The professional setting of the university is undergoing drastic change, and today we turn our perspective to a hot purple major: artificial intelligence major, and look at the addition of this major in undergraduate colleges across the country in recent years
1. Analysis of the overall addition of artificial intelligence majors
From the following table, it can be clearly seen that after the state added artificial intelligence majors in 2018, artificial intelligence majors accelerated sharply in 2019, from 35 new ones in 2018, and 180 universities opened this major at once.
In just five years from 2018 to 2022, a total of 499 universities have added this major!
The rapid increase in artificial intelligence majors shows that the social demand for this major is increasing sharply, and on the other hand, it also reminds us that candidates and parents should choose artificial intelligence majors and make more comparisons between colleges, because the same artificial intelligence major, the level of teachers and the quality of training are different.
Second, the analysis of the types of colleges and universities that open artificial intelligence majors
1. Analysis of the addition of artificial intelligence majors in 985 and 211 universities
2018 is the first year of the artificial intelligence major, this major that year was approved by the Ministry of Education (after 2019, they are all registered majors), 20 universities in 985 universities added this major, and 7 universities in 211 universities added this major.
In addition, among the double first-class universities, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology has added a major in artificial intelligence.
In addition, there are 7 new double African universities such as North University of China, Zhongyuan Institute of Technology, Anhui Polytechnic University, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Hunan Institute of Engineering, and Changchun Normal University.
It can be seen that the main force for adding this major in the first year is 985 and 211 universities. Since 2019, this artificial intelligence profession has spread since then, covering China's north and south.
The following is the addition of artificial intelligence in 985 and 211 universities after 2019
2. Add private universities majoring in artificial intelligence
As shown in the figure below, since 2019, a total of 129 private universities have added this major.
Of the nearly 500 universities, private universities accounted for almost 30% of the additions.
From the perspective of the number of new additions, Guangdong Province and Shandong Province private universities have the largest number of new majors, in four years, a total of nearly 15, this speed is a bit fast, because the number of private undergraduate universities is not too much, and counting the next few years, it is possible that every private undergraduate may open this major.
Third, Xun Ge's point of view
1. The artificial intelligence major itself is the product of interdisciplinary disciplines, involving many disciplines, and the requirements for teachers are also very high, so it is not that you can open it if you want to, and you can open it if you want to.
When choosing an artificial intelligence major, candidates must look at whether the university's computer major, mathematics major, statistics major or automation major has strength, if even the basic related major is not good, then you should be cautious when choosing.
2. When the application for artificial intelligence major is already a boom, our brains must not be hot!
Personal advice, if you are not studying in 985, 211 universities, and not in universities with strong mathematics disciplines, then it is better to choose computer science or mathematics, because it may be better to turn to artificial intelligence at the graduate level! Undergraduate faculty may also be more secure.
I have done a professional interpretation of artificial intelligence before, if you are interested, you can take a look at "Professional Interpretation Season 1: The Artificial Intelligence Major That Is Not Hot!" 》