About this program
MSc Voice Technology
Whenever you dictate a message on your smartphone or ask Alexa the weather, you are using voice technologies. But this is only the beginning! Soon speech technologies will be present in even more smart places, with applications in health, cybersecurity, language learning, and much more. For now, people with scientific expertise in the domain of VT are in short supply. We aim to fix that!
This Program is suitable for students from different academic backgrounds with a strong interest in tech. You will work in teams to make your own synthetic voices, speech recognisers, and more. Interact with guest speakers from speech tech start-ups, multinationals, and research labs around the world and have the chance to collaborate with PhD students. In the final semester, you will even make your own voice tech demo as a final project.
The Program was developed in consultation with partners from Silicon Valley, local start-ups and universities worldwide to ensure you acquire expertise in voice synthesis and speech recognition and have the requisite mastery of programming, machine learning, and speech sounds to make an impact when you graduate.
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Admission requirements
Dutch diploma
language test - Sufficient English language proficiency is required, except for native speakers from the following countries: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands.
The following documents are valid:
- Full English Bachelor's degree*, where the only language of instruction is English.
- TOEFL: a minimum score of 90 with a minimum of 18 on reading and listening, 20 on speaking and 21 on writing,
- IELTS: a minimum score of 6.5 with a minimum score of 6.0 on all items, or
- Cambridge: C1 advanced or C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of 180
- English taught bachelors from the following countries are valid as proof of English proficiency: The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
An exemption can be given by the Admission Board.
International diploma
language test - Sufficient English language proficiency is required, except for native speakers from the following countries: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands.
The following documents are valid:
- Full English Bachelor's degree*, where the only language of instruction is English.
- TOEFL: a minimum score of 90 with a minimum of 18 on reading and listening, 20 on speaking and 21 on writing,
- IELTS: a minimum score of 6.5 with a minimum score of 6.0 on all items, or
- Cambridge: C1 advanced or C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of 180
- English taught bachelors from the following countries are valid as proof of English proficiency: The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
An exemption can be given by the Admission Board.
previous education - To be considered for admission to this Master's, you need to hold a Bachelor's Degree and either have or are willing to acquire basic knowledge in linguistics, Python programming, and scientific research.
To assess whether your educational/academic background meets the specific program requirements, the Voice Technology Admissions Board will consider the level and curriculum of your previous studies.
Students who are completing or have completed a Bachelor's program in Linguistics, Artifical Intelligence or Computer Science are likely admissible. Other programs need a more thorough assessment by the Admissions Board.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Year 1
- Introduction to Voice Technology
- Programming
- Speech Sounds
- Machine Learning
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Synthesis I
- Speech Recognition II
- Speech Synthesis II
- Thesis Design
- Thesis Project
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition
- Tuition fees for EU/EEA Students: € 2,314 per year
- Tuition fees for Non-EU/EEA Students: € 17,800 per year
Qualification
Credits: 60 ECTS
MSc in Voice Technology
Career paths
After your studies you can work in industry, for example at the speech labs of the bigger tech companies. Due to the interdisciplinary character of the Program students from different backgrounds learn to communicate and work together. The combination of programming and machine learning skills with linguistics knowledge is a very attractive feature for the labor market. Of course students can also pursue an academic career. Thus, there are several academic speech labs in Europe and beyond.
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University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands, founded in 1614 and it ranks amongst the top 100 universities in the world. We are a research-intensive institution offering a wide range of highly regarded bachelor, master...
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The University of Groningen is the second oldest university in the Netherlands and has built a reputation for excellence. Many talented people have passed through the university during its rich 400-year history, including Nobel Prize winners like Ben Feringa (Chemistry, 2016) and Frits Zernike (Physics, 1953). Some have been pioneers in their respective fields, such as the first female University student and the first female lecturer in the Netherlands, the first Dutch astronaut and the first president of the European Bank.
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The University of Groningen attracts a large international community! Our Erasmus Student Network (ESN) conveniently facilitates all international students in Groningen and organizes over 150 activities a year. The University of Groningen has strong international connections which means that you can easily spend part of your degree studying abroad. The University also offers several unique international Master’s degree programmes in cooperation with other large European universities.
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