Artificial Intelligence for Games MSc

You will:

• Build your skills by devising AI for games, both in solo and co-creative contexts.
• Learn from world-leading researchers in AI and veteran programmers from the industry.
• Gain a Master's in artificial intelligence, along with technical and transferable expertise that will give you a head start in a highly competitive sector.
• Join an international community of professional makers and creatives.

On Artificial Intelligence for Games, you’ll not only gain complete knowledge of AI but skills in the broader games industry context too. We’ll cover AI from genetic programming and fuzzy-logic systems to deep learning and monte-carlo tree search. You’ll get straight to work in the second study block, making a bespoke AI component for a co-created project. This all leads to a major project in study block three.

Study block one

• Development Synergies
• Classical Artificial Intelligence

Study block two

• Machine Learning
• Game Development Project

Study block three

• Major Project

The modules above are those being studied by our students or proposed new ones. Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you, please discuss it with the Course Leader.

How you'll learn

With weekly support sessions from our dedicated team and extra support throughout, you’ll be able to produce coursework to a high standard, learning to work independently as well as collaborate effectively. You'll learn through:

• Demonstrations
• Studio practice
• Project supervision
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Practical workshops
• Crit sessions
• Tutorials
• Guest speakers
• Mentoring

How you'll be assessed

• Assessment is 100% coursework, with real-life learning preparing you to get straight to work in the industry.