This page is under construction. The program can only be entered in the winter semester and admittance is limited to 24 students each academic year. Prerequisite is a recognized high school diploma. All applications must be received by July 15. Classes start in October.
Classes cover topics in CL, mathematical foundations, computer science, and theoretical linguistics.
Upon successful completion of the required courses and the acceptance of the thesis the student will have earned the diploma degree. The grade will be the weighted average of the grades received for the courses and the diploma thesis. Students admitted to pursue the diploma degree are not subject to any tuition fees, regardless of nationality. Additional funding for living expenses may be obtained through various scholarship foundations. The Department of Computational Linguistics at the University of the Saarland offers the possibility to studying for the degree of PhD in Computational Linguistics.