Become an AI expert—no matter your background
Master of Professional Studies in Applied AI and Applied AI—Connect
AI and machine learning technologies are impacting businesses across every industry, and professionals who can harness the power of these technologies can shape the future. Northeastern University’s Master of Professional Studies in Applied AI and Master of Professional Studies in Applied AI—Connect programs give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to develop and implement AI-based solutions in your organization, no matter your technical background.
You’ll learn how to combine computer science and analytical skills with functional government and industry expertise, creativity, and leadership as you solve pressing global challenges. If you’re entering the program without a background in computer science or statistics, you’ll begin your studies with nine semester hours of foundational, skill-building courses in the Connect program, then join your peers for the remainder of your studies.
The program is flexibly offered full or part time with a choice of on-campus, online, or hybrid formats. You can shape your degree around your professional goals with three optional concentrations and gain professional experience by participating in an optional, full-time paid co-op through Northeastern’s top-ranked co-op program.
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Course delivery:
Application deadlines:
Fall:
- F1 visa students: July 14
- Domestic students: August 18
Spring:
- TBD
The benefits of earning your MPS in Applied AI at Northeastern
- Complete your degree in Boston or 100% online—choosing from flexible part- and full-time options.
- Learn from and collaborate with respected experts at a leading university in artificial intelligence.
- Specialize with an optional concentration in conversational AI and chatbots, machine learning for cybersecurity, or AI for 3D imaging.
- Help solve real-world problems with local agencies, companies, and nonprofits through collaborative research, experiential network projects, and other opportunities.
- Build experience and get paid while you earn your master’s with an optional full-time co-op.
- Network with alums in influential roles at top companies, impactful organizations, and key governmental bodies.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.