Career Outcome Simulator
Every Forward degree publishes an employment thesis before you apply. This tool walks that thesis forward: the roles, the capability level each needs, and the evidence you would hand an employer.
Set the scenario
Choose a programme and how far out to look
Only first-wave programmes appear here, because only they have a published employment thesis.
Roles this degree is written for
Machine learning engineer
Named in the programme's published employment thesis as a destination the degree is designed to produce.
Applied AI engineer
Named in the programme's published employment thesis as a destination the degree is designed to produce.
Data/ML platform engineer
Named in the programme's published employment thesis as a destination the degree is designed to produce.
AI solutions engineer
Named in the programme's published employment thesis as a destination the degree is designed to produce.
Who hires into them
- African technology companies and scale-ups
- Banks, insurers and telecom operators
- Global firms hiring remote engineering talent
- Public-sector data and statistics agencies
What you would carry as proof
- A capability transcript naming a verifier and a date for every claim
- Assessed work from 12 months of paid placement
- The Forward Core portfolio, carried by every graduate of every programme
- A signed digital credential an employer can verify in about thirty seconds
Co-op leverage
- 12 months of paid, assessed work sits inside the degree, not beside it.
- Placement work is marked against the same standard as campus work.
- Two placements: one engineering team, one deployment-side organisation.
Capability gap
Level needed at this horizon: Independent
0 of twelve capabilities are published at or above that level for Applied Artificial Intelligence.
| Capability | By graduation | Needed | What closes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1Intelligent Systems Fluency | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C2Quantitative Reasoning | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C3Ethical Judgement | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C4Communication and Persuasion | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C5Disciplinary Mastery | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C6Technical Production | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C7Problem Framing | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C8Collaboration and Teaming | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C9Enterprise and Value | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C10Professional Conduct | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C11Learning to Learn | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
| C12Stewardship and Service | Not published | Independent | This programme has not yet published a level for this capability. |
What this tool will not tell you
No salary promises, because we have not earned the right to make them
This programme's employment thesis is next tested under the three-year review rule: 2031.
- Starting salaries: not published. Forward is a founding intake, so there is no graduate salary history to report.
- Placement rates: not published until the first cohort completes co-op.
- Named employers: published only once an agreement is signed and disclosable.