BA Computational Linguistics (25% weighting) at Heidelberg University

Computational linguistics explores how human language might be automatically processed and interpreted. Research in this area considers the mathematical and logical characteristics of natural language, and develops algorithms and statistical processes for automatic language processing.

Faculty: Faculty of Modern Languages  |  Department: Department of Computational Linguistics  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught and German-taught and German and English-taught  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

The Bachelor’s degree programme in Computational Linguistics with a weighting of 25% can be studied in two possible variants; with a specialism in “Applied Computational Linguistics”, or with a specialism in “Formal Linguistics”. In both cases, students will receive an introduction to computational linguistics and linguistics which will cover the most important aspects of the subject area.

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