The Master in
Master's degree in translation and communication technologies with a specialization in digital technology

is geared towards people who are passionate about both languages and computer science. This programme will help you develop the necessary technical and linguistic skills to handle multilingual information, for example by creating websites in multiple languages, managing writing, translation or localisation projects, using translation technology, managing terminology, or conducting multilingual information research. It does not matter what your native language is, but you must be able to work in French and English.

This programme is based on four main subjects: translation project management and quality control (develop, carry out and evaluate multilingual projects); information and communication technology (finding and handling multilingual information); localisation and webmastering (creating multilingual content online); and translation technology (implementing and evaluating translation technology, and managing terminology). It includes a wide variety of theoretical and practical courses that are strongly rooted in the professional world. The programme includes a mandatory internship, as well as a master's thesis, which provides an introduction to research work and can be related to your internship.

Programme length

2 years (4 semesters)

Languages of instruction

French and English

Conditions of registration

www.unige.ch/conditions/MA

Admission Conditions

A Bachelor in Multilingual Communication from the FTI, or a Bachelor degree from another university in multilingual communication, translation, communication, linguistics, computer science, or arts, or any other type of diploma, provided that you have obtained credits for at least one courses in language engineering, translation technology, or information and communication technology.
C1 certificate for English.
B2 certificate for French.

Admission is based on your application file.

Applications

Registration deadline for FTI entrance examinations: 28 February 2025
www.unige.ch/fti/fr/futurs-etudiants/inscription

Deadline for enrolment at the University: 28 February 2025
 

www.unige.ch/enrolment

The Master in Master's degree in translation and communication technologies with a specialization in digital technology

4 semesters (max. 6 semesters) | 120 ECTS credits
Mandatory courses (28 credits):
  • Project management and quality control
  • Web and multimedia technology
  • Information and communication technology
  • XML and multilingual documents
  • Language engineering
  • Localisation
  • Research methodology
Required electives (20 credits):
  • Computer-assisted translation
  • Machine translation 1- Systems and architecture
  • Machine translation 2 - Pre-editing, post-editing and evaluation
  • Translation corpora
  • Terminology
  • Terminotics
Free electives (20 credits):
  • Audiovisual translation
  • Specialised written communication A
  • Specialised written communication B (in English)
  • Internship related to translation technology
  • Another UNIGE course in communication, computational linguistics or computer science
Master's thesis (22 credits)
Mandatory Module provide by Computer Science Center:
  • Communication networks
  • Information systems and services modelling
  • Databases
  • Programming languages seminar
  • Human-computer interface
  • Semantic web technologies
  • Machine learning
  • Empirical methods in language processing

Professional Prospects

This programme opens the door to a wide variety of professions in fast-growing sectors of the language industry.

Contact information

Bachelor, Mobility, Doctorate
Mr Olivier Demissy-Cazeilles
T. +41 (0)22 379 95 66
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Masters
MNicole Stoll
T. +41 (0)22 379 87 07
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