Artificial Intelligence Option - Computer Engineering BS
RIT’s Computer Engineering BS – AI Option builds hardware–software expertise and AI skills in generative AI, deep learning, and neuromorphic computing.
Overview for Artificial Intelligence Option - Computer Engineering BS
Build a Strong Foundation: in computer engineering while specializing in AI technologies.
Gain Hands-on Experience: in generative AI, deep learning, and neuromorphic computing.
Why Pursue the Computer Engineering BS – AI Option at RIT?
The Computer Engineering BS – AI Option at RIT prepares you to design computing systems that integrate both hardware and software, from the level of digital transistor devices and logic circuits to data pathways and advanced programming. With this option, you’ll build on a strong computer engineering foundation while developing specialized expertise in artificial intelligence systems.
You’ll explore how AI is implemented across the hardware–software stack and gain experience in emerging fields such as generative AI, neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing, and deep learning. This unique combination ensures you graduate with the skills to design, optimize, and advance the technologies driving AI today and into the future.
Why Choose the Computer Engineering BS – AI Option vs. the Artificial Intelligence BS?
While the Artificial Intelligence BS focuses on applying AI tools and methods, the Computer Engineering BS – AI Option equips you to design and develop the underlying hardware and software systems that make AI possible. This deeper technical foundation allows you not only to use AI but also to innovate how AI systems are built and deployed.
Courses for Computer Engineering BS – AI Option
The AI option offers multiple courses that provide hands-on experience in both traditional and emerging areas of artificial intelligence. Courses a student might select include:
- Introduction to Generative AI
- Machine Intelligence
- Deep Learning
- High Performance Architectures
- Neuromorphic Computing
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Apply for Fall 2026
First-year students can apply for Early Decision II by Jan. 1 to get an admissions and financial aid assessment by mid-January.
Careers and Experiential Learning
What’s different about an RIT education? It’s the career experience you gain by completing cooperative education and internships with top companies in every single industry. You’ll earn more than a degree. You’ll gain real-world career experience that sets you apart.
Co-ops and internships take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. Your engineering co-ops will provide hands-on experience that enables you to apply your engineering knowledge in professional settings while you make valuable connections between classwork and real-world applications.
Students who choose the AI option will complete four blocks of co-op.
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Department of Computer Engineering