PhD in Natural Language Processing

PhDDoctoralNatural Language Processing

About This Programme

A fully funded PhD in Natural Language Processing: research on language models, speech and multilinguality with a 32-credit thesis.

Course Highlights

Fully funded: 100% tuition, stipend, housing, health insurance and UAE visa.
Research on foundation models, dialogue, speech, multilinguality and vision-language.
Access to nearly 1,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
Qualifying and Candidacy exams then a 32-credit thesis.

What You'll Study

A 3–4 year full-time doctoral programme on the Masdar City campus with advanced NLP cores, electives, research methods and an internship, a Qualifying Exam (Year 1) and Candidacy Exam (Year 2), then an original 32-credit thesis. Fully funded.

Core Courses

Natural Language Processing – PhD (NLP805)4 credits
Advanced NLP – PhD (NLP806) or Speech Processing – PhD (NLP807)4 credits

Research & Thesis

Advanced Research Methods (RES899)2 credits
PhD Internship (INT899)2 credits
NLP PhD Research Thesis (NLP899)32 credits

Electives (16+ credits)

Speech Processing – PhD (NLP807)4 credits
Current Topics in NLP (NLP808)4 credits
Advanced Speech Processing (NLP809)4 credits
Vision-to-Language Generation (NLP8501)2 credits
Causality and ML (ML808)4 credits

Entry Requirements

Academic: A bachelor's degree with CGPA 3.5/4.0 or a master's with CGPA 3.0/4.0 in a STEM field.

English: IELTS Academic 6.5, TOEFL iBT 90, or EmSAT English 1550 (waived if a prior degree was taught in English).

Three references and an independent research statement. Screening exam and technical interview.

Careers

Graduates pursue NLP research-scientist and faculty roles across academia and industry.

Accreditation & Professional Recognition

Licensed by the UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) under the Ministry of Education.

Programme Details

Award

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Natural Language Processing

Start Date

Annual Fall intake (August)

Typical Offer

Bachelor's CGPA 3.5 or master's 3.0 (STEM); IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 90

Duration

4 years

Qualification

Doctorate

Subject Area

Natural Language Processing

Study Pattern

Full time

Delivery Format

In person

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Next intakes

Aug

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