Established pursuant to the Decree of the 7th November 2013, the Specialised Master’s Degree in Language Sciences aims to provide students high-quality training to ensure mastery of language sciences in general as well as expertise in a particular sector. Besides a core curriculum, the program includes various training routes, each structured around an option, either as preparation for research in a specific sector of language sciences or for one of the various occupations in the field of language.

Obtaining a Specialised Master’s Degree in Language Sciences requires at least one year of study. The course can, however, be spread over a longer period. When an assessment is passed, the student receives the corresponding number of credits. Credits can be accumulated over 5 years. However, the student is not allowed to re-take the assessments of a course for which they have obtained a grade of at least 12/20 in the previous five academic years.... [-]

During their studies, the future masters in translation acquire the specific strategies and skills to translate, mainly into French, documents with a high level of specialization. These texts or speeches in fields as varied as economics, medicine, politics, law, sciences or literature require a high linguistic and cultural ability in at least two foreign languages, as well as the control of technological tools, among others.

A comprehensive study program is provided in German, English, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Russian. Optional courses such as language, civilization, general or specialized translation classes are offered in the aforementioned languages, as well as in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish.... [-]

During their studies, the future masters in conference interpretation acquire the specific strategies and skills to interpret, mainly into French, spoken messages with a high degree of specialization. These speeches belong to a wide variety of fields and consequently require an extensive linguistic and cultural ability in at least two foreign languages, as well as the control of technological tools, among others.

A comprehensive study program is provided in German, English, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Russian. A hands-on situation is foreseen in the master's degree 1st year by implementing real-life translation workshops. A professional placement/internship in a company or a multilingual administration, if not in the interpretation service of an international agency are constituents of the study program of the 2nd master as is the completion of a master thesis.... [-]