Jekyll2026-04-18T06:58:07+00:00/feed.xmlFachschaft General & Computational LinguisticsAssociation of students studying at the Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft at the University of Tübingen.Pub Crawl2026-04-24T00:00:00+00:002026-04-24T00:00:00+00:00/2026/04/24/pub-crawlPubCrawl

As always, we’re starting the semester with a pub crawl!

🗓️Friday the 24th of April

🕡18:30

📍Holzmarkt

Please try to be on time so we can make groups and reach the bars on time :)

Sign up by Wednesday at 23:59! https://forms.gle/euXp5Erog9dTuzRY7

]]>Pre-Christmas Party MA Mingle2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:002025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00/2025/12/09/xmas-ma-mingleJoin us for a pre Christmas party MA mingle! If you are an MA student of GL or ISCL and you want to connect to other MA students, join us for an hour of chats and games in room 033, before we will join the GL & ISCL Christmas party in the Brechtbau cafeteria at 6pm. There will also be a chance to answer open questions about the Master’s that you may currently have.

Feel free to bring some snacks, drinks or some games, if you would like some!

🗓 Dec 12th

🕔 17:00

📍Brechtbau room 033

MAmingle

]]>Christmas party2025-12-03T00:00:00+00:002025-12-03T00:00:00+00:00/2025/12/03/christmas-partyCome to our yearly Christmas party and celebrate the holiday season with all members of the SfS!

🕕 starting at 18:00

🗓 December 12th

📍 Brechtbau Cafeteria

There’ll be Glühwein & Kinderpunsch, soft drinks and various snacks.

P.S.: because the university won’t reimburse us for everything, there will be a voluntary donation jar :)

GameNight

]]>Game Night2025-11-23T00:00:00+00:002025-11-23T00:00:00+00:00/2025/11/23/game-nightGame night🎲🃏

🗓 Friday the 28th 🕕 Starting at 18:00 📍 Brechtbau room 035 🍪 Bring your favourite games and snacks!

No sign-up needed, just show up :)

Hope to see you soon!

GameNight

]]>MA Student Meetup2025-10-02T00:00:00+00:002025-10-02T00:00:00+00:00/2025/10/02/MA-meetupAre you a GL/CL master’s student who’s looking to get to know other people within the degree?
Come along to our meetup on Thursday (16/10) in Brechtbau! Drop by from 4pm onwards for some chats, cakes and tea/coffee. Everyone is welcome, no matter if you’re just starting the master’s or have been here longer.

If you’re thinking about coming, please fill out this form so we know how many of you to expect: https://forms.gle/72vMSbZpws4aoXYZ6
You don’t have to sign up to come, it would just help us out to figure out how many snacks to prepare :)

MAmeetup

]]>Pre-Course 2025 — Orientation For New GL/CL Students2025-09-08T00:00:00+00:002025-09-08T00:00:00+00:00/2025/09/08/pre-course-2025Begin your academic journey with our 5-day orientation event!

The pre-course is an opportunity for incoming General and Computational Linguistics students to get a first introduction to their degree through talks, guided workshops, and tours held by students from the Fachschaft and some of your tutors.

Please bring a laptop (+ charger).

ALL students (both GL and CL) are strongly recommended to obtain a laptop for their studies NOW - e.g. there are mandatory programming courses scheduled for the first semester of the Bachelors.

Schedule

Day Time Content Location
Monday
October 13th		 11:00 - 13:00 Official start of the pre-course
Overview of GL & CL Programmes and Course Structure (slides)
How to sign up for courses & Overview of language courses (slides) 		VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02
14:00 - 16:00 Introductory meeting for General Linguistics Brechtbau Hörsaal 036
16:00 - 18:00 Introductory meeting for Computational Linguistics
18:00Post-intro meeting hangout Alter Botanischer Garten
Tuesday
October 14th		 09:00 - 12:00 Post-intro meeting Q&A
Modulehandbook walkthrough (slides) (CL Diagram) (GL Diagram)
Overview of the university platforms (slides)
 VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02
Wednesday
October 15th		 09:00 - 12:00 Introduction to General Linguistics (slides)
Introduction to Computational Linguistics (slides)
Gentle introduction to programming and GenAI (slides)
Computer setup for your studies (slides)		 VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02
13:00 - 15:00Living and Studying in Tübingen (slides)
Tour of the campus
Thursday
October 16th		 09:00 - 12:00Computer setup for your studies VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02
16:00MA student hangout Brechtbau room 035
Friday
October 17th		 10:00 - 12:00Lab 0 for CompLing students VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02
13:00 City Rally Meeting point TBD
18:30 Pub Crawl Meeting point: Holzmarkt

Schedule subject to change.

There are two introductory meetings taking place on Monday; the first one at 14:00 is aimed at GL students (but CL students are also encouraged to come), and the second is at 16:00 and aimed at CL students. We strongly encourage you to attend these meetings. You will get an overview and a quick description of all the courses you have to take.

Location

The pre-course will take place in VG Wilhelmstraße (Wilhelmstraße 19, 72074 Tübingen), Hörsaal 0.02.

Stay up to date!

Keep an eye on our website and join the GL/CL WhatsApp community.

Please fill out the form below to let us know you are coming.

Questions? Enter them in the following form:

Please note that this form is anonymous. We will do our best to answer your questions during the pre-course.

]]>Linguistics Olympiad2025-06-19T00:00:00+00:002025-06-19T00:00:00+00:00/2025/06/19/ling-olyLaTeX

The Computational/General Linguistics Fachschaft presents you the Tübingen Linguistics Olympiad!

You don’t need to memorise IPA or draw syntax trees! Logic, intuition, and maybe a tiny bit of high school–level knowledge will suffice :)

When? 📅 July 5th 🕥 10:30

Where? 📍 Brechtbau, room 005

Who can participate? 👩‍🎓 Students from all departments

Registration link and sample problems can be found in our linktree

⚠ Sign-up deadline: July 2nd

Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions :)

]]>LaTeX workshop2025-05-03T00:00:00+00:002025-05-03T00:00:00+00:00/2025/05/03/LaTeXLaTeX

Sign up for our LaTeX workshop!

📆 3rd and 4th of May

🕚 11:00 - 16:00

📍 Brechtbau 027

Please fill out the sign up sheet by Wednesday the 30th at 23:59.

Sign up here!

We hope to see you there :)

]]>R workshop2025-04-27T00:00:00+00:002025-04-27T00:00:00+00:00/2025/04/27/R-workshopRworkshop

Hey everyone!

You can now sign up for the Intro to R workshop! It’s aimed at 2nd semester students taking statistics, but anyone can join!

🗓 Sunday 27th of April

🕙 10:00 - 16:00

📍Brechtbau, room 027

Please sign up here

]]>Pub Crawl2025-04-25T00:00:00+00:002025-04-25T00:00:00+00:00/2025/04/25/pubcrawlPubCrawl

New semester, same tradition: pub crawl time!

📆 Friday 25th of April

📍 Meeting at Holzmarkt at 18:30

Please fill out the sign-up sheet by Wednesday, the 23rd at 23:59. https://forms.gle/GAYtw2fDE2XGPKh59

We hope to see you there :)

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