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Master in Artificial Intelligence

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About

Artificial Intelligence research is interdisciplinary by nature and draws on computer science, mathematics, statistics, biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, ethics, psychology and law. The master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence offers you an integrative and cutting-edge approach to the field and its application to real scenarios. Research in AI at the consortium of Catalan universities supporting this program spans knowledge representation and reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, autonomous agents, computer vision robotics, and visualization. The emphasis is on practical techniques—and a solid theoretical background—for designing and constructing intelligent systems, enabling graduates from this course to apply their skills in a variety of settings. These skills are in high demand in the market. As a graduate of this program you will have the skills to carry out AI research in academic and R&D environments and to identify how AI techniques can provide intelligent solutions to IT problems in companies and organizations.
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Target

This program is addressed to national and international students who wish to acquire advanced knowledge in AI in order to occupy positions of responsibility in industry, the public sector and academia in Catalonia, Spain or abroad. The program covers many research areas related to the design, analysis and application of AI.

Students who undertake this master’s degree will be equipped to:

  • Deal with technically complex problems that require a degree of innovation and/or research.
  • Make strategically important decisions within their professional domain
  • Pursue doctoral studies within the domain of information and communication technologies at the UPC, the URV, the UB or abroad.

Language

English

Duration

Three semesters - Full time. 90 ECTS

Face-to-face

Workload

Full-time: 20h lectures, 20h personal work per week
Part-time: half of full-time

Fees

Why this master's degree?

The emphasis is on practical techniques—and a solid theoretical background—for designing and constructing intelligent systems, enabling graduates from this course to apply their skills in a variety of settings. As a graduate of this program you will have a good overview of the main AI techniques and an in-depth understanding of how to apply these techniques in at least one area within multi-agent systems, reasoning, data analytics and natural language processing. These skills are in high demand in the market. You will also have the skills to carry out AI research in academic and R&D environments and to identify how AI techniques can provide intelligent solutions to IT problems in companies and organizations.

Curriculum

This is a joint master’s degree organized by:

  • Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Click on the course unit details below for more information.
These courses are not taught every semester. The courses are distributed among the three different campuses. All elective courses have limited places. Check FIB website for course availability.

 

Mandatory
Elective
Master Thesis
Courses given at UB
Courses given at UPC
Courses given at URV

Semester 1

Computational Intelligence
(CI - 5 ECTS)

Computational Vision
(CV - 5 ECTS)

Introduction to Human Language Technology
(IHLT - 5 ECTS)

Introduction to MultiAgent Systems
(IMAS - 5 ECTS)

Introduction to Machine Learning
(IML - 5 ECTS)

Planning and Approximate Reasoning
(PAR - 5 ECTS)

Semester 2

Assistive and Health-Care Technologies
(AHCT – 4’5 ECTS)

Advanced Human Language Technologies
(AHLT - 5 ECTS)

Artificial Intelligence Seminar
(AIS - 3 ECTS)

Advanced Topics in Computational Intelligence
(ATCI - 4 ECTS)

Complex Networks
(CN - 5 ECTS)

Cognitive Robotics
(COR – 4’5 ECTS)

Deep Learning
(DL – 4’5 ECTS)

Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI - 4'5 ECTS)

Knowledge Representation and Engineering
(KRE - 6 ECTS)

Logics for Artificial Intelligence
(LAI - 6 ECTS)

Multi-Agent Systems Design
(MASD - 4 ECTS)

Minds, Brains and Machines
(MBM - 4 ECTS)

Object Recognition
(OR - 4 ECTS)

Probabilistic Graphical Models
(PGM - 4'5 ECTS)

Personalized Multi-Criteria Decision Support Systems
(PMCDSS – 4’5 ECTS)

Professional Practice in Artificial Intelligence
(PPAI- 3 ECTS)

Self Organizing Agent Systems
(SOAS - 4'5 ECTS)

Supervised and Experiential Learning
(SEL – 4’5 ECTS)

Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning
(URL – 4’5 ECTS)

Semester 3

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
(AIHC - 3 ECTS)

Artificial Vision and Pattern Recognition
(AVPR – 4’5 ECTS)

Big Data Analytics
(BDA – 4’5 ECTS)

Cognitive Interaction with Robots
(CIR - 4'5 ECTS)

Constraint Processing and Programming
(CPP - 4'5 ECTS)

Human Language Engineering
(HLE – 4’5 ECTS)

