Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

10/10/2026

The population of Africa is young and fast-growing, providing fuel to power many of its nations to the cusp of becoming some of the world’s most dynamic economic engines.

For investors, that combination of youth, scale, and momentum represents a rare opportunity. For five students in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) program, that opportunity became the foundation of their Practicum project—and a chance to build something real.

Five MSAI students used their Practicum project to help support AI-empowered investment platform Kilwa.

10/09/2026

Our students graduate prepared to have a transformational impact on the world. Northwestern's MS in Artificial Intelligence program aims to serve the demand for individuals who have exceptional technical skills in the emerging technologies of machine intelligence and an understanding of the nature of the human environments in which AI systems will be deployed.

Learn more at our upcoming online information session on Thursday, October 15 at 9:00 a.m. CDT

Register at bit.ly/4rQRaWM

10/01/2026

Five students from MBAi and MSAI teamed up to help AI and robotics software company Intrinsic improve the process of integrating equipment within the robotics industry.

Five students from MBAi and MSAI worked with Intrinsic, an AI and robotics software company, to make generating digital equipment representations faster and more intuitive.

07/31/2026

Joshua DeAndria’s course on generative AI helps MSAI students understand the significance of the technology and its impact on individuals and businesses all over the world.

07/01/2026

Students in the MSAI and MBAi programs created an AI-powered solution to help a national nonprofit organization improve its efficiency and success securing external funding.

Students in the MSAI and MBAi programs collaborated to help a national nonprofit organization improve its efficiency and success securing external funding.

05/28/2026

Sam Setsofia (MSAI ’25) helped build an AI education aide that provides students with consistent, instructor-aligned support anytime they need it.

05/13/2026

Monish Bangalore Vijay Kumar (MSAI ’26) collaborated with two other students in The Practicum in Intelligent Systems course to build an AI tool that monitors hardware stress and recommends steps to keep devices running safely and smoothly.

Monish Bangalore Vijay Kumar (MSAI ’26) built an AI tool that monitors hardware stress and recommends steps to keep devices running safely and smoothly.

05/01/2026

Shikher Srivastava (MSAI '23) is a senior data scientist at Affinity Solutions, a consumer purchase insights company. In his role he builds systems that help the company make sense of consumer transaction data. To do that, he's relying on lessons learned in MSAI, particularly how to derive value and impact from billions of data points.

Shikher Srivastava (MSAI '23) explains how the MSAI program prepared him to derive value and impact from billions of data points.

04/03/2026

Our students graduate prepared to have a transformational impact on the world. Northwestern's MS in Artificial Intelligence program aims to serve the demand for individuals who have exceptional technical skills in the emerging technologies of machine intelligence and an understanding of the nature of the human environments in which AI systems will be deployed.

Learn more at our upcoming online information session on Monday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. CDT.

Register at bit.ly/4lB2oMh