Essential Information for First-Year Students

Before consulting the program-specific tips below, please familiarize yourself with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Study Essentials. It provides the central information on organizing your studies, including module booking, assessments, study progress, and other important administrative procedures. The information below complements these general guidelines with advice specific to studying Computational Linguistics and Language Technology.

1. You study the guidelines and study regulations (see below) of the major and minor subjects you have taken and determine which courses you should take in the various subjects in the first semester.
2. You use the electronic course catalogue to determine whether time conflicts arise; if such conflicts arise, proceed according to the information in our "FAQ on the Study of Computational Linguistics" under the heading "Course Planning/Modules" "What can you do if courses in major and minor/subjects overlap"?
3. You book the courses with the university's booking tool (please note booking deadlines! see also details on module booking).
4. All CL courses are displayed as campus courses in OLAT. When you book a module, you are automatically registered (after 4 hours at the latest) as a participant in the corresponding OLAT course.

For questions that are not answered in our official documents and download section (Bachelor,Master and PhD) or the FAQs, please contact the Student Advisor for Computational Linguistics.

If you have no programming knowledge and your timetable permits it, it is advantageous to combine Programming Techniques in Computational Linguistics 1 with a visit to Informatics I. Both offer an introduction to the programming language Python, but have different approaches. But don't overstrain yourself! You should definitely prioritise the modules of the module group Introduction to Computational Linguistics or rather the compulsory courses in your Major/Minor. 

On our official documents and download pages (Bachelor,Master and PhD) you will find our most important documents, leaflets etc.

Please always consult the site Student Service of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which publishes information about dates, admission, student mobility, modules and exams and about the completion of your studies.

Our mailing list "cl-listATlists.ifi.uzh.ch" distributes information (important announcements, excursions, courses, vacant tutoring positions, job offers) to our students. Be sure to subscribe to this mailing list!