Overview
Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence is taught at a number of UK universities, and the entry terms are set department by department rather than nationally. It is a one year postgraduate programme, so the pace is quick and the dissertation carries real weight.
Teaching in Artificial Intelligence starts from programming fundamentals even on postgraduate courses marked as conversion, which matters if your first degree was in another field.
Applications open around a year ahead of the intake. Getting the documents together early is what keeps the September date realistic.
Careers opportunities
A crowded applicant market at the entry level and a hot one above it, and the difference is demonstrable engineering. Employers ask you to build and deploy, not to describe architectures, so projects and internships decide outcomes.
Roles graduates go into
- Machine learning engineer
- AI or research engineer
- Data scientist
- MLOps engineer
- Applied scientist
- AI product analyst
Where they work
- Technology and AI companies
- Banks and insurers
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Defence and government research
- Startups and university spinouts
After the course
A doctorate for research posts, or cloud machine learning certification for the engineering route.