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MS EAI is a 16-20 month program that opens the door to advanced skills that enable engineers to design powerful solutions to today's challenges. The MS EAI degree intersects with specific engineering disciplines but more importantly cuts across important problems in areas such as transportation, building systems, manufacturing, energy, agriculture, security, health, and climate. Students learn to combine a foundation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science with their engineering, information technology, and software skills through theoretical and practical hands-on study of real-world applications.

Requirements for the MS EAI degree

To complete the MS EAI degree, students are required to complete 144 units of coursework with a cumulative quality point average of at least 3.0 (i.e., a B grade in each course). Below is the breakdown of the required completion units:

  • 72 units of core courses composed of 12 units from each of the six categories
    • Mathematical Fundamentals
    • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
    • Introduction to Machine Learning
    • Data Analytics
    • Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    • EAI System Designs
  • 48 units of electives. Elective courses are where students gain a focus relative to their engineering discipline.
What are units?

CMU uses units instead of credits to indicate the average number of hours required per week for a full-semester course. A nine unit class requires nine hours of work a week on the course.

Engineering electives (48 units)

36 units must be (600 level or above) within the College of Engineering from the following departments:

  • CMU-Africa (04-xxx)
  • Chemical Engineering (06-xxx)
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (12-xxx)
  • Information Networking Institute (14-xxx)
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering (18-xxx)
  • Engineering and Public Policy (19-xxx)
  • Mechanical Engineering (24-xxx)
  • Materials Science and Engineering (27-xxx)
  • CIT (39-xxx)
  • Biomedical Engineering (42-xxx)

The following courses may not be counted toward engineering elective coursework:

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering (18-701, 18-702)
  • Engineering and Public Policy (19-602, 19-655)
  • Mechanical Engineering (24-792)
  • CMU-Africa (04-601, 04-603, 04-604, 04-605, 04-606, 04-607, 04-608, 04-609, 04-900, 04-910)

12 units must be at either:

  • 300 level or above from the above College of Engineering departments
  • 600 level or above from any CMU department with the approval of an academic advisor
Course catalog

To get an idea of what courses CMU offers, check out the course catalog.

Mandatory New Student Foundation Program

Before their first semester, prospective students who are accepted into the MS ECE program must attend a New Student Foundation Program in July and August.

The New Student Foundation Program includes:

  • Seminars
  • Discussions and assignments
  • Common procedures
  • Tools and methods used in the master's program

Other degree programs

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS ECE)

Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT)