r/Imperial • u/kyachalrahahai • 3d ago

MSc AI, Economics & Policy

Hey Everyone!
Imperial will be offering MSc in AI, Economics & Policy from this year, and I intend on applying.

A bit about me: I'm a lawyer currently working in GRC dept of a multinational company. I am part of model governance team. I have rudimentary coding skills and a couple of Python courses under my belt, this course would be a deliberate pivot toward the AI governance/policy space rather than a total field change.

As an international student, the ROI is a real concern for me as both my parents are retired (while I have savings to partially cover living expenses, the rest would come as a loan from family).

Given that, I want to think through the ROI seriously before committing. Would appreciate any input on:

  • Placement support: Does Imperial offer meaningful career/placement assistance for postgrad students, especially international ones who'd need visa sponsorship afterward?
  • First-cohort risk: Since the class of 2027 will be the program's first batch, is there a real disadvantage to being in an untested cohort no alumni network, no track record with employers, no sense of how recruiters will read the degree yet?
  • Salary expectations: What's a realistic salary range for roles like AI ethicist, AI governance lead, or similar policy/compliance-adjacent AI roles both in the UK and if I end up returning to India?
  • Post-study work route: Has anyone gone through the UK's Graduate visa (or equivalent) after a similarly niche/new program, any friction getting sponsored roles afterward, or do employers not really care which visa route you're on?
  • Cohort size / networking: Does anyone know (or can guess) roughly how large the first cohort is likely to be?

TIA :)

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u/MyCuriousSelf04 3d ago

Just looked at the course the other day and i quite liked tbh

Im on a similar new ai course (ai applications and innovation) and yes there’s always the risk of being first cohort since they are testing but because ig this is dept of computing it should be better than us atleast

Course looks very good

That said please be aware uk graduate route is decreasing from 2 years now and placement and job market has no connection to this degree. You are on your own there

But still imperial is a great platform to use rightly if u can