Career paths

The Master's programme qualifies students for university careers and further qualifications in linguistics and cognitive sciences as well as in related disciplines such as philologies, communication and media sciences. It also qualifies students for non-university occupational fields that focus on language, cognition, communication and media. This includes, for example, areas of Natural Language Processing (e.g. search engine optimisation, development of speech recognition software, etc.). Other related occupational fields include media and publishing as well as journalism. In addition, jobs in public relations, science management, foundations, international funding and development organisations or in the cultural sector are typical career goals for linguists. The intensive study of language and communication in their social and cultural context as well as the acquisition of competences in the area of data processing, organisation and presentation prepare students in many ways for these and other professional fields.