The European Master in Lexicography (EMLex) is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) is a prestigious international master’s programme, jointly designed and delivered in the period from 2024/2025 to 2028/2029 by a Consortium composed of eight Higher Education Institutions (HEIs):

• University of Santiago de Compostela - coordinating university (Spain) | consult the EMLex Consortium website;
  
• University of Minho (Portugal);
  
• University Friedrich-Alexander Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany);
  
• University of Lorraine (Nancy, France); 
• Ilia State University (Geórgia);
  
• Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church (Budapest, Hungary);
  
• Roma Tre University (Italy);
  
• University of Hildesheim (Germany).
  

The Degree Programme is also supported by eight associated partner institutions and many academics from around the world: University of Stellenbosch; Leibniz Institute for the German Language; University of Surrey; Akademische der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; Université Felix Houphouet Boigny; Universität Innsbruck; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; The University of Texas System:

The EMJM-EMLex is targeted at students who show an avid interest in working with dictionaries and online lexicographic resources. The master's programme focuses on building expertise in theoretical and practical Lexicography, Digital Humanities, Language Technologies, Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence directed towards the needs of a changing digital and global society. The distinguishing features of the EMJM-EMLex are its international orientation, the interaction between theory and practice, the promotion of multilingualism (languages of instruction are German and English and the acquisition of other European languages), innovative approaches to teaching and learning, as well as a comprehensive mobility plan and a close link to private and social sectors.

• The degree programme has a duration of 4 semesters (120 ECTS).
• The 1st semester focuses on the fundamentals of Lexicography, languages and the acquisition of transversal competences. The curricular unit (CU) Basics of Lexicography (10 ECTS) is an e-learning course, designed in bilingual format (English and German), comprising several learning modules, each taught by a lecturer from the partner universities, in which basic knowledge of Lexicography, Linguistics and Digital Humanities is imparted. This CU aims to provide all students with the same knowledge required to attend the advanced courses in the 2nd semester. The four optional curricular units (5 ECTS each) offer a wide range of courses in the fields of Linguistics, Translation, Terminology, Foreign Language Acquisition, Computer Science and Digital Humanities. It is also possible for students to improve their proficiency in English and/or German.
• The 2nd semester is a compulsory mobility semester at one of the HEIs.
  Of the 10 curricular units* offered throughout the semester, students must attend a minimum of 6 units (30 ECTS) for assessment purposes.
  *Metalexicography; History of Lexicography; Modeling and Representing Data in Digital Lexicography; Research Into Dictionary Use; Special Field Lexicography and Terminology; Computational Lexicography; Dictionaries and Translation; Lexicography and Lexicology; Dictionary Planning; Learner Dictionaries.
• The 3rd semester is dedicated to advanced modules and the internship which is carried out in close collaboration with institutions in the public and private sector.
• The 4th semester is dedicated to the master's thesis.