Bachelor of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (Data Engineering), full time studies, Pori

Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Programming and Software Development

The studies are divided into basic studies and professional studies. Basic studies orient you into studies at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences. During the basic studies, you gain a comprehensive overall picture of the position and significance of the future profession and the entire field in society, working life and international environment. You are acquainted with the general theoretical fundamentals and communication in the future task area. The basic studies also include the language proficiency a graduate is required to have on the basis of legislation.

In professional studies you acquire the core competences required in programming, data science and AI. You are acquainted with the essential problems and applications of the future profession and task area and with their scientific fundamentals so that upon graduation, you can work independently in expert duties of the task area and as an entrepreneur and contribute to the development of the work community.

The skills acquired:

• Programming and Software Development
• Fundamentals of AI
• Hands-on in AI Tools and Environments
• Cloud Computing and AI
• Databases and Data Management
• Data Skills, Data Analytics, Statistics and Explorative Data Analysis
• Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Vision, and AI in Robotics
• Entrepreneurship.

In the thesis (15 ECTS), you demonstrate your ability to apply the knowledge and skills in practical expert duties related to the professional studies. The topics of Bachelor’s theses are characteristically concrete and related to work practice in cooperation with working life in Finland or abroad. The results are immediately applicable. The Bachelor’s thesis can be a research-oriented or an action-based project work. Research-oriented Bachelor’s thesis follows the principles of research in logic, methods and communication. An action-based thesis (e.g.project work) is also reported by means of research communication.

A multicultural group offers different perspectives from around the world. International projects, visiting lectures and international study cases provide the opportunity to learn global aspects while in Finland. European partners and our RoboAI research group offer possibilities for multicultural projects. Good possibilities for student exchange and practical training abroad provide an opportunity for you to require competences abroad during the education. Grants are available for both the student exchange and the practical training.

Learned skills are put in practice in several real-life projects offered and mentored by the vivid ecosystem of RoboAI partner companies. RoboAI is a research center for AI and robotics that functions as a global innovation platform for research, development, education and competence and consists of 50+ experts in the fields of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence and welfare technology.

Graduates will be working as AI specialists that have the required hands-on skills for implementing modern AI tools and methods into various scenarios from basic data-analysis and machine learning to implementing state-of-the-art AI tools to serve better the various needs of companies in different industries.

Bachelor of Engineering degree is internationally recognized and approved qualification. As a graduate you are eligible to apply to continue theoretical studies at universities in Finland as well as at most universities world-wide. The master level degree usually consists of 120 ECTS credits (2 years of full-time study). The decisions for the admision criteria are made by the receiving university. In case you wish to continue your studies towards a master's degree at a university of applied science, you can apply on this path after you have acquired at least two years experience in working life. The master's degree is most often completed while working and consist of 60 ECTS credits. SAMK offers several master's level programmes both in English and Finnish.

Adopting state-of-the-art AI tools to medical data, robotics, and business intelligence.

The specialization in the studies is generally selected during the second year of study. You can choose between four specialization options: Data Analytics (15 ECTS), Artificial Intelligence (20 ECTS), Programming (28 ECTS) and Databases (8 ECTS).

The graduates are capable of working as programmers but with the additional hands-on skills for working close to the company data and the AI technologies used in the company. The graduates also have the necessary understanding to detect situations where AI can be implemented efficiently to create significant value for the company.