As a "subset field" with rapid development and ultra-high potential in CS majors, AI majors have become the focus of many students and parents in choosing schools. Just last month, the University of Maryland officially announced the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AIM), which is committed to exploring the next generation of AI education models and cutting-edge technologies, and cultivating the next generation of AI leaders.
The University of Maryland's Interdisciplinary Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AIM) will be a collaborative hub for AI, supporting faculty research, providing innovative and experiential learning opportunities, and focusing on responsible and ethical AI technologies for the public good across industry, government, and society.
The current status of CS major study abroad applications
According to Opendoors' 2023 data, international students are enthusiastic about applying for CS majors in the United States, and mathematics and computer science are the most popular majors for international students, with 240,000 applicants, ranking first in the number of applicants.
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同时，根据美国联邦储蓄银行2023年10月发布的按专业划分的大学毕业生薪资情况(Labor market outcomes of college graduates by majors)，computer engineering和computer science专业的毕业后五年薪资中位数处于榜单TOP2和TOP6的位置，而就业薪资正是很多留学生和家长的重要参考因素。
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Basic introduction to the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland is considered one of the public Ivy League institutions, and its business and engineering schools are among the best in the United States and the world, ranking 46th in the 2024 U.S. News rankings, up nine places from last year. The university is large, with more than 30,000 undergraduate students and more than 10,000 graduate students in 2020. Among the many public universities, the student-to-professor ratio of the University of Maryland is relatively high, maintaining an 18:1 ratio for many years.
As a public university, the school does not cost much, taking graduate school as an example, the tuition fee for a year is $11,592 for in-state students and $25,270 for international students. Because of the location of the school, the cost of living for students is much lower than that in first-tier cities, about $16,372 a year.
The University of Maryland has 13 colleges in computer science, mathematics, physics and engineering, and a total of 31 programs are ranked in the top 10 in the United States by national news and world reporting. It has one of the leading schools of administration and public relations and business schools in the United States. In particular, the University of Maryland, College Park is ranked first in the United States for criminology and is one of the 61 members of the Association of North American Universities, which is also a symbol of the world's leading universities.
Majored in AI at the University of Maryland
Artificial intelligence has a long history in the computing department at the University of Maryland, College Park, and currently supports very active research and educational programs, offering a wide range of courses including introductory AI, automatic planning, cognitive modeling, common-sense reasoning, evolutionary computing, game theory, machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, and neural computing. The University of Maryland, College Park, ranked fourth in the 2024 CSRanking rankings for AI, behind Carnegie Mellon University, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Stanford University.
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For the requirements for applying to the school, taking the admission of CS major as an example, the language requirements listed on the school's official website are a total TOEFL score of no less than 96, and the requirements for each sub-score are as follows:
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In addition, the school's official website also suggests that GRE scores can be submitted (optional) to enhance students' competitiveness, and three letters of recommendation and resumes can be prepared as supporting materials.