Program overview
Intelligent Science and Technology sounds high-end, but in simple terms, it's about teaching machines to get "smarter." You'll learn how to make computers understand images, recognize speech, translate languages automatically, and even play chess well enough to beat human champions. Core courses include machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and robotics. Math and programming are essential — you'll need to master linear algebra, probability theory, Python, and C++. Chinese universities invest heavily in this field. For example, Tsinghua, Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University all have strong labs, and many professors have directly participated in AI projects at Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, bringing real-world cases into the classroom. This major suits students who love math, have strong logical thinking, are curious about AI, and enjoy solving problems by writing code.