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University Official Master's Degree in Translation and Intercultural Studies

Participating institutions

Rovira i Virgili University

Compulsory student mobility: attendance at other universities is not required

Presentation

The two-year Masters provides advanced specialized training in the concepts and research techniques of Translation Studies, focusing on non-linguistic aspects.

All seminars and exercises are in English. The teaching staff comprises leading researchers in Translation Studies from Europe and the US.


The courses have been offered since 2000 as part of the PhD program in Translation and Intercultural Studies. Spanish legislation now requires us to organize these first two years as a Masters.


The annual intake is limited to 20 students.

At least half the students are expected to go on to complete a doctoral thesis in the PhD program Translation and Intercultural Studies. Successful completion of the Masters program will be required before the PhD can be begun, but acceptance into the thesis-writing stage is not an automatic consequence of gaining the Masters

Admission requirements

The Master's Degree coruses are open to anybody with an official university qualification, even Spanish or foreign (this foreign degree must enable you to be admitted to postgraduate studies in the country where you obtained it). 

In addition, universities in charge of the organization of a Master can establish those procedures and requirements considered necessary to be finally admitted to the Master. Therefore, as well as having a previous official degree, you should get informed about additional conditions and selection criteria which may have been addittionally established by each Master.

Contents

Program taught in: English

The courses provide training in the following areas: empirical research methodology, research technologies, translation analysis, analysis of audiovisual translation, effects of human-language technologies, research on translator training, research on interpreting, research on literary translation, participation at conferences, and a minor dissertation.

All modules are obligatory.

About 40% of the contents are available online. Students will however be required to attend obligatory intensive seminars in Tarragona in January (two weeks) and May (two weeks).

This Masters is exclusively focused on research training, It does not provide professional training in translating or interpreting. 

Modes

- Research training

Official Master's degrees offer specific Modes which will be effectively initiated -or not- depending on the number of students finally admitted.

Pre-registration

The preregistration for the admission of new students for the academic year 2008-09 has been closed.

The next intake will be in 2009, to start studies during the academic year 2009-2010.

Academic contact (coordinator)

 Dr. Anthony Pym

 Department of English and German (Facultat de Lletres)

 977 558 862

 anthony.pym(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Web: http://isg.urv.es/publicity/doctorate/index.html 
 Administrative contact (secretary)

 Secretariat of the Facultat de Lletres

 977 559 513

capsfll(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat
 Postgraduate and Doctoral School

 Edifici del Rectorat - Escala C, 1st floor - c/ Escorxador, s/n (Tarragona) 

 Tel: 977 558 478. Fax: 977 558 847 

 mastersoficials(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

 Office hours 

Mornings: Mondays to Fridays from 8.30 to 14.30

Afternoons: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 15.30 to 18.00 

July and August: Mondays to Fridays from 8.00 to 15.00

Further information

Informació

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