Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Societies (AISS)
Master’s programme in the fields of sustainable societies, artificial intelligence solutions and participatory design
The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme (EMJM) in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Societies focuses on sustainability, artificial intelligence and data-driven decisions, and participatory design methods engaging citizens. After completing the Master’s Programme, students understand and can use a participatory design approach for studying and designing AI and data-driven sustainable solutions for societies.
The programme focuses on three core areas: a) Sustainable Digital Societies, b) Data and AI science (Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data management for digital economies and sustainable information societies), and c) Active citizenship studies. The glue between the three modules is Sustainable Development Goals and user-centric design.
Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning
The program is taught in English and has a unique organisation of studies with novel hybrid pedagogies and interdisciplinary project course with real clients for integrating contacts between students, industry, companies, start-ups, and cities. The courses include technologies (e.g., virtual reality) for studying, field studies and designing solutions for real industry clients, NGOs, and cities.
Programme outline
The programme is designed together with three universities:
- Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies
- Lusófona University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Engineering
- Tampere University, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Programme consists of
The programme consists of the following academically dependent specialisations, which are studied in parallel in three different locations:
- Starting studies in Tallinn, courses in sustainable societies, AI and data and design. (1st semester)
- Continuing in Porto with a mix of electives and compulsory studies. (2nd semester)
- Arriving in Tampere, studies include an Interdisciplinary Project course with real clients. (3rd semester)
- Last semester focuses on professional placement and Master’s Thesis and allows students to choose a place from Tampere, Tallinn and Porto for their studies. (4th semester)
Who are we looking for?
Creative, visionary, reflective, and technologically interested students will shape the future of our cities, mobility, and well-being by caring for the earth.
The programme welcomes students who master the English language, are open-minded, daring, and have a background or strong interest in one of the pillars. We welcome students with various backgrounds, including engineering, information technology, biology, geography, environmental sciences, design, social and humanistic studies, cognitive science, statistics, mathematics, and business and management.
For more information and application procedure please see AISS programme.
