Master’s degree · Dedicated AI or machine learning program
Master's in Science or Philosophy with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence (MSc/MPhil in AI)
University of Cape Town · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Currently offered, next intake unconfirmed
- Award
- Master of Science / Master of Philosophy with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence
- Subject
- Artificial intelligence, Machine learningFull time
- Format
- On campusTwo years of full-time study
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Two-year coursework-plus-mini-dissertation master's in the Department of Computer Science covering machine learning, NLP, vision, logic and evolutionary computation.
- School and department
- University of Cape TownDepartment of Computer Science
- Subject or specialization
- Artificial intelligence, Machine learningRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Science / Master of Philosophy with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence
- Credential type
- DegreeA degree awarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Academic credit
- Credit status not stated
- Awarding institution
- University of Cape Town
- Access and price model
- Access terms not statedThe official page does not state the price model.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Two years of full-time study
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full timeFull-time only; no part-time option
- Required components (internships, residencies, exams, visits)
- First year: 90 credits of AI coursework (Research Methods plus six electives); second year: mini-dissertationShown separately from the teaching duration.
- Teaching location
- University of Cape Town
Admissions, prerequisites and intakes
- Programming
- Not stated
- Mathematics
- Not stated
- Prior degree
- Required
- Work experience
- Not stated
Honours degree in Computer Science (MSc route) or a four-year degree equivalent to an Honours degree in Computer Science (MPhil route).
- Academic requirements
- Honours degree in Computer Science (MSc) or equivalent four-year degree (MPhil)
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
- Enrolment restrictions
- Admission is competitive; application needs transcripts and a research proposal
Fees
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Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current fees, equipment costs and any deposit or refund terms.
Curriculum, assessment and projects
As published by the provider. None of this guarantees employment, admission or professional certification.
- Curriculum
- Coursework drawn from Evolutionary Computation, Intelligent Systems, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Logics for AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Ontology Engineering, followed by a supervised AI mini-dissertation.
- Project or capstone
- Mini-dissertation in AI
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, dated intake or deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 1 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 1 November 2026)