15 March 2027, 04:00 PM (Europe/Berlin)
Computatiοnal Linguistiсs
(Starting: Winter Semester)
- Starting
- Winter Semester
- Mode of Admission:
- no admission restriction
- Study Mode:
- On campus
Course Description
What's the weather like in Paris? Maybe you've already asked yourself how it's possible that you can now talk to your mobile phone, for example, to check your appointment calendar or find out the current weather in Paris. The answer: computer linguists were at work here! Computer linguists deal with the development of machine systems that analyze and process human language. As an application-oriented computer linguist, you develop search engines that can be used to access data on the Internet or dialogue systems that allow other people to have a conversation with a machine. If you are more interested in theory, you can help to understand the formal and mathematical properties of human languages and investigate machine learning methods that can be used to automatically extract rule systems from large amounts of text.
Requirements
Qualification Requirements
University entrance qualificatiοn.
Language Requirements
The following certificates are recognized as proof of your language proficiency.
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Application & Admission
Application Deadlines
German Students 
Other EU Students 
Non-EU Students Non-EU StudentsNo application is required for open-admission programmes; enrolment takes place exclusively online via the PULS portal.
| Intake | Winter Semester |
| Application start | 15 August |
| Application deadline | 15 Septemberin > 10 months |
| Application mode | Directly at university |
German Students
| Intake | Winter Semester |
| Application start | 15 August |
| Application deadline | 15 Septemberin > 10 months |
| Application mode | Directly at university |
Other EU Students
| Intake | Winter Semester |
| Application start | 15 August |
| Application deadline | 15 Septemberin > 10 months |
| Application mode | Directly at university |
Application Procedure & Selection
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