Employer Requirements for Graduate Competencies in Applied Artificial Intelligence

ERASMUS+ project The Future is in Applied Artificial Intelligence (FAAI) aims to increase the quality and relevance of students’ and graduates’ knowledge and skills in AI/ML-specific topics based on skills needed in the labor market. This paper presents the results of the survey that was conducted in the context of the FAAI project to assess the needs of employers in project participants’ countries in graduates’ competencies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science in general for the purpose of training specialists in the field of Applied AI. The survey was filled in by 38 companies and consisted of 31 questions related to general required competencies, type of machine learning problems solved, AI libraries used in companies, required soft skills, employers’ satisfaction with the level of preparedness of master’s degree graduates in the field of AI.