MSc Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at Birkbeck, University of London

This postgraduate cognitive science and artificial intelligence course gives you the opportunity to focus on understanding intelligence across humans, machines and other agents. You will grapple with compelling questions such as, what is intelligence? How important is having a brain for having intelligence?

Faculty: School of Psychological Sciences  |  Duration: One year full-time, on campus; Two years part-time, on campus  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This course allows you to study the cognitive processes and representations underlying human thought, knowledge and behaviour. It integrates a wide range of disciplines and methodologies with the core assumption that human cognition is a computational process, implemented in neural hardware. Compulsory modules include Academic Skills for PG Students, Advanced Quantitative Methods, Case Studies in Computational Modelling of Mind, Computational Approaches to Mind, Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science (Level 7, 15 credits), Principles of Programming.

Career pathways

Graduates can pursue career paths in behavioural and psychological sciences and other disciplines in which computer simulation is used, such as in data science and social policy. Possible professions include: scientific researcher, data scientist, AI scientist, policy adviser, higher education lecturer.

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