Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (Hons) Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Overview

The  Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) (Hons) BSc degree from  Heriot-Watt University Dubai strikes a balance between theoretical knowledge and practical experience, heavily influenced by the research expertise of our academic staff. 

The Artificial Intelligence specialisation involves selecting specific courses from the final year options (two out of Biologically Inspired Computation, Data Mining and Machine Learning, Intelligent Robotics) and creating a final year project cantered around an approved AI topic.

Employability

The market for graduates having artificial intelligence skills must grow with the increasing demands from companies, public sector organisations and research institutions for employees with skills in specialist areas with clear applications in industry - including data mining, machine learning, and pattern recognition. We envisage graduates from this BSc programme getting jobs with software houses, IT companies, research and development divisions of companies, financial services organisations, defence contractors or government IT departments and as researchers or research students within universities. Dubai is diversifying away from an oil economy towards the emerging knowledge economy, and a BSc in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) is just the kind of specialist IT education provision that Dubai city planners are looking for to provide the next generation of knowledge workers here.