Intelligent Data Analysis Applications in Business
(IDAAB - 2 ECTS)

Intelligent Data Analysis and Data Mining
(IDADM - 4'5 ECTS)

Intelligent Decision Support Systems
(IDSS - 4'5 ECTS)

Intelligent System Project
(ISP - 3 ECTS)

Multi-Robot Systems
(MRS – 4’5 ECTS)

Normative and Dynamic Virtual Worlds
(NDVW - 4'5 ECTS)

New Trends in Robotics
(NTR - 3 ECTS)

Master Thesis
(MT - 18 ECTS)

Employment opportunities

Artificial Intelligence exists in many forms, including video games, robotics, search engines, face and/or voice recognition software, medical and banking applications, etc.

With so many career options available in the field, there is a job waiting for anyone willing to work for it.

The career options available to the well-educated student are many and varied and our program offers this high-level education to motivated graduate students. Clearly, Artificial Intelligence plays an increasingly important role in running the world around us and the possibilities for its use continue to grow.

Any student willing to put in the effort to gain a high level of education will be quickly accepted into this growing industry, in which salaries are high.

Admission

Calendar

The admission period to start the Master program in September 2020, is open from February 25th to May 29th, divided in two periods:
  • 1st period: From February 25th to March 13th. The decision on the applications received will be notified not later than March 20th.
  • 2nd period: From March 14th to May 29th. The decision on the applications received will be notified not later than June 5th..
The decision may be that the candidate has been admitted, that the candidate has been rejected or, if it is not the last period, that the decision has been postponed until the following period.

The June 5th notification will include a waiting list with all the candidates whose position in the candidates list, ordered by their access mark, is higher than the number of places offered in the Master. The candidates in that list can become admitted if some of the candidates firstly admitted decide to give up their seats.

Admitted candidates must accept their admission and confirm it with the payment of the allocation fee before June 12th. After that day, we will understand that they give up their seat, so their admission will be revoked and the place assigned to the following candidate in the waiting list.

If after this process there are some vacancies available, we will open an extra period of admissions, from June 15th to June 30th.

The official list of accepted candidates will be published on July 24th , on the FIB website, in the "Enrollment" section of each Master program.

Fees and payment options

Information about prices and fees for the UPC's official master's degrees can be found at Fees and payment options.

Requirements

UPC

The admission requirements for the UPC's official masters can be found at What are the requirements to enroll in a master's degree?

Language

Candidates must provide proof of their English proficiency, with at least a B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (or equivalent).

Required Documents

  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. DNI, NIE or passport
  3. Academic Personal Certificate. The certificate must detail the number of hours and credits studied and must include the grade awarded for each subject. This certificate also must contain information on the mark scheme and how grades are awarded.
  4. Diploma (or similar document). This document must confirm that the duration of the degree was at least three years and that is it a valid precursor to studies at postgraduate level (master’s degree) in that country. If that is not possible, it must indicate the level of higher education that the degree gives access to in the country where it was awarded.
  5. English knowledge Certificate (minimum: B2 of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
  6. If the applicant holds other qualifications related to the subject area of the Master’s Degree course applied for and that are different from those given to meet entrance requirements, it is necessary to include the original certificates and copy (or official copy) with the application.
IMPORTANT: All documents issued in countries that do not belong to the European Higher Education Area must be stamped and legalised by the appropriate government department, and translated into Spanish or Catalan language.
 

Selection Criteria

The Academic Committee is in charge of the admission decisions of the candidates. The criteria are: Academic Information (50%), Background and professional experience (40%) and Motivation (10%).

The criteria details follow:

Academic Information: 
  • Final average grade for the undergraduate degree that provides access to the master's degree
  • Ranking of the university issuing the previous degree, using the most common rankings (e.g. ARWU, QS World University, etc.)
  • Academic performance on the previous degree
Background and professional experience:
  • Suitability of the candidate's previous degree. Holders of bachelor's degrees in disciplines in the field of Computer Science and Mathematics will be given preference, but candidates from other disciplines are welcome
  • Experience in innovation and research projects 
  • Additional university degrees
Motivation:
  • Candidate's resume and motivation letter
 

Pre-enrolment

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Pre-enrolment 
 
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Double Degree

Participating Universities

Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarchelonaTech

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Once you've been admitted, you will find all the academic information as how to register, academic calendar, schedule of classes and exams, etc. at  FIB Website.

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