Artificial Intelligence with a Professional Placement Year

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  • University/Institute Name Cardiff University
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration2 years
  • Application deadlineAug 2026

Position Details (Master's)

Explore the techniques and applications of Artificial Intelligence with a Professional Placement Year fromCardiff University and develop your practical skills through exposure to real-world problems and datasets.

Artificial Intelligence with a Professional Placement Year from Cardiff University provides specialist knowledge in areas such as automated reasoning, knowledge representation and machine learning. You also have the opportunity to customise your learning experience to suit your interests and career aspirations by choosing from a range of optional modules, professional work placements and projects.

Quick Facts:

  • You will apply for a paid7-12 monthprofessional work placement to be undertaken on completion of the taught phase of the program. This provides valuable work experience to develop your IT Professional skills. You will be supported in finding and applying for this placement, but it should be noted that this may not be in an AI specific area, and the main focus for the placement is around employability skills related to your degree.
  • Graduates from the program will be ideally placed to develop careers such as data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers, and data engineers.
  • This two-year degree falls under the umbrella of the Data Science Academy(DSA), run by the School of Computer Science and Informatics.

Courses include:

  • Knowledge Representation
  • Automated Reasoning
  • Principles of Machine Learning
  • Applications of Machine Learning: Natural Language Processing/Computer Vision
  • Penetration Testing and Malware Analysis
  • Machine Learning for NLP

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

Position Start Date

Sep 2026