LINGUIST List 22.136 Fri Jan 07 2011 Support: Comp Ling, Lang Technology: Ma/MSc Student, EM LCT Consortium Editor for this issue: Erica Wicks <ericalinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Valia Kordoni , Computational Linguistics, Language Technology, Communication Technologies: Ma/MSc Student, EM LCT Consortium Message 1: Computational Linguistics, Language Technology, Communication Technologies: Ma/MSc Student, EM LCT Consortium Date: 04-Jan-2011 From: Valia Kordoni <kordonicoli.uni-sb.de> Subject: Computational Linguistics, Language Technology, Communication Technologies: Ma/MSc Student, EM LCT Consortium E-mail this message to a friend Institution/Organization: EM LCT Consortium Department: Computational Linguistics / Language Technology Web Address: http://lct-master.org Level: MA / MSc Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Language Technology, Communication Technologies Description: Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for overseas and non-overseas (EUROPEAN) students For applicants of both Category A & B, the deadline for submitting applications is *17th January 2011* Category A = non European and special window Category B = European and other than A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following consortium of Universities: 1. Saarland University in Saarbruecken, Germany (coordinator) 2. Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy 3. University of Malta 4. University of Nancy 2, France 5. Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic 6. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands 7. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 8. The University of Melbourne, Australia are offering the Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT; http://lct-master.org) under the auspices of the Erasmus Mundus Program of the European Union (http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm). The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies is an international distributed Master of Science course. The program involves studying one year at one of the Universities of the consortium, and completing the second year with a stay in one of the other partner Universities. After this, the student will obtain two degrees at the level of Masters with legal value in each of the countries of issue. The Program in Brief Objectives: The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies 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. As such, the Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in LCT is designed to meet the demands of industry and research in the rapidly growing area of Language Technology. It offers education and training opportunities for future generations of leaders in research and innovation. Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS credits) Language of instruction: English Summary of Study Programme: The course consists of compulsory core modules, as well as elective advanced modules in Language Technology and Computer Science, optionally complemented by a project, and completed by a Masters dissertation. For further information please contact Dr. Valia Kordoni. Program coordinators: Prof. Hans Uszkoreit (hansu at coli.uni-sb.de) Dr. Valia Kordoni (kordoni at coli.uni-sb.de) Applications Deadline: 17-Jan-2011 Web Address for Applications: http://lct-master.org/registration/index.php?authorsInstructions=1 Contact Information:         Dr. Valia Kordoni         kordonicoli.uni-sb.de         Phone:+49 681 302 4682         Fax:+49 681 302 4700 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.