Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition

Course Overview

Offered by The University of Edinburgh, the PhD Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition provides a comprehensive postgraduate education in engineering and technology. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, this Russell Group university offers a research-led approach to learning, with a 3-year full-time and part-time structure. Strongly interdisciplinary in nature, the Institute for Language, Cognition and Communication (ILCC) is dedicated to both basic and applied research in the computational study of language, communication, and cognition, in both humans and machines. As technology focuses increasingly on language-based communication tools, research into the automation of language processing has become vital. ILCC offers you the broadest research scope in the UK and a strong computational focus. A minimum ielts score of 6.5 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 94% student satisfaction rating, a median graduate salary of £37,000 within three years, and a 90% continuation rate.

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