Department of Machine Learning and Foundation Models
Model architecture, training at scale, evaluation science, fine tuning and alignment, African language and low resource modelling, efficiency under constrained compute.
- Degree programmes
- 4
- Credit units
- 502
- Credentials
- 3
- Study modes
- 3
Source of truth: the exported Curriculum Compendium data for the School of Artificial Intelligence and Computing.
Degrees owned by this department
4 degree programmes
Every degree below carries a full term-by-term and block-by-block curriculum, programme learning outcomes, a twelve-capability profile and an employment thesis.
Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence and big data is the fastest growing skill category in the world, two thirds of employers intend to hire specifically for it, and the measured wage premium for demonstrable AI capability now exceeds sixty per cent of ...
Campus · Online · Hybrid · 12 months paid co-op
Programme and employment thesisBachelor of Science in Computer Science with Advanced and Quantum Computing
Every serious technology economy needs a small number of people who understand computation deeply enough to build the layer everyone else stands on: compilers, runtimes, schedulers, numerical kernels, cryptographic primitives and, increasin...
Campus · Online · Hybrid · 12 months paid co-op
Programme and employment thesisMaster of Science in Machine Learning and Foundation Models
A research intensive degree for the small number of people who will build, adapt and evaluate frontier-class models on and for the continent. It exists because Africa is acquiring accelerated computing faster than it is acquiring the people...
Campus · Hybrid · 12 months paid co-op
Programme and employment thesisDoctor of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence
Africa cannot import its way to research capacity. This doctorate is designed to produce researchers who will stay, supervise, and build institutions, and it therefore carries two requirements unusual in the region: every candidate must pub...
Campus · Hybrid · 12 months paid co-op
Programme and employment thesis