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How to Choose an AI Program/Course at University
The reasoning framework for making life and career-defining decisions
If choosing the appropriate degree course or program to study Artificial intelligence(AI) at University was straightforward, this article would end here. But it doesn't.
This means there is more to it than just deciding to study AI at a University, especially if the objective is to become an AI professional after a few years.
The image above depicts keywords and topics within AI course titles of MSc, PhD, Diplomas and BSc degrees at various universities across the United Kingdom. Each of the courses I went over to create this word cloud had even more keywords in their respective modules.
Becoming an AI professional through the academic route is not entirely straightforward.
Suppose you don't give your university course selection a considerable amount of thought. In that case, you might find yourself in a data-centric course when your interests lies in the hardware-focused aspect of AI, which means you could have been best suited for a course that covered Robotics or Mechanics.
In this article, I reveal a practical framework that presents an adaptable approach to selecting an appropriate AI-related course at most higher…
