Program Overview

Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence

The Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence is a 1.5-year program that provides students with advanced knowledge in artificial intelligence, including engineering, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and other related fields. The program is accredited with excellence by the AQU Catalunya and is offered by the Facultat d'Informŕtica de Barcelona (FIB) in collaboration with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the Universitat de Barcelona (UB).

General Information

• Duration: 1.5 years, 90 ECTS credits
• Start date: September
• Schedule: Morning and afternoon, face-to-face
• Tuition fees: Approximately 1,743 (2,700 for non-EU residents)
• Language: English

Access

• Admission requirements: Academic requirements for master's degree access
• Places available: 50
• Pre-enrollment: Currently closed, but interested students can use the 'Request information' form to contact the master's program for updates on new pre-enrollment periods.

Curriculum

The program is divided into three quadrimesters, with a range of compulsory and optional courses, including:

First Quadrimestre

• Computational Intelligence (5 credits)
• Introduction to Automatic Learning (5 credits)
• Introduction to Human Language Technology (5 credits)
• Introduction to Multiagent Systems (5 credits)
• Planning and Approximate Reasoning (5 credits)
• Computer Vision (5 credits)

Second Quadrimestre

• Massive Data Analysis (4.5 credits)
• Intelligent Data Analysis Applications in Industry (2 credits)
• Experiential and Supervised Learning (4.5 credits)
• Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning (4.5 credits)
• Deep Learning (4.5 credits)
• Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis (3 credits)
• Advanced Concepts in Computational Intelligence (4 credits)
• Design of Multiagent Systems (4 credits)
• Human Language Engineering (4.5 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (3 credits)
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence (3 credits)
• Human-Computer Interaction (4.5 credits)
• Introduction to Research (3 credits)
• Introduction to Research (6 credits)
• Logic for Artificial Intelligence (6 credits)
• Minds, Brains, and Machines (4 credits)
• Probabilistic Graphical Models (4.5 credits)
• NLP on Open Linked Data (3 credits)
• New Trends in Robotics (3 credits)
• Object Recognition (4 credits)
• Cognitive Robotics (4.5 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence Seminar (3 credits)
• Personalized Multicriteria Decision Support Systems (4.5 credits)
• Multi-Robot Systems (4.5 credits)
• Self-Organized Multiagent Systems (4.5 credits)
• Advanced Human Language Technologies (5 credits)
• Assistance and Healthcare Technologies (4.5 credits)
• Artificial Vision and Pattern Recognition (4.5 credits)
• Complex Networks (5 credits)

Third Quadrimestre

• Intelligent Data Mining and Analysis (4.5 credits)
• Automatic Learning on Computer Graphics (3 credits)
• Cognitive Interaction with Robots (4.5 credits)
• Normative and Dynamic Virtual Worlds (4.5 credits)
• Intelligent System Project (3 credits)
• Problem Solving and Constraint Programming (4.5 credits)
• Intelligent Decision Support Systems (4.5 credits)
• Master's Thesis (18 credits)

Professional Outcomes

The program is designed for students who want to acquire advanced knowledge in artificial intelligence to occupy positions of responsibility in industry, the public sector, or academia, in Spain or abroad. Graduates will be able to:

• Solve complex technical problems that require innovation or research.
• Make important decisions with strategic vision in professional fields.
• Participate in doctoral courses in the field of information and communication technologies at the UPC, URV, UB, or abroad.

Competences

Transversal Competences

The transversal competences describe what a graduate should know or be able to do after completing the learning process, regardless of the degree. The transversal competences established at the UPC are entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a third language (preferably English), teamwork, and proper use of information resources.

Specific Competences

• Design and implement computer studies, including cost analysis and execution adjusted to available resources and existing procedures.
• Solve information analysis needs of different organizations, identifying sources of uncertainty and variability.
• Solve decision-making problems of different organizations, integrating intelligent tools.
• Apply artificial intelligence techniques in technological and industrial environments to improve quality and productivity.
• Design, write, and present reports on computer projects in the specific area of artificial intelligence.
• Design new computer tools and new artificial intelligence techniques in professional practice.
• Absorb and integrate changes in the economic, social, and technological environment into the objectives and procedures of computer work in intelligent systems.
• Respect legal regulations and deontology in professional practice.
• Respect the environmental environment and design and develop intelligent systems for environmental sustainability.

Double Degree Agreements

The program has double degree agreements with international universities.

Quality Seals

The program has quality seals from the Agčncia per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya.

Academic Organization

• Academic responsible: Ulises Cortés
• Calendar: UPC academic calendar
• Academic regulations: UPC master's degree academic regulations