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Top 30 Universities Are Crazily Adding AI Interdisciplinary Majors! Choosing Only a Single Traditional Discipline Will Make Your Application Path Narrower...
Two years ago, everyone was still debating whether AI would replace human jobs. Now, no one is arguing. The reality is—AI won't replace you, but people who use AI definitely will.
In just a few years, from top STEM institutes to Ivy League schools and Top 30 universities, institutions have been rapidly adding AI interdisciplinary majors:
School | Launch Time | Highlights |
Carnegie Mellon University | 2018 | First batch in the US |
University of Pennsylvania | Fall 2024 | First in the Ivy League |
Rice University | Fall 2025 | AI Bachelor's Degree Declare major in sophomore year |
Northwestern University | Fall 2026 | AI Bachelor's Degree Supports as a second major |
University of Southern California | Fall 2026 | Jointly offered by three colleges/departments |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) launched one of the first AI undergraduate programs in the US in 2018, seizing the interdisciplinary track early on.
UPenn launched its program in Fall 2024, becoming the first Ivy League school to offer an independent AI undergraduate degree.
Rice University is launching an AI bachelor's degree in Fall 2025, allowing students to finalize their major in their sophomore year.
Northwestern and USC both plan to launch programs in Fall 2026. Northwestern will allow students to choose AI as a second major, while USC is integrating resources from three of its colleges for a joint program.
Behind this wave of university updates is a fundamental shift in both the job market and admissions logic. With all industries now utilizing AI, hybrid talents who understand their traditional major and can also apply AI are significantly more popular in the job market.
Meanwhile, pure Computer Science (CS) and single STEM tracks have become hyper-competitive. Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese students pile into computer science and pure mathematics. With nearly identical standardized test scores and competition awards, admission officers are overwhelmed and struggle to tell applicants apart. Therefore, the massive addition of AI majors by top schools is essentially not urging everyone to study computer science. The signal is clear: Admission officers prefer students who can combine AI with their own interests and possess diverse thinking logic.
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