MSc Artificial Intelligence at Queen's University Belfast

One-year full-time postgraduate degree (also part-time over two or three years) covering the mathematics of AI, machine learning, knowledge engineering, computer vision, natural language processing and AI for health, followed by a substantial research project. It is designed for graduates with strong programming skills and a mathematics or statistics background and requires no previous AI or machine learning experience.

Department: School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; part-time over 2 to 3 years  |  Intake: Academic Year 2027/28 (late September start)  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Foundations of AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Knowledge Engineering and Natural Language Processing (20 credits each) and a Themed Research Project (60 credits). Options: Artificial Intelligence for Health and Cyber-AI (20 credits each). Each module is typically taught one day a week across a 10-week semester; the summer project can be industry-sponsored.

Career pathways

Roles such as AI engineer, machine learning engineer, data scientist and AI researcher across technology, healthcare, finance and cybersecurity.

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