Computing - Human Centred Artificial Intelligence - Tallaght

What is Human Centered Artificial Intelligence?

The digital transformation of organisations and society is in full swing, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) playing an increasingly significant role. Furthermore, the EU AI Act dramatically alters the market rules for AI systems and services, impacting EU and non-EU manufacturers, importers, distributors, authorised representatives, operators, and users. One primary objective of the Act is to ensure the safety and compliance with existing EU law on fundamental rights for AI systems placed on the EU market and used within the EU. This way, we ensure that ‘the human’ is respected in practice and the design of AI is human-centric.



In the MSc in Computing (Human Centred AI) programme at Technological University Dublin, you learn how to build and apply AI, and how to deal with the societal choices that come with it. The programme provides student-centric learning through interactive sessions, tutorials and practicals on AI trustworthiness, AI ethics, and how AI can be designed and socially harmonious. This course has been developed by a consortium of ten organisations across European Universities, Excellence Centres and Small and Medium Enterprises. European Activity includes a joint week spent working on Project ideas with industry and research partners in Utrecht annually.

F/T & P/T Programme:

Module listing

Year One

Semester 1

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Modelling [Mandatory]

Data Analytics [Mandatory]

Ethics & IT [Mandatory]

Research Methods and Proposal Writing [Mandatory]



Semester 2

Society and AI: Risk and Compliance [Mandatory]

Human Centric Deep Learning [Mandatory]

Emerging Technologies in AI [Mandatory]

Research Thesis (Human Centred AI) [Mandatory]

Minimum Entry Requirements?

The minimum entry requirement for standard entrants to the course is a 2:2 (GPA 2.5 or equivalent), in a Bachelor of Science in Computing (Level 8) or a cognate discipline or equivalent. Candidates not attaining this standard level must achieve an acceptable standard for progression by other means approved by QQI. All applicants must have competence in spoken and written English. Candidates may be interviewed to determine eligibility.



If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website. Applicants for this programme should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 6 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 6 in each component.

Applications for full-time and some part-time postgraduate programmes commencing in September 2026 are now open. Applications for the remaining part-time programmes will open in February 2026. Please check individual course pages for application details.

F/T Programme:

1 year full-time, blended delivery.



Schedule: This course will be delivered in the classroom – Daytime delivery 4 days per week.



P/T Programme:

2 years part-time, online delivery.



Schedule: This course is delivered entirely online. However, students are expected to visit campus (or travel to partner universities) for optional events such as Ethicon, Interactive Project Week and project presentations. Classes are typically delivered on Mondays (or Tuesdays) and Wednesdays evenings, 6.00pm – 9.30pm. Lecturers may record the online session on request. However, most of the sessions are interactive hence, it is highly recommended that students attend these online sessions, as interactions with students will not be recorded.

Commencement Dates: January 2026 and September 2026.