Overview

Human language technology, which is used for such programmes as ChatGPT, represents the fastest growing field of language research.

It's a developing interdisciplinary field that encompasses most subdisciplines of linguistics, as well as computational linguistics, natural language processing, computer science, artificial intelligence, psychology, philosophy, mathematics and statistics.

The mission of the Human Language Technology programme at The University of Arizona is to train students for HLT-related jobs in industry at the master’s level, placing HLT graduates in this burgeoning high-tech domain both in Arizona and worldwide.

Key Features

Anywhere language meets information technology or where humans need to interact with computers, language needs to be organized so that it can be handled and processed by computational means. This often requires broad knowledge about linguistics and how languages work and computer science and related fields.

Well-known topics in human language technology include web search engine technology (an instance of information retrieval), speech recognition (computer dictation), speech synthesis (computer-generated speech), optical character recognition (OCR), machine translation, electronic dictionaries, spell checking, grammar checking, word processing, computer typesetting, computer-assisted language teaching, automatic captioning on TV - in short, any and all tasks where human language and information technology meet.

Careers

Many jobs are centered in the IT industry, where a variety of companies need trained HLT professionals. But the wide coverage of the field also guarantees a wide choice of careers, some of them closer to language-related work, some closer to computer science.

Human Language Technology represents the fastest growing field of language research. Because of its industrial applications, it provides far more employment opportunities than are available in traditional academic research. The Master of Science degree in HLT is designed for students who are interested in going directly into the industry rather than going into academia on the Ph.D. track.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Computational Linguistics

Advanced Computational Linguistics

Statistical Natural Language Processing

Syntax I

Speech and Language Technology

Internship in HLT

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00

More details

For the online programme the deadline is July 20.

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

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Campus Location

Tucson, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Students wishing to enroll in the Master of Science in HLT should have some prior training in either linguistics or language-related liberal arts disciplines, or the more scientific fields that HLT includes - computer science, mathematics, or engineering. Applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Prospective applicants must have a 3.0 or higher GPA in order to qualify for admission.

Applicants must submit a concise statement of intent demonstrating their academic goals, career goals, and why a graduate degree in linguistics would help him/her pursue these goals.

Applicants must provide a writing sample to demonstrate their level and proficiency of writing.

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The GRE is recommended but not required.

Tuition Fees

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23400 USD / year

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Out-of-State

23400 USD / year

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In-State

12700 USD / year

≈ 12700 USD / year

Living costs

Tucson

United States

830 - 1140 USD / month

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