Artificial Intelligence (AI) affects our lives every day. From the viewing recommendations on Netflix to the content in our social media feeds; it's all controlled by AI. We have technologies that can recognise and classify images, chatbots that can converse in multiple languages, and systems that can diagnose disease faster and more accurately than human doctors.
Employers across the technology, healthcare, finance, transport, and security industries are desperate for skilled AI graduates, to help them gain a competitive edge through the use of this fast-emerging technology.

The University's pioneering BSc Applied Artificial Intelligence programme recognises the need for skilled AI designers; the course is built around current and predicted industry requirements. It explores the complexities and potential for AI technologies and teaches the knowledge and skills needed to create innovative solutions.
 

• In the first year, students will work in teams to develop a number of different AI solutions. They will build a biometric recognition system (eg: face or fingerprint recognition), a user profiling system (making recommendations to users or identifying potential fraud based on user data) and a system to analyse real-time data (eg: real-time traffic information).

• The second year will allow students to work in a specialised area, which could include the design of healthcare diagnostic systems, the analysis of company credit card ratings, or the development of a virtual healthcare assistant.

• In the final year, students will work with an industry client and gain experience of administering AI in real-life situations.

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.
The programme is designed to develop future engineers and data scientists who want to work with business units, marketers, product managers, business strategists, educators and everyone else interested in using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve business processes.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.
This BSc Applied Artificial Intelligence programme will help you gain key state of the art skills and understanding to make a successful contribution to and career in the exciting and dynamic field of artificial intelligence. The programme focuses on AI processes and systems and the impact they have on the real world. The programme is tailored and catered to the individual needs to accommodate the specific area of AI you may be interested in - be it developing new intelligent software systems for healthcare or designing new AI interfaces or developing ethics or regulations for AI.