Study AI at Duke
Explore Duke’s academic programs and concentrations in artificial intelligence.
Computer Science
Duke’s Department of Computer Science integrates artificial intelligence throughout its undergraduate and graduate curricula, offering specialized concentrations while embedding AI across core areas of study to ensure students develop both the technical expertise and critical perspective needed to lead in an AI-driven world.
Engineering
The Pratt School of Engineering offers a variety of AI-focused degrees and concentrations.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Concentration in Machine Learning
- Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Track
- Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Computer Hardware Engineering Track
- AI for Product Innovation Master of Engineering
- AI + Materials Master of Engineering
- Cybersecurity Master of Engineering: AI for Cybersecurity track
- Master of Engineering Management: Data Analytics & Machine Learning / AI track
Public Policy and Technology
Duke Science & Society offers a Master of Arts in Applied Ethics & Policy that prepares students to lead in the rapidly evolving fields of bioethics, technology ethics, and public policy and equips them to address the complex ethical and regulatory challenges of emerging technologies, scientific innovation, and health policy. The Sanford School of Public Policy offers an undergraduate minor for students seeking a deeper understanding of how technology influences society and how policy decisions shape the development and use of technological systems.
Society-Centered AI Graduate Opportunities
As one of Duke’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Collaboratives, the Society‑Centered AI (SCAI) IGEC fosters a new generation of scholars prepared to shape the future of AI in ways that advance human flourishing. SCAI offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate, competitive doctoral training and fellowships, and a vibrant intellectual community dedicated to understanding and improving the relationship between AI and society.
Interdepartmental Major in Linguistics and Computer Science
Duke offers an inter-departmental major (IDM) that allows students to pursue their joint interests in Computer Science and Linguistics. The IDM is split evenly between the Department of Computer Science and the Program in Linguistics and allows students the flexibility to specialize in a range of areas, including theoretical linguistics, neurolinguistics, or sociolinguistics.
