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Penn students can major in AI starting in fall of 2024

Feb 14, 2024 - businessinsider.com
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has announced a new major in Artificial Intelligence (AI), making it the first Ivy League school to do so. The program, named the Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence, will start this fall and will allow current students to transfer into it, while applicants for the fall of 2025 can apply directly. The program will offer courses in machine learning, computing algorithms, data analytics, and advanced robotics, with students required to select a concentration in machine learning, vision and language, data and society, robotics, or AI and health systems.

Penn is also the first school to offer a degree in AI engineering. While other schools offer similar programs, most do not list it as an undergraduate major and none have an engineering program in AI. The program is expected to increase the number of students in Penn's engineering school, which is particularly selective with an acceptance rate lower than the general admission rate of about 6%.

Key takeaways:

  • The University of Pennsylvania will offer a major in AI starting this fall, becoming the first Ivy League school to do so.
  • The program, named the Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence, will offer courses in machine learning, computing algorithms, data analytics, and advanced robotics.
  • Penn is also the first school to offer a degree in AI engineering, differentiating it from other schools like Carnegie Mellon which offers a degree in AI computing.
  • The engineering school at Penn is highly selective, with an acceptance rate lower than the general admission rate of about 6%, but expects the number of students to grow with the new major.
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