IELTS: a minimum of 6.0 in each element
TOEFL: Internet-Based Test (iBT): a writing score of at least 24
† TOEFL Internet-Based
††Academic IELTS
††† Cambridge Certificates: a pass at a Grade C or better is required
The Master of Science in Human Language Science and Technology falls under the auspices of the Erasmus Mundus LCT (Language and Communication Technologies) consortium. The programme aims to create education and training opportunities for future generations of leaders in research and innovation in the area of Human Language Technology. It provides students with deep knowledge and insight into the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of LCT and strengthens their ability to work according to scientific methods.
Non-Maltese students spend one year at the University of Malta and another year at a partner University of the LCT consortium. Maltese students spend both years at partner universities of the LCT consortium, other than the University of Malta. In this way all students are offered a substantial taste of international collaboration.
This programme is offered as an interfaculty programme of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology and the Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology.
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Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)Compulsory Units (All students must register for these units)
CSA5024, Advanced Issues in LCT 1, 4 ECTS,
CSA5310*, Dissertation, 30 ECTS,
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ARI5101, Placement, 6 ECTS,
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
ARI5905, Research Topics in Natural Language Processing, 5 ECTS,
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ARI1101, Foundations of Data Science, 5 ECTS,
ARI1103, AI Numerical Methods 1, 5 ECTS,
ARI2572, Computational Morphology and Syntax, 6 ECTS,
CPS3235, Data Science: From Data to Knowledge, 5 ECTS,
CPS5200, Mathematics of Discrete Structures, 5 ECTS,
EBI3085, Entrepreneurship: Start-up your Innovative Business, 5 ECTS,
ICS2205, Web Intelligence, 5 ECTS,
ICS2207, Machine Learning: Introduction to Classification, Search and Optimisation, 5 ECTS,
ICS5001, Introduction to Programming through Python, 5 ECTS,
ICS5110, Applied Machine Learning, 5 ECTS,
ICS5111, Mining and Visualizing Large-Scale Data, 5 ECTS,
LIN3010, Language Typology and Universals, 4 ECTS,
LIN3301, Experimental Psycholinguistics, 4 ECTS,
LIN3502, Multimodal Interaction and Communication, 4 ECTS,
LIN3503, Speech Technology, 4 ECTS,
LIN5580, Computational Lexical Semantics, 4 ECTS,
LLT3511, Deep Learning Approaches to Natural Language Processing, 5 ECTS,
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
CSA5312**, Project, 10 ECTS,
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
ARI1203, AI Numerical Methods 2, 4 ECTS,
ARI2203, Natural Language Processing: Methods and Tools, 4 ECTS,
ARI5121, Applied Natural Language Processing, 5 ECTS,
CPS5201, Discrete Mathematics, 5 ECTS,
ICS5000, Natural Language Programming, 4 ECTS,
ICS5003, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Language Technology, 5 ECTS,
ICS5114, Big Data Processing, 5 ECTS,
ICS5115, Statistics for Data Scientists, 5 ECTS,
ICS5119, Intelligent Image and Video Analytics, 5 ECTS,
ICT5101, Internet of Things, 5 ECTS,
IOT5028, Creativity, Innovation and New Digital Technologies, 5 ECTS,
LIN2301, Experimental Techinques and Paradigms, 4 ECTS,
LIN3095, Writing Systems, 4 ECTS,
LIN3504, Multilingual Computing, 4 ECTS,
LIN5022, Grammar Models, 4 ECTS,
LIN5024, Linguistic Data to Linguistic Theory, 4 ECTS,
LIN5031, Machine Learning Methods for Natural Language Processing, 6 ECTS,
PHB2505, Science Communication, 6 ECTS,
Semester 2
LIN1063 Academic Reading and Writing in English 2 ECTS
This degree serves as a qualification for follow-up PhD studies with the participating partners and other institutions or as an additional qualification for a career in the IT industry. In both cases, the degree is a guarantee of high quality education for students who will in the future work on multilingual information management, the development of new technologies for adaptive multimodal and multilingual human-computer dialogue systems, efficient processes for content-management on the Internet, and development of language strategy and quality assurance, especially in the rapidly expanding multilingual European area.
Health insurance - EUR €200 per year
