City St George’s launches new AI degrees led by world-class experts in the heart of London • City St George's, University of London

The University has opened applications for its new undergraduate degree courses in AI, where students get hands-on from the outset, designing and building real AI systems from their first year of study.

By City St George's Press Office (City St George's Press Office), Published Tuesday, 30^th June 2026

The new BSc (Hons) and MSci (Hons) Artificial Intelligence courses at City St George's, University of London have been designed for students who want a specialist artificial intelligence (AI) degree which provides deep technical training from year one.

Both courses are now open to applications for the 2026/27 academic year and will be starting in September 2026.

From their first year, students will engage with the theory and technology of AI systems, learning core AI fundamentals in mathematics and statistics, programming, and software engineering, before progressing into the advanced areas of machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and natural language processing.

Teaching is informed by our AI Research Centre and Institute, providing students early access to world-class experts working on real-world AI systems, ensuring their learning takes place at the cutting edge of methodology and technology used across industry and research. These new programmes complement our existing MSc Artificial Intelligence.

A key aspect of the programme is the 450-hour individual AI project, which allows students to specialise in fields as diverse as healthcare AI, autonomous systems or intelligent data analysis.

The BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence requires full-time undergraduate study for three years, with the option of a one-year industry placement. While there is also the option to later transfer to the MSci (Hons) Artificial Intelligence.

The MSci (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence is full-time undergraduate study for four years, with the option of a one-year industry placement.

Reflecting on the launch, Dr Pranava Madhyastha, programme developer of the new course programme, and Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at City St George’s, said:

Our approach mirrors how the best AI systems are built, with strong fundamentals at the core and more sophisticated capability layered on top. Students progress from first principles to frontier techniques, moving from a solid grounding in mathematics and computer science into specialist AI modules. We’ve designed the journey so that depth always comes first, giving students the understanding to question the underlying logic, improve it, and help define where the field goes next.