Prerequisites and Admission

• Applicants must have a Bachelor degree or equivalent in the area of (Computational) Linguistics, Language Technology, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines, subject to the consent of and the approval by the consortium's admission committee.
• Proficiency in English (for non-native speakers) must be certified by one of the following:
  • TOEFL score of at least 79 (internet-based test), 213 (computer-based test) or 550 (paper-based test).
  • Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English -- at least B
  • Cambridge Proficiency Exam -- pass.
  • IELTS -- > 6.5.
  • As defined by the individual partner institutions as being sufficient for pursuit of university courses taught in English.
  Please note:
  Applicants from countries where English is not the ONLY native language do need one of the certificates mentioned above.
  The TOEFL code number is 8497. All LCT TOEFL scores should be sent to Saarland University-Dept. of Computational Linguistics and Phonetics. So it is important to enter the code 8497 on your answer sheets when you sit for the examination. Please do not upload or send us a copy of the student record of your TOEFL scores. We can only accept official scores sent to us directly from the TOEFL organization.