Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

The four year BSc Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) Honours degree is oriented to constructing robust and useable systems. Heriot-Watt aim to teach people not just how to deploy cutting edge tools and techniques, but how to build the next generation of software tools that other system constructors will use. This course aims to give a well integrated balance of theoretical underpinnings and practical experience, strongly informed by the research expertise of the academic staff.

All Year 3 students take part in a year-long group project, where they co-operate in tackling a large, realistic problem. Year 4 students conduct a major, year-long, individual dissertation project.

The Artificial Intelligence specialism is gained through taking prescribed courses from the final year options (two of the following: Biologically Inspired Computation, Data Mining and Machine Learning, Intelligent Robotics) and having an approved AI topic for the final year project.

The university have very strong links with the computing industry, with representatives of more than 30 companies attending their Industrial Advisory Board. Much of the research is in collaboration with leading computing enterprises and students really value their research-led teaching by the enthusiastic staff.