ACS Natural Language Processing: The University of Manchester

Course description
Natural languages are the languages that people use, both for communicating with one another, and for recording their ideas, e.g. English, Urdu, or Arabic. If computers could understand these languages, they would be easier to use, and they would have access to all the information that people have written down.
This pathway combines two themes. First, through a basic theme of the same name, Natural Language Processing, the student is provided with a thorough grounding in the area. Second, the Applications of NLP theme then covers the theory, and practical issues, of systems that can interact with a user in natural language; and of systems for extracting information from large amounts of text, either open-ended resources like the entire web or more constrained technical knowledge-bases such as collections of journal articles.
Career opportunities
The MSc in Advanced Computer Science has an excellent record of employment for its graduates. Opportunities exist in fields as diverse as finance, films and games, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, consumer products, and public services - virtually all areas of business and society.
Students following this pathway will be ideal candidates in all areas that require some understanding of how to make computers understand and work with text in English, Arabic, Urdu, etc. This includes healthcare, media and journalism, eLearning, etc.
Entry requirements
Academic entry qualification:
They require a First or Upper Second class honours degree, or the overseas equivalent, in computer science, or in a joint degree with at least 50% computer science content. Applicants with extensive computer science industrial experience and a good honours degree, or its overseas equivalent, may also be considered for admission.
English language requirements:
All students are required to be proficient in spoken and written English. In order to be accepted onto an MSc programme in the School of Computer Science applicants need to provide evidence of having achieved the required level in one of the following english language qualifications:

• IELTS score of 6.5 minimum (writing 6)
• Internet based TOEFL 100 with 24 in writing
• Computer Based TOEFL 250 with 5 in TWE
• Cambridge Proficiency Grade 'C'