The MSc in AI for Business will prepare you to become a business manager who can manage AI responsibly and effectively. On the programme, you will explore the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of AI across different organisational areas. You’ll look at the practices involved in the ethical deployment of AI, the envisioning and implementation of AI-enabled organisational transformation, and the varied methods that underpin AI applications in different sectors.

In addition to increasing your knowledge and understanding, you will obtain relevant technical and cognitive AI skills as well as developing critical thinking skills.

Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the programme, students will be able to:

  • Equipped with critical insights into the opportunities and challenges facing organisations seeking to create and deliver value responsibly with AI across different organisational application areas
  • Develop a critical understanding of the processes, behaviours and practices involved in the deployment of AI in organisational contexts
  • Evaluate and critically analyse the different AI methods and applications, and their advantages and limitations when deploying within different organisational contexts
  • Develop a critical understanding of the skills required to engage effectively and responsibly with AI in organisations, and the ability to apply such skills responsibly in practical contexts

Graduate attributes

By the end of the programme, students will be able to:

  • Create, identify and evaluate options and analyse facts and situations to solve complex problems and develop appropriate solutions while accounting for contextually relevant ethics and values
  • Evaluate information thoroughly, identify assumptions, detect false logic or reasoning and define terms accurately to make an informed judgement
  • Conduct research and enquiry into relevant issues through research design, the collection and analysis of data, synthesising and reporting
  • Recognise and address ethical dilemmas, social responsibility and sustainability issues in relation to AI, applying ethical and their own/organisational values to situations and choices
  • Undertake independent learning and display independent thought, acknowledging the importance and limitations of their own knowledge
  • Respond effectively to unfamiliar problems in unfamiliar contexts
  • Recognise the need for, initiate and be able to manage change
  • Work with people from a range of cultures and backgrounds
  • Plan and effectively use resources to achieve goals and prioritise tasks as part of a project
  • Communicate and persuade effectively in both oral and written formats
  • Articulate and effectively explain information and produce clear, structured written work
  • Thrive in a globalised society and economy with an awareness of other cultures