MSc Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence

Birkbeck, University of London

This postgraduate cognitive science and artificial intelligence course gives you the opportunity to focus on understanding intelligence across humans, machines and other agents. You will grapple with compelling questions such as, what is intelligence? How important is having a brain for having intelligence? What are the limits, dangers and values of artificial intelligence? Why choose this course? This course is designed for graduates of computational sciences, engineering, philosophy or behavioural and psychological sciences, and is an ideal foundation if you are interested in a research career in the cognitive sciences. Depending on your interests and career aspirations, you can choose to study this course as either an MA or an MSc. It is a core initiative of Birkbeck’s Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling and you will be taught by world-leading researchers in the field. Our School of Psychological Sciences contributes to this interdisciplinary course which also benefits from co-teaching with the computer science and philosophy teams to help ensure you receive the highest levels of expertise.

School of Psychological Sciences