Find out more about studying Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition MScR at The University of Edinburgh? We've gathered all the key details, entry requirements, modules, fees, and more. Take the next step by booking an open day to explore it for yourself.
MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Part Time
Jan 2027
2 Year
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.Our primary areas of research are:natural language processing and computational linguisticsspoken language processingdialogue and multimodal interactioninformation extraction, retrieval, and presentationcomputational theories of human cognitioneducational and assistive technologyvisualisationMuch of our research is applied to software development, in areas as diverse as social media, assisted living, gaming and education.
