Artificial Intelligence, MEng (Hons), with industry placement

The MEng in Artificial Intelligence at Southampton includes an optional year in industry after Year 3, assessed by academics and experts, to enhance employability by bridging academic skills with real-world applications in fields like transport, healthcare, and communications.This five-year program builds on the BSc, focusing on numerical software development for AI, machine learning, and data science. It features core modules in the first two years, advanced machine learning and optional specials in Deep Learning or Robotics in Year 3, an industry placement in Year 4, and a group design project in Year 5. With growing demand for skilled AI professionals, graduates benefit from the university's reputation, career fairs, and employer networks. Assessment includes exams, tests, exercises, presentations, and group work.

This five-year programme with a year in industry will enable you to pursue a career in a wide range of industries that can benefit from AI. It has been designed to maximise student choice by allowing you to tailor the degree structure to suit your own interests. During the first two years you will undertake a series of core modules, for example Algorithms and analysis; High- and Low-level Programming, Mathematics and Systematic design. In your third year, you will be taking an advanced Machine Learning module; this module covers content that would traditionally be seen at a Master's level in a CS degree. It follows on from two foundational machine learning modules in year two, which are more representative of the 3rd year content in a CS degree. In your third year you can also choose from a wide range of optional modules that reflect a specialist area of AI. During the fourth year you will take a placement in industry working on real-world AI problems. During the fifth year you will take part in a group design project, working with a real industry customer or solving challenging problems through the imaginative application of technology.