{"id":7,"date":"2025-11-06T14:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.www.purdue.edu\/ai\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:19:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero has-black-background\">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__content\">\n                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader tagged-header tagged-header--gold purdue-home-diagonal-hero__subheader\">AI@Purdue<\/p>\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-diagonal-hero__header\">Transforming Industries, Reshaping the Future<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__subtext\">\n\n                        \n<p>Purdue is redefining the artificial intelligence landscape through pioneering research, future-focused education, responsible and ethical development, and world-shaping innovation.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI-Hero_1920-x-1080-ALT-1.jpg\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"section  page-layout-wide\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div  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<div class=\"column is-highlight\">\n                                            <span class=\"purdue-home-rtb-horizontal__highlight\">#1<\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"column\">\n                                            <span class=\"purdue-home-rtb-horizontal__content\">RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA<\/span>\n                                                                                                <span class=\"purdue-home-rtb-horizontal__source\">\n                                                        Times Higher Education, 2026\u00a0                                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        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class=\"purdue-home-quote__name\">\u2014 President Mung Chiang<\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n             <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background has-padding-top-small has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container purdue-home-featured-story__container--reversed\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"Purdue students work in a lab with a professor and inspect materials.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0277b75749e71f18520199f62fce2e0b5b311a7e.jpg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Learning About AI<\/h2>\n                        \n                    \n\n<p>Purdue offers rigorous and comprehensive AI degree programs, such as majors, minors, graduate and online certificates, that prepare students to succeed in their careers and solve the world\u2019s toughest challenges. We also offer online microcredentials and certifications in high-demand technical fields, like cybersecurity and data analytics, geared toward alumni and working professionals. Beginning in fall of 2026, we will implement an AI working competency graduation requirement through an expanded partnership with Google. These offerings and more are outlined in our AI course catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"\/ai\/ai-degrees-certifications\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-gray-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"Two people work with a machine in a field of corn stalks.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI-Research_747-x-417.jpg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Research AI<\/h2>\n                        \n                    \n\n<p>As the nation\u2019s leader at the intersection of virtual and physical AI, Purdue drives groundbreaking research and instigates progress across industries on a global scale. In support of this, we created the Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence \u2014 the nation\u2019s first research institute dedicated to advancing AI in the physical world. We are also driving consequential impact on vertical-defining infrastructures like robotics and supply chain. In addition, we have access to an impressive AI tech stack including the world\u2019s top AI computing and data platforms, top-ranked supercomputers and more than 30 AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container purdue-home-featured-story__container--reversed\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"A Purdue professor works with three students in a lab, all wearing lab goggles.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/49cf608a3c4480c13e2a76f75df019a586f934a6.jpg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Learning With AI<\/h2>\n                        \n                    \n\n<p>At Purdue, the use of AI spans from the classroom to the real world, supporting student growth and innovation. We are committed to creating a highly skilled workforce with a deep understanding of AI, and we are the first university to institute an AI curriculum requirement beginning in 2026. We also encourage an ethical and thoughtful approach to teaching and learning in coursework and provide relevant guidelines and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/teaching-learning\/instructors\/ai.php\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-gray-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7584cff80901a94f0a5bf1b02ef27e25c8d5cf8d.jpg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Partnering in AI<\/h2>\n                        \n                    \n\n<p>Purdue and Google recently expanded their strategic partnership, emphasizing the importance of public-private partnerships that are essential to accelerating innovation in AI. Together, we aim to advance breakthrough research through physical AI and prepare the next generation of AI leaders. In response to AI\u2019s rapidly critical and transformative role across global sectors, we will also introduce a new working AI competency graduation requirement starting with incoming students in 2026. This foundational curriculum will ensure that all Boilermaker students and graduates have working competency in AI tools and applications for the future of work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q4\/purdue-and-google-aim-to-grow-a-strategic-ai-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  id=\"tools\" class=\"purdue-home-button-bar has-black-background \">\n    <ul>\n                    <li>\n                <a class=\"purdue-home-button-bar__button\" 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facilities and labs that harness physical AI for research excellence. <\/p>\n                                    <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a class=\"purdue-home-button-bar__button\" href=\"https:\/\/it.purdue.edu\/ai\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                            <p class=\"purdue-home-button-bar__button-title\">Tool Kits and Guidance<\/p>\n                                                                <p class=\"purdue-home-button-bar__button-content\">Dive into Purdue\u2019s key AI tool kits and guidelines that assist students, faculty and staff in everyday use.<\/p>\n                                    <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-intro-text has-layout-one-centered \">\n        <div class=\"section has-gold-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                <h2 class=\"purdue-home-subheader\">CHECK IT OUT <\/h2>\n      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