Call for Applications: Georgetown University MS and Ph.D. programs in Computational Linguistics

Georgetown University (Washington, DC) invites applications to our MS and Ph.D. programs for students wishing to study Computational Linguistics starting in Fall 2025. Georgetown is strategically located in the nation's capital with proximity to government institutions, a thriving tech industry, and other major universities. Our programs offer advanced training and cutting-edge research opportunities in topics such as natural language processing, syntactic/semantic analysis, corpora, contemporary machine learning/deep learning methods for language, and applications of Large Language Models and AI technologies. Current research priorities include computational psycholinguistics, computational models of discourse, and linguistics-based language modeling. Students have the opportunity to learn from faculty across a range of departments and to participate in our interdisciplinary research community (http://gucl.georgetown.edu/). Additionally, students who apply to the Ph.D. program in Computational Linguistics may elect to participate in the university’s Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science.

Admitted Ph.D. applicants are offered full funding. Admissions and funding decisions are made without regard to domestic vs. international status. Our programs include:

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MS in Computational Linguistics https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/graduate/master-degree-programs/master-of-sciences (Dept. of Linguistics, Jan. 15 deadline) -

Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/graduate/phd-programs (Dept. of Linguistics, Dec. 1 deadline) -

Optional: Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science https://cogsci.georgetown.edu/concentration/

Requirements: A bachelor’s degree by August 2025 is required to enter either program. Both programs include core courses in Linguistics, so a prior degree in Linguistics is not required. Ph.D. applicants are expected to have some programming experience and a commitment to participating in computational linguistics research. See recommendations for the Ph.D. Statement of Purpose https://medium.com/@nschneid/inside-ph-d-admissions-what-readers-look-for-in-a-statement-of-purpose-3db4e6081f80 .

Applications: https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/programs/apply/

Questions about application requirements and procedures should be directed to Erin Esch Pereira (eee8@georgetown.edu), Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Linguistics.

Sincerely,

Nathan Schneider http://nathan.cl/, Depts. of Linguistics and Computer Science; concentration director

Amir Zeldes https://gucorpling.org/amir/, Dept. of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics

Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox https://wilcoxeg.github.io/, Dept. of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics