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Full time
1 year
SEP-25
MSc - Master of Science
Ethics
Taught
Artificial Intelligence and data-driven approaches to decision-making are transforming almost every industry and policy sector. These technologies have already generated extraordinary benefits. However, they bring with them new challenges and new threats, and raise new questions about the limits of their responsible and ethical use. These questions have acquired fresh urgency and importance since the emergence of so-called ‘frontier AI’ models, which underpin powerful applications including Chat GPT.
To date, universities have primarily sought to train data scientists or IT lawyers rather than to equip legal specialists with a proper understanding of these technologies and their potential social, democratic and ethical risks. Our MSc will equip law graduates and current practising legal professionals with the skills needed to identify these issues and respond thoughtfully to the regulatory challenges they raise.
The programme will consist of six fundamental core modules, group and individual project work, which will develop your understanding of the cutting-edge contemporary challenges raised by data science and some of the broader social, democratic and ethical issues that they may implicate.
Employability is at the forefront of the MSc in Law, Regulation and AI Ethics. Developed in collaboration with industry partners, the MSc aims to fill a skills gap in the sector. The ability to interpret and apply computer science-related skills, whilst critically understanding the legal and ethical impact of their work is integral to the future of the legal and commercial industry, and our MSc will give you these skills.
At Birmingham, Postgraduate Taught and Postgraduate Research students also have the opportunity to learn graduate academic languages free of charge, to support your studies.
Our partners
Created in collaboration with industry, the MSc Law, Regulation and AI Ethics has the backing of numerous legal firms who will support the development of the programme, offering paid work experience as part of the degree. These include international, national and local organisations & firms such as:
Accenture
Nesta
The Society for Computers and Law
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Black Solicitors Network
Eversheds Sutherland
Fieldfisher
Lewis Silkin
Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP)
For this course (per year)
£11,340
For this course (per year)
£24,120
Applicants should have a good Law Honours degree or considerable comparable professional experience and have an understanding of applied mathematics via A in A-Level Mathematics (or equivalent).
The University of Birmingham - part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities in the UK – has been helping to develop the next generation of leaders, push boundaries of innovation and challenge existing thinking for over 100 years. The university has a vibrant and diverse community of students, with over 10,000 international students coming to the city from over 120 countries. Over 40% of students are working on a postgraduate...more
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