入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree. Mature applicants with relevant experience will also be considered on an individual basis.
英语要求：IELTS 6.0, with not less than 6.0 in each section. Internet TOEFL with 80 overall including 22 in Speaking and 24 in Writing.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,900
课程特征 Course Features：
This MSc prepares graduates for research and development in intelligent systems, covering theoretical issues and practical techniques for their design and implementation. Programming skills are developed through an introductory course in Java, enabling students from both computing and non-computing backgrounds to access a wide range of specialist options commensurate with their experience.
You can choose to organise your studies into pathways: Artificial Intelligence; Creative Systems; Computational Neuroscience; Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems; Interaction Design; Philosophy of Cognitive Science; Web Computing; or you can devise your own interdisciplinary combination of courses according to your personal interests.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Autumn term: Academic Development ▪ Machine Learning ▪ Object-Oriented Programming. You also take two options from: Artificial Life ▪ Digital Image Processing and Analysis ▪ Intelligence in Animals and Machines ▪ Issues in Philosophy of Cognitive science I: Consciousness ▪ Mathematics and Computational Methods for Complex Systems ▪ Models of Creativity ▪ Real-World Cognition ▪ Web Computing.
Spring term: Intelligent System Techniques ▪ Language Engineering. You also take two options from Adaptive Systems ▪ Computational Neuroscience ▪ Dynamics of Development ▪ E-Business and E-Commerce Systems ▪ Generative Creativity ▪ Issues in Concepts and Cognitive Science ▪ Neural Networks ▪ Sensory and Motor Functions of the Nervous System ▪ Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour ▪ Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments. Not all options are available every year. Additional options may be available.
Summer term: you undertake a dissertation project under faculty supervision. Occasionally there are opportunities to collaborate in this with an industrial partner. The dissertation offers scope to specialise through research in a chosen topic, and the work of some projects has led to publication in journals and conference proceedings.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
You are assessed by coursework, unseen examinations, essays, programming projects, group projects, presentations and a 12,000-word dissertation.