Bachelor's degree

In Manchester

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Manchester

  • Duration

    3 Years

Facilities

Location

Start date

Manchester (Greater Manchester)
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Oxford Road, M13 9PL

Start date

On request

About this course

Full entry requirements

A level: Grades AAB including mathematics. General Studies is welcome but is not normally included as part of the standard offer.

BTEC: Partially fulfils entry requirements. Contact us for further information.

Scottish: Highers: AAAAB, including grade A in Higher Mathematics and a scientific bias to other subjects studied. Advanced Highers: AAB, including grade B in Advanced Higher Mathematics and a scientific bias to other subjects studied. ...

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Course programme

One of the challenges in computing is to make computers demonstrate intelligent behaviour, so that they can solve new problems or cope with the unknown. Current achievements include image and voice recognition, and NASA's Mars Rovers. By combining the study of artificial intelligence and traditional computing techniques with an understanding from psychology of how humans learn, these degree programmes prepare you for a career applying computing in challenging applications.

Artificial intelligence related topics covered include techniques for representing and reasoning about knowledge, including approaches in machine learning in which general patterns are learned from examples. These programmes give you the opportunity to study these techniques, and their application in areas such as computer vision, games, natural language processing and the semantic web.

Special features

  • Allows you to design and develop all aspects of artificial intelligence systems.
  • All topics are taught by experts in their field.
  • Students can make course unit choices that allow them to change between the Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing programmes at the end of the first year.
  • Course units and themes of relevance to Artificial Intelligence include:
    • Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence.
    • Artificial Intelligence Programming.
    • Machine Learning and Games.
    • Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning.
    • Visual Computing.

Accrediting organisations

British Computer Society (BCS) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Career opportunities

Increasingly, employers are seeking graduates with high-level computing skills, and the ability to apply them in innovative ways to solve the problems facing their organisations. Opportunities exist in fields as diverse as finance, films and games, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, consumer products, and public services - virtually all areas of business and society.

Employers, from large multinational firms such as EA Games, IBMand Microsoftto small local organisations, actively target our students, recognising that Manchester Computer Science graduates are equipped with the skills that enable them to excel in a whole host of positions, including many that are not traditionally associated with computing graduates.

Requirements

Full entry requirements

A level: Grades AAB including mathematics. General Studies is welcome but is not normally included as part of the standard offer.

BTEC: Partially fulfils entry requirements. Contact us for further information.

Scottish: Highers: AAAAB, including grade A in Higher Mathematics and a scientific bias to other subjects studied. Advanced Highers: AAB, including grade B in Advanced Higher Mathematics and a scientific bias to other subjects studied. Minimum of five grade 1's and 2's in academic subjects at Intermediate 2 including English, Mathematics and a Physical Science.

Irish: Grade A in higher lever mathematics and grades AABBB in five further higher level academic subjects. A scientific bias to the subjects studied.

International baccalaureate
: 35 points overall including 6 in Mathematics and 5 in two further subjects with a scientific bias at Higher level.

Other entry requirements: The University of Manchester has a rich academic heritage and is one of the world's leading research-intensive universities. It also has a long history of welcoming international students and seeks to continue this tradition by admitting excellent students from across the world.

GCSE: Five academic subjects at grades A or B including Mathematics, English Language and dual science.

Other international entry requirements: The University of Manchester has a rich academic heritage and is one of the world's leading research-intensive universities. It also has a long history of welcoming international students and seeks to continue this tradition by admitting excellent students from across the world. Details of country specific entry requirements are available from the University website.

English language requirements: IELTS 6 (minimum of 5 in any component), TOEFL 550 (TWE of 5), Internet Based TOEFL 79 (minimum of 19/30 in each component), Computer Based TOEFL 213 (TWE of 5)

Mode of Attendance : Full - time

Artificial Intelligence

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