Multilingual Technologies: An Interdisciplinary Master's Program Leveraging Technology for Language

In today's globalized and increasingly technological world, skills in transcultural communication and multilingual language technology development–ranging from speech recognition to machine translation–are qualifications highly demanded in the job market. The interdisciplinary field of language technology and computational linguistics equips university students with these essential skills. However, in Austria a study program focusing on this interdisciplinary field was missing. The Master's program Multilingual Technologies, now offered jointly by the University of Vienna and the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna, aims to bridge the gap between language and technology while fostering expertise in multilingual applications. This paper explores the program's interdisciplinary approach, highlighting its design, collaborative framework, and its implications for both academia and the job market. We also present first students' evaluations results, which indicate a high satisfaction among students and possible room for future improvements.