Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary scientific field involving mathematics (including topics such as discrete mathematics, statistics and probability), computer science (e.g. algorithmization, machine learning, artificial intelligence) and classical linguistics (e.g. morphology, syntax, language typology). Computational linguistics investigates language from a formal point of view, and it aims at developing methods that could be used in software applications in the field of Natural Language Processing, in which languages in their spoken or written form are handled.

A graduate of this study program possesses a theoretical knowledge as well as a practical experience regarding the description of natural languages and applications of natural language processing and is able to apply them during development, implementation and evaluation of experiments in this field.