--- title: Academics date: 2025-07-17T14:13:00-04:00 author: Jordan Dunklee canonical_url: "https://ai.umd.edu/academics" section: Pages --- # Academics *Educating AI Leaders* **Academics & Programs** We blend knowledge with vision, equipping students to apply AI with skill, integrity and imagination. Our programs prepare graduates to lead in any industry, shaping a future where technology serves people first. ### Research Meets the Classroom Through the integration of cutting-edge research and an innovative curriculum, the University of Maryland offers an unparalleled educational experience in AI. We provide students from all majors with exposure to AI courses, ensuring they are well-versed in the latest developments and applications. This combination of research and education positions our students to be leaders in the AI landscape, ready to tackle future challenges and embrace the opportunities. - **200+** — courses in AI available in 50+ departments - **TOP 10** — among public universities in AI _(U.S. News & World Report (Best Colleges & Best Graduate Schools))_ - **TOP 5** — doctorate producer in AI _(National Bureau of Economic Research)_ ### Developing an AI-Ready Workforce The University of Maryland is at the forefront of developing an AI-ready workforce. By partnering with federal, state and industry leaders, we equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to apply rapidly evolving artificial intelligence technologies across all disciplines. This collaborative effort ensures our graduates are prepared to lead and innovate in a world increasingly driven by AI. > Innovating how we teach and learn through new approaches, embracing technology and broadening student communities are the most effective ways to prepare students for their next steps after college. We’re equipping our students with the skills, confidence and real-world experience to lead the way. — Jennifer King Rice, *Senior Vice President and Provost* ### Degrees & Courses At the University of Maryland, we offer coursework designed to help every student reach their goals. With a growing list of AI-focused degree programs and over 200 AI-related courses across more than 50 departments, you can connect emerging technologies with real-world challenges in any field. - [Explore courses across campus](https://aim.umd.edu/education#paragraph--118) - **M.S. in Artificial Intelligence** - **M.Eng. in Engineering Artificial Intelligence** - **M.S. in Applied Machine Learning** - **B.S. in Artificial Intelligence** - **B.A. in Artificial Intelligence** - **Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence** - **Graduate Certification in AI and Engineering** ### AI and Career Empowerment Course The Smith School’s free online certificate in AI and Career Empowerment helps professionals build skills and navigate a changing job market with modules in AI literacy, how AI is shaping career opportunities, job searching and more. - [Enroll now](https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/executive-education/learning-opportunities-individuals/free-online-certificate-artificial-intelligence-and-career-empowerment) ## Putting Students at the Heart of Discovery - **xFoundry@UMD** — xFoundry@UMD empowers students to launch multidisciplinary ventures tackling real-world challenges. Through mentorship, competition, funding and collaboration—often integrating AI—xFoundry offers hands-on entrepreneurial learning. - **FIRE: The First Year Innovation & Research Experience** — FIRE immerses first‑year UMD students in faculty‑led, multidisciplinary research—with streams including climate computing, computing and society and quantum machine learning—to build research skills and career readiness. - **Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)** — The VIP Program engages students in long-term, faculty-led research teams—many using AI—to tackle real-world challenges across disciplines while earning academic credit and hands-on innovation experience. - **Honors College Artificial Intelligence Cluster** — This curated course cluster turns to science fiction’s intuitions for advance warning about the implications of AI, explores the way politics will manage deep fakes and algorithmic bias and invites students to question whether intelligence needs to be biological to support human life. ## AI Resources for Students - **TerpAI** — A student's digital assistant - **Google Gemini** — A versatile productivity assistant integrated seamlessly into your Google Workspace for Education - **Virtual Agent Hub** — Chat with up to three campus chatbots simultaneously **Partner with us** — Interested in partnering with UMD faculty to uncover new breakthroughs, enrich our student experience or make an impact on our world? Reach out to AIM to get started.