B.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence
Amsterdam, Netherlands
BSc
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,084 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EEA students; € 11,426 for non-EU/non-EEA students for 2021-2022
Key Summary
About: The B.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam explores AI and human behavior. VU, founded in 1880, offers 175+ English-taught programmes to 26,000+ students from 122 nationalities. You’ll analyse, develop, and apply intelligent systems through projects like semantic navigation, a quit assistant, adaptive music, and tram prediction. The programme starts September 1.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in software engineering, machine learning, data science, human-centered AI, research, and AI consulting across tech, healthcare, transport and government. Roles include AI developer, data analyst, researcher and systems designer, with skills in semantic technologies, adaptive systems and NLP. Opportunities are varied.
Understand the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and human behavior
AI’s applications are highly diverse, ranging from optimizing internet searches to supporting elderly people with dementia. VU’s Artificial Intelligence program allows you to analyze, develop, and apply new AI techniques to come up with solutions that make sense within their social context.
Another option is to continue in the specialized Cognitive Science track, during which you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the cognitive aspects of AI.
VU’s AI program is a pioneer in the development of intelligent systems. As a Master's student, you’ll get the opportunity to work on advanced information systems at a wide range of companies and institutions. Some recent examples include:
- Semantic navigation on overheid.nl (the Dutch government website)
- A personal “quit assistant” to help people give up smoking
- Adaptive personal music choices during sports training, in collaboration with Philips
- New forms of online publication for Elsevier
- A knowledge system to predict problems with Amsterdam's trams and other public transport
- An intelligent opponent that’s able to anticipate a player's actions in a real-time action game
The start date of this program is September 1st.
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In your first year, you’ll take a number of compulsory courses that cover the key concepts of AI. You’ll learn how human behavior can be interpreted based on sensor data and computational models of physiological and cognitive processes. You’ll gain experience in integrating such models in dedicated, intelligent applications that support humans in their daily lives. And you’ll work with these systems to make sure they’re truly aware of the way humans operate.
In your second year, you’ll specialize. And there are lots of possibilities and opportunities to do so. You can continue to study AI techniques in more depth, building on the core topics. And you can choose advanced elective courses in these or more specific AI topics like Deep Learning.
In the specialization phase, you can also study a particular area of application – such as supporting people in following a healthy lifestyle or caring for the elderly. Or you can focus on a relevant scientific discipline: psychology, sociology, movement sciences, or biomedical sciences, for example.
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