Computational and Corpus Linguistics

University of Manchester
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 12 Months Computer scienceEnglish language

About this course

Our MSc Computational and Corpus Linguistics provides a thorough training in natural language processing technologies and the data-driven study of language.

You will learn about areas such as:

  • Machine learning models for the classification, understanding and generation of texts.

  • Natural language applications such as dialogue systems and machine translation.

  • Corpus-driven approaches to linguistic questions in areas such as syntax, semantics and pragmatics, phonology and

    phonetics, historical, socio and psycholinguistics.

    You will acquire programming skills in Python and statistical analysis skills in R. You will learn how to use high performance computing facilities, and how to document and present your work.

  • Study Options

    This course is available in 2 study options:

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 12 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Manchester

    Part-time

    Duration: 24 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Manchester

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2139 Information technology professionals
    3412 Authors, writers and translators
    2223 Speech and language therapists
    2134 Programmers and software development professionals
    4135 Library clerks and assistants
    2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    12 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Manchester
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Computer science, English language