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    MSc: one year full-time, 2 years part-time, PgDip: 9 months full-time

Course Description

Our MSc in Artificial Intelligence aims to impart the understanding and skills to develop intelligent software applications, such as those involving evolutionary computation and learning.

Students will develop skills in specialist areas with clear applications in industry, including data mining, pattern recognition and machine learning. The MSc project in some cases can be carried out iin collaboration with an outside industrial or academic organisation.

Entry Requirements

Admission requires a good honours degree that includes a substantial component of computing or IT. Candidates holding less than a good honours degree, or its equivalent, but with compensating qualifications or experience may be admitted to the Postgraduate Diploma programme. Transfer to the MSc will be possible later on if exam and course work are at MSc level.

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Fees

https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/fees-funding.htm

Module Details

Core Courses:

  • Biologically Inspired Computation
  • Data Mining and Machine Learning
  • Intelligent Robotics
  • Research Methods and Project Planning
  • Masters project and dissertation

Optional Courses:

  • 3D Graphics and Animation
  • Advanced Interaction Design
  • Advanced Software Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents
  • Computer Games Programming
  • Conversational Agents and Spoken Language Processing
  • Data Visualisation and Analytics
  • Rigorous Methods for Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering Foundations

After semester 2, students continue full-time on the MSc project.

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