Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with Year in Industry

Computer science and artificial intelligence is a combination whose time has definitively arrived. AI is no longer a research curiosity but the technology driving the most significant transformations in industry, healthcare, finance, education, and everyday life. Understanding both the foundational principles of computer science and the specific techniques of artificial intelligence, from machine learning and deep learning to search, planning, and natural language processing, gives graduates a rigorous and highly sought-after set of capabilities.

At the University of Nottingham, this four-year full-time programme includes a year in industry, which is a sandwich placement that places you in a professional computing or AI environment for a full year before your final academic year. This professional experience is genuinely valuable: it gives you direct exposure to how AI and software engineering are practised at scale, develops your professional skills and network, and substantially strengthens your graduate employment prospects. You will study the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of computer science alongside the principles and practice of machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and ethical AI.

Graduates from computer science with AI programmes are among the most sought after in the technology sector. Careers in machine learning engineering, software engineering, AI research, data science, and technical product management are common destinations, and Nottingham's year-in-industry structure means that many graduates return to their placement employers or use those professional relationships as a foundation for their early careers. Further study at postgraduate level in AI, machine learning, or computer science is available for those who wish to pursue research or specialist expertise.