Along with Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon (France), Universidade do Algarve (Portugal) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), the University of Wolverhampton delivers the two year Erasmus Mundus International Masters course during which students attend two or three of the four universities. Students who successfully complete the course are awarded a multiple Masters degree by the universities they study at; i.e. a degree from each university they attend, which together constitute the International Masters in Natural Language Processing and Human Language Technology degree. This programme runs alongside the Master of Arts course in Language and Information Processing.
This Masters combines the study of linguistics, computer science and mathematics for computational linguistics and for each student, classes are delivered in two or three languages. The course aims to produce bilingual or trilingual specialists in natural language processing (NLP) to meet the need of organisations and enterprises which seek NLP specialists who are competent in several languages. Students are taught in the national language of the universities they attend, so they have the opportunity to achieve fluency in two or three European languages and gain a qualification in the countries chosen. The mobility within the course also allows students flexibility in their choice of modules and their specialism within the broader field, as well as a wide experience of teaching and assessment methodologies. On successful completion of the Masters, graduates will be well-placed for employment within the translating and language technology industries, as well as in academia, for example, continuing their studies by enrolling for a PhD
There are no similar Masters courses in NLP and human language technology in the UK which strike such a necessary balance between linguistics and computer science for computational linguistics, and offer complementary modules in a number of different universities and languages different languages.
More information about the programme, how to apply and courses taught by partner universities can be found on the coordinator's Erasmus Mundus Masters web page.
- Research Centre in Linguistics and Natural language Processing Lucien Tesnière, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- Laboratorio de Fonética, Lexicología y Semántica (fLexSem), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, España
- Spoken Language Laboratory (L2F), INESC-ID Lisboa, Centro de Linguística da UNL (CLUNL) and Onset - Centro de Estudos da Linguagem, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Research Institute for Information and Language Processing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
Machine Translation and Other NLP applications (20 ECTS)
Module leader: Dr. Lucia Specia
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Computational Linguistics (20 ECTS)
Module leader: Dr. Lucia Specia
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Programming for Corpus Linguists (10 ECTS)
Module leader: Dr. Constantin Orasan
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Translation tools for professional translators (10 ECTS)
Module Leader: Prof. Gloria Corpas
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Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (10 ECTS)
Module leader: Richard Evans
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LN4035 Research Project 1 (30 ECTS)
Module leader: Dr. Constantin Orasan
You will carry out a research project on a topic of your choice under the supervision of LSSC/RIILP staff and members of staff at partner institutions. A list of topics and names of supervisors will be provided at the beginning of the academic year. The topics will, as far as possible, be pertinent to research projects currently carried out in RIILP. This module covers the first year of the research project, including the project plan and literature review. LN4035 is for students taking their first year at Wolverhampton. CP4063 Research Methods and Study Skills is a co-requisite of this module.
LN4036 Research Project 2 (30 ECTS)
Module leader: Dr. Constantin Orasan
This module allows you to complete your individual research project started in the first year under the guidance of experienced members of staff. Although the research project is completed individually, there will be ample opportunity to consult staff to discuss ideas and obtain feedback throughout the module. This module covers the second year of the research project, including the final research project (approximately 25,000 words). LN4036 is for students taking their second year at Wolverhampton. A pre-requisite of this module is a research methods module from your university/universities attended in the first year.
CP4063 Research Methods and Study Skills (7.5 ECTS)
Module leader: Mr. Jasbir Uppal
The primary aim of this module is to develop knowledge and experience of research methods and techniques in the field of computing and information systems. In particular, it will develop professionalism in the acquisition and deployment of appropriate research skills in areas such as ethics, data collection, documentation, and presentation. This module is a co-requisite of the module LN4035 Research Project 1 for students studying in their first year at Wolverhampton.
Those applicants who plan to study at the University of Wolverhampton are advised to consult the website of the International Office for alternative ways to fund your studies at the University.
Please also consult a guide on budgeting your studies at UoW.
For more information about the masters programme please contact Erin Stokes.