Master CAWEB - Multilingual Web Communication University of Strasbourg

COVID-19 update: we are still accepting applications for the CAWEB master's degree. This program's online version is unaffected by the current situation and will continue as scheduled. No physical presence is required to enroll, participate, or graduate with this degree.

The CAWEB master’s degree provides students with courses on website creation and management as well as on localization. It is offered as an on-campus program in French and as an online, distance-learning program in English. The CAWEB curriculum includes courses in web development, web design, project management, and localization. The main advantage of the CAWEB master’s degree is the combination of practical IT skills and foreign language proficiency, which leads to various professional opportunities in the dynamic web-based fields. Furthermore, the second year program offers personalized study options adapted to your academic profile and professional experience.

Work Experience

In the work-study program, the master's offers the possibility of gaining formative professional experience, either through a work-study contract or through a professionalization contract for students over 30 years of age who are pursuing continuing education.

Also, have a look at a related master’s program focusing on technical communication and localization, which is presented entirely in English via distance learning: TCLoc, Master’s in Technical Communication and Localization. The TCLoc master’s is innovative, offering both professional and academic accreditation.

Project Management

CAWEB prepares students for the career of project manager and allows students to understand all phases of implementing a project.

Localization

Are you interested in translation? Then consider localization! Localization is the art of adapting products, for example, software, video games, or websites, to a foreign market. Both translation and technical adaptation are necessary to respond to the target market’s demands.

Web Development

CAWEB trains students to create multilingual websites. With a mix of teachers from the academic and professional worlds, students are able to design web projects, calling upon their knowledge of information technology, web design, multimedia, and languages.

Web design

Web design courses offered in the CAWEB degree train students in using DTP (desktop publishing) Tools like Photoshop, Indesign, and Illustrator. Thanks to these tools, students are able to design user interfaces of high quality, respecting the ergonomic standards of the web.

Course outcomes

CAWEB teaches students to create, translate, and manage websites and other IT products. We also develop students’ skills in project management in the fields of web design, multimedia, and SEO.

Our aims are to improve students’ linguistic and inter-cultural knowledge, especially for translation, localization, and multilingual web writing, and to equip students with the technical skills necessary for web design.

Knowledge and skills

• Develop flexible websites for different cultural audiences.
• Learn effective, industry-standard website management techniques.
• Consolidate essential basic skills in image analysis, creation, and processing.
• Work as a professional team to design, create or refurbish a multilingual website for any given client.
• Communicate clearly and concisely in multiple foreign languages in the multimedia and localization field.
• Understand the localization process of IT products such as software, websites, etc.
• Master the basics of translation, localization, and terminology management tools.
• Gain practical experience in website localization into French, English, German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese.
• Acquire skills in managing complex projects in the fields of localization and multimedia.
• Put skills into practice in the workplace with a work-study program.

Eligible candidates for the CAWEB graduate program?

• Applied Foreign Languages graduates.
• Modern Languages Graduates, particularly those specializing in Translation Studies.
• Engineers and IT specialists with a very high level in two foreign languages (e.g., French and English for non-native French speakers, English and German or English and Spanish for native French speakers.
• Professionals or unemployed people who wish to enter the continuing education program to further their skills and obtain a CAWEB Master’s degree. Work experience of three years in the fields of multimedia, IT, or languages is required.

Key study areas

• Creating and managing multilingual websites: design, development, administration, programming, and professional tools.
• Image and video editing.
• Project Management in multimedia, localization, and SEO.

If you want to pursue a career in the digital world, then the CAWEB master’s degree is for you. CAWEB enables graduates to easily find jobs in the rapidly expanding economic sectors, including the Internet, multimedia, localization, content creation, and communication.