Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

About Artificial Intelligence

The Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) program at UPM is specifically designed and offered as a natural response to the rapid development of AI field. This program is envisioned to take lead in Artificial Intelligence education in the Kingdom. Through the program, we envisage to be globally recognized as a source of knowledge, expertise, and innovation. This AI program aims to produce practitioners and innovators in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our graduates will be able to meet the growing demand of the local and international market. This means that we will provide local programs with international standards. To this end, we will collaborate with top international research institutes in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Mission:

To graduate independent and motivated innovators in the area of artificial intelligence who have the practical and theoretical knowledge, skills, and proficiency to meet the rapidly growing demand of the local and international markets.

Program Objectives

To be practitioners and innovators in the ever-evolving AI industrial environment.

To be equipped with the skills needed to analyze and solve local and international AI problems.

To be committed to Lifelong Learning by giving the ability to learn independently which enables to pursue higher education or for advancing careers in the rapidly progressing fields of AI.

To be able to understand the social, legal, ethical and cultural issues that are related to the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Graduate Attributes

1

Influential contributors to the society.

2

Professional artificial intelligence specialists.

3

Skilled researchers and communicators.

4

Effective team-players.

Financial Aids

Tuition Fees

For more information please see Tuition Fees page

Scholarships

For more information please see Scholarships page

Career Opportunities

- Machine Learning Engineer

- Robotics Engineer

- Computer Vision Engineer

- Data Scientist

- Research Scientist

- Video game Programmer

Artificial Intelligence Framework

Requirements	Courses Type	Number of Credit Hours
General	Compulsory	06
	Elective	06
College	Compulsory	56
Major	Compulsory	45
	Elective	12
	Graduation Project	06
	Practical Training	01
Total Credits: 132

Requirements

General

Course Plan	Num. of Credit Hours
Compulsory	06
Elective	06

Requirements

College

Course Plan	Num. of Credit Hours
Compulsory	56

Requirements

Major

Course Plan	Num. of Credit Hours
Compulsory	45
Elective	12
Graduation Project	06
Practical Training	01

Total of program Credit Hours

132

Artificial Intelligence Study Plan

First Year

First Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
MATH 101	Calculus I	4	MATH 002
GIAS 101	Islamic Culture	3	MATH 002
CS 111	Introduction to Computing and Programming	4	PCS 001
ENGL 101	First Year Composition	3	ENGL 005
GIAS xxx	Islamic Study Elective	3
	Total	17

Second Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
MATH 102	Calculus I	4	MATH 101
GIAS 102	Arabic Language Skills	3
CS 112	Object Oriented Programming	4	CS 111
ENGL 102	Introduction to Report Writing	3	ENGL 101
GSOS xxx	Social Sciences Elective	3
	Total	17

Second Year

First Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
Math201	Differential Equations	3	Math102
CS 221	Operating Systems	4	CS 112
CS 201	Introduction to Discrete Systems	3	MATH 102
CS 211	Data Structures and Algorithms	4	CS 112
CS 351	Fundamentals of Database Systems	4	CS 112
	Total	18

Second Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
STAT 232	Probability and Statistics	3	MATH 102
MATH 204	Linear Algebra	3	MATH 102
AI 372	Ethics and Professionalism	2
ENGL 201	Technical Writing	3	ENGL 102
CS 332	Computer Networks & Data Communications	4	CS 321
	Total	15

Third Year

First Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
Math303	Numerical Methods	3	Math102
AI 381	Artificial Intelligence I	3	CS 211
AI305	Introduction to Machine Learning	4	MATH 204
AI385	Introduction to Computer Vision	4	MATH 204
AI361	Image processing	4	MATH 204
	Total	18

Second Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
AI 382	Artificial Intelligence II	3	AI 381
AI 316	Numerical Methods in Scientific Computation	3	Math 303
AI 318	Pattern Recognition	3	AI 305
AI 312	Natural Language Processing	3	AI 305
AI 306	Data Mining	3	AI 305
	Total	15
AI 394	Summer Practical Training	1	Year 3 Core Courses

Fourth Year

First Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
AI 491	Capstone Project I	3	CS 394
AI 407	Introduction to Robotics	4
AI 417	Introduction Deep Learning	4	AI 305
AI xxx	Professional Elective I	3	College Approval
AI xxx	Professional Elective II	3	College Approval
	Total	17

Second Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Requisite
AI 492	Capstone Project II	3	AI 491
AI 418	Human Computer Interaction	3
AI 438	Selected Topics in AI	2	AI 382
AI xxx	Professional Elective III	3	College Approval
AI xxx	Professional Elective IV	3	College Approval
	Total	14
Total Credit Hours Required: 132

Faculty

Dr. Ahmed Elhayek

Head of AI Program

College of Computer and Cyber Sciences

Ext: 1161

a.elhayek@upm.edu.sa

Dr. Rami Jomaa

Assistant Professor

College of Computer and Cyber Sciences

Ext: 1203

r.jomaa@upm.edu.sa

Mr. Ahmed Algogandi

Lecturer

College of Computer and Cyber Sciences

Ext: 1225

a.algogandi@upm.edu.sa