Overview
The International Masters in Natural Language Processing and Human Language Technology (NLP-HLT) is an Erasmus Mundus Master course, organised jointly by four European universities.
During the two-year programme, participants study at two or three universities of the consortium. Students are awarded a multiple Masters degree by the institutions where they study.
The main objective of this Masters Course is the production of bilingual or trilingual specialists in computational linguistics and its application.
Study programme
Four universities are involved in the Masters consortium. The student chooses to go to two or three universities of the consortium and studies for one year in one of the universities and for the other year in one or two of the three other universities (if the student chooses to go to 2 universities in the same year, he/she will spend one semester in each of these). The disciplines involved are linguistics, computer science, mathematics and either two or three languages. The study programme covers taught subjects and a research project dissertation in the domain. The taught subjects are organised so that each student obtains the same fundamental knowledge and can obtain more specialised material according to the student's preference for doing either more linguistics or more computing and mathematics. The lectures are based on fundamentals but are also in connection with the most recent research and developments in the domain. To complete the course, each student are required to obtain 120 ECTS points: 60 ECTS in taught subjects and 60 ECTS through the research project dissertation. Dissertation projects are jointly supervised by members of the teaching staff who are active in research and who also supervise PhD dissertations as well as visiting scholars - all partners of the consortium are associated with university research laboratories. Moreover, the opportunity exists for interested students within the programme to do a non-assessed placement in a company or in a research centre.
Multiple degree
The degree delivered is a 5th year university level "multiple degree" recognised by each of the participating universities; in other words, the student receives degree from each of the universities which he or she attends (3 certificates maximum). All successful students (European, third-country or others) receive the same final degree "International Masters in Natural Language Processing and Human Language Technology from each of the universities which he or she attends (3 certificates maximum).
Partner universities
Four universities are involved in the Masters consortium.
Persons in charge:
Université de Franche-Comté (France), Sylviane Cardey (coordinateur)
sylviane.cardey@univ-fcomte.fr
Universidade do Algarve (Portugal), Jorge Baptista
jbaptis@ualg.pt
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), Angels Catena
angels.catena@uab.cat
University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom), Constantin Orasan
C.Orasan@wlv.ac.uk
Admission requirements
The Masters course is open to both EU and non-EU students. To be eligible to apply, applicants must hold a recognised first degree, corresponding to three years of Higher Education / University studies in a field related to the topics of the course such as Linguistics, Languages, Translation Studies, Mathematics, or Computer Science. The applicants are also required to have a good level of proficiency in 2 or 3 languages of the consortium countries.
Master Scholarships
Scholarship applications submitted directly to the Agency by individuals are not eligible for funding.
Individuals employed by EACEA are not eligible to apply for scholarships.
Applicants wishing to apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship should indicate in the application form if they are category A or B.
The application to an Erasmus Mundus scholarship Category A and Category B is done using the studentApplication Form to the IM in NLP & HLT before the 19th December 2011.
If any student withdraw from the main list, the best students from the waiting list will be upgraded to the main list and will be notified immediately.
Category A students
Only third-country and Western Balkans and Turkey Window applicants are eligible to apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship Category A.
With the exception of the EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU, all countries of the world are considered third countries.
"Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA States and candidate countries for accession to the European Union; who has already obtained a first higher education degree; who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries; who has not carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Member States or the participating countries; and who has been accepted to register or is registered in an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course."
To qualify as a category A applicant, he/she must not have carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the EU Member States or the countries participating in the Consortium.
The Category of the "Western Balkans and Turkey Window" means students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, as well as from the candidate country: Turkey.
Category B students:
Only European students and students who do not belong to the Category A are eligible to apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship Category B.
European students must spend their study period in at least two of the consortium partner countries. At least two of the countries visited during the Master studies must be different from
the country in which the scholarship holder has obtained his/her last university degree.
Amount of funding
Every student who obtains a scholarship for the first year and is admitted to the second year will receive a scholarship for their second year.
Category A students
For the academic years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, the IM in NLP&HLT Masters programme will have 10 scholarships (Category A) for third-country students in the general category and 2 scholarships in the special category of the "Western Balkans and Turkey Window".
A scholarship of 24,000 Euros per year (4,000 Euros for installation and 20,000 Euros per year) will be allocated by the European Community to the best applicants.
The total sum of each scholarship is 48,000 Euros and covers tuition fees and living expenses as well as insurance.
Category B students
For the academic years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, the IM in NLP&HLT Masters programme will have 8 scholarships (Category B) for Europan students and students who do not belong to the category A.
A scholarship of 9,500 Euros per year will be allocated by the European Community to the best applicants.
The total sum of each scholarship is 19,000 Euros and covers tuition fees and insurance.
Masters admission requirements
The Masters course is open to both EU and non-EU students. To be eligible to apply, applicants must hold a recognised first degree, corresponding to three years of Higher Education / University studies (i.e., at the level of Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts) in a field related to the topics of the course such as Linguistics, Languages, Translation Studies, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
The applicants are required to possess language skills required to attend the universities of their choice. Unless they are native speakers of the languages of the countries chosen, they must have a minimum C1 level of competence in the languages, according to the European Common Reference Framework for Languages. For example, non-native speakers of English are required to pass a recognised international English test such as IELTS (score 6.0 or above) or have a bachelor's degree in English.
Please note:
The number of applications must be limited to three Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses maximum, according to the Call for Proposals (EACEA/07/07). In the eventual case that a student applies to more than three EM Courses he/she will be excluded from the selection for an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. The European Community has an automated checking system in place.
Application procedures
The deadline for submitting applications for applicants requesting a scholarship from the Consortium:
Category A: the 19th December 2011
Category B: the 19th December 2011
Visiting scholars: the 19th December 2011
For the other applicants, the deadline for submitting applications is the 7th June 2012.
The applicant will have an answer 2 months following the relevant application deadline.
The application form can be downloaded here: Application Form.
The application documents should be submitted electronically using “My account” in the menu. Two input forms will allow you to enter your personal information and to upload your electronic documents (.pdf format is recommended).
The application documents should also be sent by regular post to the Programme Coordinator:
Professeur Sylviane CARDEY-GREENFIELD
Université de Franche-Comté
UFR SLHS
30 rue Megevand
25030 Besançon cedex
France
Visiting Scholars Application Procedures
To apply for a visiting scholar funding, applicants should submit the following documents:
- A recent detailed Curriculum Vitae stating the main personal information (name, date of birth, citizenship, address, email address...) and academic qualifications (degrees, institutions, grades); previous positions held; language skills and proficiency; teaching and research experience; research interests; a list of publications; responsibilities
- A cover letter including an indication of preference among the four universities, preference among the four semesters.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 19th December 2011 - The application documents should be sent by e-mail to: MasterMundus.NLP&HLT@univ-fcomte.fr and also sent by regular post to the Programme Coordinator: :
Professeur Sylviane CARDEY-GREENFIELD
Université de Franche-Comté
UFR SLHS
30 rue Megevand
25030 Besançon cedex
France
Successful applicants will be notified 2 months following the application deadlines.
Contact detail
Professeur Sylviane CARDEY-GREENFIELD
Université de Franche-Comté
UFR SLHS
30 rue Megevand
25030 Besançon cedex
France
E-mail: MasterMundus.NLP&HLT@univ-fcomte.fr
http://mastermundusnlp-hlt.univ-fcomte.fr/
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