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 ...
Type of study: University Graduate - Master’s programme of study
Local study programme / Subject of qualification: Computer Science - Language Technologies and Computational Linguistics
Name of the qualification according to the Czech law: magistr
Title conferred: Mgr. (MSc. equivalent)
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Each student has the following obligations:
Two specializations are available for the State Final Exam:
A student selects one of two available specializations when s/he registers for the State Final Exam.
The State Final Exam consists of one obligatory examination area for both specializations (Area 1), one obligatory area dependent on the selected specialization (Area 2 or Area 3), and one elective examination area (Area 4 and Area 5). As the last examination area, the student may also select the obligatory area of the other specialization of this study programme. In total, each student gets questions from three examination areas.
Lists of topics covered by the examination areas, as well as recommended courses are provided in the Study Guide - study started 2020 and later (Czech version here).
More detailed list of topics here.
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)!
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)!
The student obliges him/herself to complete the 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).
seminar | C = credited (i.e., requirements of a course are fulfilled) | Czech abbrev. Z | |
MC = requirement with assessment |
Czech abbrev. KZ | ||
lecture |
Ex = exam |
Czech abbrev. Zk |
Learn more on ECTS here!