U of Idaho students can now major in artificial intelligence
U of Idaho students can now major in artificial intelligence
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Publish Date: 2026-06-25 16:59:00
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Students at the University of Idaho can now major in artificial intelligence, an effort to give students the tools they need to adapt to a changing workforce and use AI to address problems.
Starting this fall, students at the University of Idaho can major in artificial intelligence.
The university announced Thursday that it is offering three options for students to pursue AI degrees, including a bachelor’s degree, a master’s of science or a master’s of engineering. The programs will be offered at the university’s Moscow and Coeur d’Alene locations, and the graduate degrees will be available online, the university said in a news release.
“The U of I helped build the applied engineering, computational and interdisciplinary foundations that became important as AI matured into a real-world industrial technology,” U of I President C. Scott Green said in the release. “Our students don’t just learn how to use AI, they learn how to build AI tools and systems, teach computers to understand and generate language on state-of-the-art AI infrastructure and apply AI in the real world.”
The degrees will get students ready to “lead in one of the fastest-growing and most transformative fields in technology,” the university said on its website describing the bachelor’s degree. The university also will offer a number of different emphases, including cyber, human-centered AI and robotics.
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