How to Apply to the LTI Ph.D. and M.S. programs

You may apply for admission to either the Ph.D. or M.S. program, depending on your academic goals. If you apply to the Ph.D. program a previous M.S. degree is not required.

All applicants will be reviewed for the PHD and MS programs. You may apply to the PHD program, and be offered admission to the MS program, depending on the decision of the admissions committee.

Applications and supporting documents for admissions to the Doctoral and Masters programs must be received by December 15th. Letters of recommendation are due by January 3rd.

LTI Ph.D. and M.S. Applications

The CMU School of Computer Science (which includes the LTI) now has a single on-line application form. When applying for LTI admission, please use the on-line SCS application.

Complete and follow the instructions for the online application. You may apply to no more than two programs; indicate your first (1) and second (2) choices. The fee is $65 for one program or $120 for two.

LTI/Portugal PhD Program

The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) offers a dual-degree Ph.D. Program in Language and Information Technologies in cooperation with Portuguese Universities. This Ph.D. program is part of the activities of the recently created Information and Communication Technologies Institute (ICTI), resulting from a Portugal-CMU Partnership agreement.   Please use the on-line SCS application page to apply for this program.

For more information, see the program website, which has further details.

Note that participants in this program spend their first two years at CMU/LTI, and then the remainder of their time primarily in Portugal. Note also that it is focused primarily on research in computer aided language learning (CALL) and speech-to-speech machine translation (S2SMT) involving the Portuguese language.

Note also that when applying, it is necessary to email both Isabel Trancoso and Lori Levin in addition to filling out the usual LTI PhD application form.

Click here to see the CMU announcement.

It is your responsibility to make certain that all items listed above and any additional materials not included with your application reach the Admissions Committee by the deadline.