University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (Oxford Lifelong Learning)
Artificial Intelligence Concepts: An Introduction is a paid course from University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education, online. It costs £430.
It takes about 100 hours and leads to an academic award. Next: 18 Jan 2027. We rate it beginner level; the provider doesn't say.
Suits people with no AI background who want a structured, university-level grounding in how AI works and its ethical questions, without coding. What stands out is the academic framing: FHEQ level 4, CATS points and a pass or fail assignment. The main caveat is the workload, about 100 study hours over ten weeks, at £430 (50% off for some UK benefit recipients and care leavers). City Lit's Introduction to artificial intelligence, at £149, is a shorter, lower-cost alternative.
Checked against University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (Oxford Lifelong Learning) on 26 Oct 2026
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A ten-week online course from Oxford Lifelong Learning introducing AI for a general audience. Ten units cover what intelligence is, AI and society, search, expert systems, connectionist models, machine learning and testing AI systems. No coding. Assessed by a 1,500-word assignment, offered at FHEQ level 4 with CATS points.
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Level: beginner (our rating). Delivery: live online.
This course is open to all, and no prior knowledge is required.
£430. Course fee £430; 50% reduction for UK state benefit recipients and UK care leavers.
Certificate: academic award. University of Oxford digital Certificate of Completion (on passing the final assignment); CATS points.
University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (Oxford Lifelong Learning) is a UK provider. We checked this course on its own page on 26 Oct 2026.
The price is shown in pounds, as the provider states it.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI literacy and fundamentals: Living with AI (Scottish AI Alliance), Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Online (Forth Valley College), BCS Foundation Award: Award in Understanding the Role of Ethics in the Responsible Use of AI (PLA) (Cardiff and Vale College).
See also: free and funded training by nation.
Next: 18 Jan 2027.
£430.
About 100 hours, a cohort programme.
Yes: academic award. The provider calls it "University of Oxford digital Certificate of Completion (on passing the final assignment); CATS points".
It's a beginner course (our rating; the provider does not state a level). Prerequisites: This course is open to all, and no prior knowledge is required.
Next: 18 Jan 2027.
No, they are all paid. The lowest-priced one we list is Artificial Intelligence Concepts: An Introduction: £430.
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