Erasmus Mundus European Master’s Programme in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT)

Students are selected by a joint committee including members from all partner institutions. Students are selected for study in the program on the basis of their performance and excellence in their previous studies.

All applications are first screened for fulfilling the following eligibility criteria:

Meeting of the application deadline

Completeness of the application

English language proficiency

Bachelor degree (at least projected completion before starting the LCT Program) or equivalent in the area of (Computational) Linguistics, Language Technology, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines, subject to the consent of and the approval by the consortium's admission committee.

All applications that meet the eligibility criteria are then assessed against the following selection criteria:

Results in undergraduate education: grade and quality of first degree (what mark and from which university or program); time spent to receive first degree and way of conducting studies (short and focused, or if long additional activities, richness of studies depending on field, additional activities besides studies); having worked or studied in an interdisciplinary environment (type of first degree studies or additional experience outside the first degree studies);

Results in areas relevant for LCT, namely Computer Science and a proven interest in Language Technology (incl. a strong background in formal linguistics);

Result of TOEFL, IELTS or other acceptable test (see language requirements here); language abilities and practical application in studying or working;

Benefit potential for the students, how the student may profit from participating in the LCT program;

Motivation of the student for wanting to participate in the LCT program (expectations, own contribution).

All criteria are equally weighted, except the English proficiency criterion, which is applied in case of otherwise equal ranking