The major of Artificial Intelligence belongs to the electronic information category in the field of engineering. It is a new technical science that studies and develops theories, methods, technologies, and application systems for simulating, extending, and expanding human intelligence. Artificial Intelligence covers a vast knowledge system and involves knowledge and skills in multiple disciplines such as computer science, information science, mathematics, and automation. It has gradually developed into an independent disciplinary field.
The Artificial Intelligence major of Yangtze University is a newly established major that was filed and approved by the Ministry of Education in 2020 and began enrolling students nationwide in 2021.
This major aims to meet the major strategic needs of the development of the new generation of artificial intelligence in China. Adhering to the educational model based on learning outcomes (OBE) and the talent cultivation concept, it cultivates high-level academic professionals in the new era who have a solid foundation in mathematics and physics, relevant knowledge and skills in information science and computer science, can systematically master and apply the basic theories and methods of artificial intelligence for information collection, processing, analysis, and inference, and have the ability to engage in relevant applied research and development in the field of artificial intelligence + X to meet the needs of economic and social development.