheme
| seminar | C = credited (i.e., requirements of a course are fulfilled ) | Czech abbrev. Z |
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MC = requirement with assessment |
Czech abbrev. KZ | |
| lecture |
Ex = exam |
Czech abbrev. Zk |
Grading equivalent table recommended by the European Office can be found here.