Artificial Intelligence for Business 15 credits

About the course

The course builds on a relational understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and focuses on opportunities, limitations, and challenges related to organizational use of AI for value creation. The course introduces different types of AI technologies and how they have emerged. Through theories of how the relationship and dynamics between organizations and technology can be understood, the course highlights how AI triggers new organizational and societal challenges. Against this backdrop, the course explores how, on operational and strategic levels, businesses can work with understanding, managing and creating value using AI.

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Autumn 2025
- Artificial Intelligence for Business
  
  Second admissions round for EU/EEA citizens
  
  HT25 / Umeå / English / On site
  
  Submit a late application
  
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  Starts
  3 November 2025
  
  Ends
  18 January 2026
  
  Number of credits
  15 credits
  
  Type of studies
  On site
  
  Study pace
  100%
  
  Teaching hours
  Daytime
  
  Study location
  Umeå
  
  Language
  English
  
  Application code
  UMU-27209
  
  Eligibility Admission to the course requires 90 credits in informatics, computer science, business administration, media and communication studies, pedagogics, psychology, political science or sociology (or equivalent competence). Also required is English B/6.
  
  Selection
  Academic credits
  
  Application
  Application deadline was 15 April 2025. Please note: This second application round is intended only for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens. Submit a late application at Universityadmissions.se.
  
  Application and tuition fees
  As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
  
  Application fee: SEK 900
  
  Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 38,075
  
  Total fee: SEK 38,075
  
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