Overview

AI is everywhere: search engines use it to improve answers to queries, to recognize speech, to translate languages, email programs use it to filter spam, banks use it to predict exchange rates and stock markets, doctors use it to recognize tumours, robots use it to localize themselves and obstacles, autonomous cars use it to drive, video games use it to enhance the player's experience, adaptive telescopes use it to improve image quality, smartphones use it to recognize objects / faces / gestures / voices / music, etc etc.

People are discussing the possibility of superintelligence and AI risks. Big players such as Google, Amazon, Baidu, Microsoft etc are investing billions in AI, and the AI-related job market is growing extremely rapidly.

In this exciting context, the first AI master in Switzerland is offered in Lugano, profiting from the competences of the Faculty of Informatics and the Swiss AI Lab, IDSIA, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a common institute with SUPSI and one of the world's leading research institutes in this field. For example, in 2016, IDSIA got the Swiss Special ICT award for its bio-inspired research activities and one of the ten NVIDIA "Pioneers in AI research" awards.

Awarded Degree

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Università della Svizzera italiana (USI).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

intelligent robotics,
artificial deep neural networks,
machine learning,
meta-heuristics optimization techniques,
data mining,
data analytics,
simulation
distributed algorithms.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2027-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-30 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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85

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lugano, Switzerland

Disciplines

Artificial Intelligence View 10 other Masters in Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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85

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General requirements

Academic requirements
The formal requirement for admission is a Bachelor's degree granted by a recognised university in the field of Computer sciences or related disciplines.
Language requirements

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Tuition Fees

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8000 CHF / year

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4000 CHF / year

≈ 4000 CHF / year

Living costs

Lugano

Switzerland

1516 - 2134 CHF / month

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