Information Retrieval (Master's Level)
Course, Master's level, 5LN712
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Spring 2026 Spring 2026, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 30 March 2026–7 June 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree and (1) 60 credits in language technology/computational linguistics, or (2) 60 credits in computer science, or (3) 60 credits in a language subject, 7.5 credits in computer programming and 7.5 credits in logic/discrete mathematics. Knowledge of English equivalent to what is required for entry to Swedish first-cycle courses and study programmes.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 15,000
- Total tuition fee: SEK 15,000
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2025
- Application code
- UU-07723
Admitted or on the waiting list?
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Spring 2027 Spring 2027, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 29 March 2027–6 June 2027
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
A Bachelor's degree and (1) 60 credits in language technology/computational linguistics, or (2) 60 credits in computer science, or (3) 60 credits in a language subject, 7.5 credits in computer programming and 7.5 credits in logic/discrete mathematics. Knowledge of English equivalent to what is required for entry to Swedish first-cycle courses and study programmes.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 17,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 17,250
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2026
- Application code
- UU-07723
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 1 March 2027–28 March 2027
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course covers various methods from computational linguistics for information retrieval, including information extraction and question-answering systems, both for single- and multi-lingual materials. The course also addresses lexical semantics, text categorisation, and topic detection, as well as evaluation of such systems.
Syllabus
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2026
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2024
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2023
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2020
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2019
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2017
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2016, version 2
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2016, version 1
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2012