Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics

Local Master's Program in Computational Linguistics (in English)

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
• Studying at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (MFF):
  • 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
• 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 - submission deadlines: May 10, 2019 (with defense and state exams in June); Jul 19, 2019 (with defense and 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 submit your diploma thesis and/or registered for the state exam (typically in mid summer, see the academic calendar)!

State Exams (Oral Part) - students are examined from five areas:

• 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;
• 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

 

European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT)

The European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT) 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.

The program involves studying one year at one of the participating universities, and completing the second year with a stay in the other partner university. After this, the student will obtain two Master of Science degrees with legal value in the countries of issue ...