Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Lexicography
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
DURATION
2 Semesters
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Galician
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,500 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU: €2,250 | Non EU: €4,500
Introduction
The Erasmus Mundus international master's degree in Lexicography, taught by a consortium of universities and coordinated by the German university Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlagen-Nürnberg, has the study of Lexicography as its central axis. With an interdisciplinary approach, its objective is the scientific and academic training of students as well as facilitating their future insertion in the world of work through new training methods, the creation of knowledge networks, mobility, teaching in two languages (English and German) and carrying out internships in prestigious centers.
This master's degree aims to provide students with training at the highest level that allows their integration into a global labor market, which is of special relevance since there is no specific path for the training of lexicographers in the different countries that make up the consortium of universities. that organizes the master's degree.
It also shows some characteristics of special relevance:
- The specificity of the contents in a specific branch of Linguistics, which is addressed in an interdisciplinary, intercultural, multilingual and interuniversity manner.
- The diversification of the offer, methodology and typology of modules and subjects, which pay special attention to e-learning, virtual teaching through videoconferences, workshops, etc.
- The mobility of students and teachers, thus promoting direct contact between them, as well as the creation of synergies and knowledge networks worldwide.
- Individualized and personalized tutoring for students.
- The organization of activities carried out under the master's degree in which students can participate, thus beginning to build their own curriculum.
- Carrying out the Practicum in a prestigious center, thus favoring direct contact between students and the world of work and providing students with a network of potential workplaces.
- A teaching body of specialists of recognized prestige in the field of Lexicography.
- Cooperation between the different universities and institutions of the consortium, as well as with companies in the sector, which makes it possible to address problems common to languages with different theoretical-practical orientations.
Curriculum
The master's degree includes a total of 120 credits, of which 40 correspond to compulsory subjects, 40 to optional subjects, 10 to external internships and 30 to the Master's Final Project.
- During the first semester, students from the different universities will reach a similar level of knowledge that will allow international cooperation and joint study.
- The second semester provides an overview of the broad field of lexicography and related disciplines by delving into the content taught in the first semester. It is the mobility semester: it is taught at one of the universities in the consortium, to which both teachers and students from all universities travel.
- In the third semester, the specialization and application of the knowledge acquired during the second semester is carried out; At the same time, preliminary work is carried out aimed at preparing students for the completion of the Master's Thesis. This semester also aims to adapt students to the work environment and train them to solve problems in new environments, to which the Practicum and digital teaching through videoconferences as well as participation in workshops contribute.
- In the fourth semester, students are trained so that they know how to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired previously to specific situations and so that they are able to critically address lexicographic issues. In this semester, students will complete their master's thesis (30 ECTS).
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Ideal Students
The students of this Master will be characterized by:
- his interest in lexicography and its applications.
- their desire to learn about other cultures, educational models and world perspectives.
- their desire to learn interdisciplinary issues – such as, for example, new technologies and their applications, digital information, programming, lexicographic resources
- and multilingual.
Career Opportunities
Graduates will be qualified to work either as lexicographers in a publishing house or as researchers in all fields of lexicography, therefore being able to:
- conceive and design printed and electronic dictionaries,
- analyze the cultural achievements that underlie lexicographic reference works,
- develop specific lexicographic tasks, involved in the planning, design and preparation of materials in printed and digital form,
- apply new technologies and statistical criteria to linguistic study,
- design programs with lexicographic and linguistic application,
- advise lexicographically in the field of editing and continuing education.