Oxford Brookes University

Intrinsically-aligned machine learning PhD

Oxford Brookes UniversityHeadington, United Kingdom

Course overview

In a truly cross-disciplinary effort, this project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and in collaboration with the University of Manchester, will leverage results from human decision-making to inform the design of this new paradigm, and feed the results of the latter back into human decision-making to help make it more explainable.

Key highlights

  • Cross-disciplinary research drawing on human decision-making to design machine learning
  • Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust
  • Delivered in collaboration with the University of Manchester
  • Research aims to make human decision-making more explainable

Entry requirements

  • IELTS: 6.5 — 6.5 IELTS language certificate with an overall score of 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in any element) issued in the last 2 years by an approved test centre. Appli

Scholarships

  • Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Scholarship

    Award value: £3,000

    Up to £3,000
  • Global Development and Humanitarian Practice Scholarship

    Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America only are eligible to apply for a single scholarship award of £9,250 to contribute to their course fees.

    Up to £9,250
  • Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Scholarship

    Full and part-time applicants for the MA Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding are eligible to apply for one of the £1,000 scholarships.

    Up to £1,000
  • London Book Fair Scholarship

    The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media.

    Up to £1,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Machine learning research scientist
  • Postdoctoral researcher in artificial intelligence
  • University lecturer in computing
  • AI explainability researcher
  • Deep learning engineer

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Oxford Brookes University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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