Bachelor's programme in Fundamental and Computational Linguistics

Fundamental and Computational Linguistics

This course is aimed at building students’ skills in the humanities and in mathematics, as well as in programming. Students participate in scientific conferences, as well as expeditions to study dialects and endangered languages of Russia, excursions to neurolinguistics laboratories and centers for the teaching of Russian as a foreign language. They also have the opportunity to participate in exchanges with European partner universities. Graduates are specialists in the automatic processing of natural languages and can find work in the field of computer technologies or as theoreticians studying the diversity of natural and constructed languages.

4 years

Full-time programme

165 000 –
550 000 RUB/year

Tuition Fee in 2025

Russian government and HSE scholarships and tuition fee waivers available

RUS+ENG

Instruction in Russian with some courses in English

State Accreditation

Independent Quality Assessment

The educational programme has been updated in the framework of a grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-928).

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