30+ degrees co-developed with Google Cloud.
- Practical AI skills built in
- Google Cloud content in your modules
- Realistic AI tasks in your subject
- Evidence of AI literacy for future employers
01How AI fits into your subject
How you’ll use AI in your subject
You learn AI and subject expertise together, so you have both the skills and the know-how to apply them. What that looks like depends on what you study.
On a business degreeMake better business decisions, faster
See how AI helps you test marketing strategies, model profit impact and make confident business choices. Learn to make sense of information and let AI take care of daily admin, so you can focus on leading.
On a computing or engineering degreeBuild and test real technology solutions
Build digital fluency and practical problem-solving with modern AI tools, and explore how real technology teams design, build and run solutions in the cloud.
02How your skills grow
How your skills grow, year by year
- Acquire · early modules
Learn the subject and the tools together
Learn your subject and the AI tools that support it side by side, with academic guidance from your first modules.
- Apply · mid-programme
Practise on realistic scenarios
Work through realistic workplace scenarios in your subject. You make decisions, solve problems and see what happens, before you do it for real.
- Transform · final stage
Build a portfolio to show employers
Work on real challenges from partner organisations and finish with a portfolio you can show employers. You’ll also know when AI helps, and when it doesn’t.
03Find your programme
30+ new Arden degrees co-developed with Google Cloud, starting with these 10.
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Tools, certifications and applied activities vary by programme. Each programme page lists what is confirmed for that course.
04What Google Cloud adds
Google Cloud learning content in your modules
Google Cloud learning content sits inside your modules, and Google Cloud subject-matter experts contributed to the content and applied activities you work on.
And also: Gemini Enterprise to help you study
Gemini Enterprise is part of your Arden learning experience. Use it, with guidance, to research, summarise, organise your notes and test your understanding.
Arden University teaches, assesses and awards the degree. Google Cloud does not award or validate the qualification.
05What you can show employers
Learn the subject with Arden University. Prove the skill with Google Cloud.
Real experience and Google Cloud skills, alongside your degree.
Build your AI skills with Google Skills
Explore learning resources from Google to develop your understanding of AI and how to use it.
GEAR pathways
Structured Google Cloud learning routes, mapped to eligible programmes.
Skills for Google Cloud certification
Gain the skills to work towards Google Cloud certifications.
A portfolio of your work
Reports, projects and other work you can show an employer.
06Responsible AI and human judgement
Using AI responsibly, and knowing when to question it
You’ll learn where AI tools help and where they get things wrong. That includes checking sources, spotting bias in data, handling information carefully and saying when you’ve used AI. Your judgement is assessed as well as the finished work.
Check the source
Check what an AI tool tells you against reliable sources.
Spot the bias
Check who is missing from a set of data before you rely on it.
Declare the use
Be clear about where AI helped and where the thinking was yours.
07Undergraduate and postgraduate study
Degrees for wherever you are in your career
Undergraduate
Undergraduate degrees
Changing career or coming back to study? Gain a degree, practical experience and a portfolio of your work. A foundation year is available on every undergraduate degree if you need it.
Postgraduate
Master’s degrees
Your profession is changing, and your experience still matters. Build on it with practical AI skills and current professional knowledge, so you can adapt and lead as your field changes.
You don’t need to start again. Add new skills to what you already know.
New to Arden? Explore Arden University to find out more about studying with us.
08Register your interest
Be first to know when applications open
Tell us what you’d like to study and we’ll keep you up to date. What you’ll get:
- An email the moment applications open
- Programme details as soon as they’re confirmed
- Invitations to online sessions about your course, as they become available
- No obligation to apply, and you can unsubscribe at any time
Your Arden degree
Who teaches and awards the degree?
Arden University. The degree is co-developed with Google Cloud, and taught, assessed and awarded by Arden. It appears on your certificate as an Arden University award.
Do I need a technical background to start?
No. Foundation year routes start from the beginning, and the AI tools are taught as part of your subject rather than as separate computer science.
How will I study?
Through blended learning at one of Arden’s UK campuses, or online, with tutor support either way. Each programme page confirms the study options and locations.
How is academic integrity handled when AI is part of the course?
You will be taught where AI helps, where it does not, and how to declare its use. Your own judgement and reasoning are what gets assessed.
Google Cloud's contribution
What does co-developed with Google Cloud mean in practice?
Google Cloud subject-matter experts worked with Arden academics on learning content and applied activities, and Google Cloud learning content sits inside the modules. Arden University teaches, assesses and awards the degree; Google Cloud does not award or validate it.
What is Gemini Enterprise, and how will I use it?
It is Google Cloud's enterprise AI assistant, available to you as part of your Arden learning experience. You can use it to research, summarise, organise your notes and test your understanding, with guidance on when and how to use AI responsibly.
Will I work on real client projects?
Applied learning is built around scenario-based challenges set in your subject. Where a named external organisation and brief are confirmed for a programme, that is stated on the programme page.
Co-developed with Google Cloud