Sustainable Information Technologies for Societies project (SITes) implements AISS – Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Societies 120 ECTS Joint Masters programme, including mobility, internships and granting multiple degrees (level 7 in ISCED 2011). The program is designed together with three universities: Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies; Tampere University, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences; and Lusófona University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Engineering. In addition, societal NGOs and industry partners such as Citizen OS, Estonian Anthropocene Center NGO, Lääne-Harju municipality, Inspirators!.
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.
AISS provides 3 different degrees for its graduates: Tallinn University, Master of Arts in Social Sciences (MA); Lusofona University, Master of Science in Sustainable Information Technologies (MSc); Tampere University, Master of Social Science. All degrees are approved by national agencies, the Estonian Ministry of Education, Portuguese A3ES – Inteligência Artificial para Sociedades Sustentáveis, and Finland Universities credit the programmes. (see here).