Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our everyday life with various web-based programs such as Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant. AI Industry is booming after recent innovations and is open to unimaginable volumes of expansion. The UK-based University of Southampton is inviting students to get involved in this revolution and learn the crucial concepts & strategies associated with realizing AI.

The University has opened applications for September 2018 intake of its MSc in Artificial Intelligence degree. The research-led programme offers the fundamental aspects of traditional symbolic and sub-symbolic concepts in Artificial Intelligence. This one-year degree offers wide-ranging options including intelligence agents, complexity science, computer vision, robotics and machine learning techniques and helps develop a broad skill set suitable for further study or application development.

The University of Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group and has a global reputation for leading-edge research and innovation. It is labeled as one of the top 1% universities of the world. It is also one of the UK’s leading universities for computer science, ranked in the UK top ten for Computer Sciences for over ten years by The Guardian University Guide, and holds an international reputation for its teaching excellence and research activities.

TheMSc in Artificial Intelligence programme allows students topractice techniques that form the current basis of machine learning and data mining, along with developing a wide-ranging skill set that supports further study and application development.As a result of the leading research with respect to AI at University of Southampton, the course is customized to directly reflect research directions in numerous cores of Electronics and ComputerSciences.

This programme provides an exceptional platform for building careers in Academia, Bioinformatics, Chemo informatics, financial services and Web applications. MSc in Artificial Intelligence graduates are readily welcomed worldwide in leading companies at the forefront of technology.  The Electronic and Computer Sciences (ECS) Department at University of Southampton runs a dedicated placements cell,which is affiliated with over 100 renowned companies like IBM, Arm, Microsoft Research, Nvidia, Samsung and Google to name a few.

 Programme Duration: 1 year

 Eligibility Criterion: Upper second-class honours degree or higher (or equivalent) in a related discipline, such as mathematics, physics, engineering or computer science. English language requirements include IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each competency.

 Course Commencement: September 2018

 Course fee: £23,736

 Scholarships:Students applying for this programme are eligible for the Chevening Scholarship and the Commonwealth Scholarships. These scholarships will be in the form of a tuition fee reduction.

 Application deadline: Application deadline is 30^th June 2018 (Limited seats available for the programme).

Course link:http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/programmes/msc-artificial-intelligence

  MSc in Artificial Intelligence programme, University of Southampton