UAE’s AI college welcomes largest batch of scholars

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The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi has welcomed its largest and most numerous class since its institution in 2019.

MBZUAI is the world’s first graduate-level AI college devoted to analysis.

Its newest batch contains 142 college students who have been chosen from a pool of greater than 4,000 candidates.

The new college students signify 34 nations, with 95 finding out for grasp’s levels and 47 pursuing Ph.D. levels in laptop imaginative and prescient (CV), machine studying (ML), and pure language processing (NLP).

Twenty-two college students come from the highest 100 universities primarily based on internationally recognised rankings similar to CSRankings, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the US News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking.

Additionally, MBZUAI expanded its worldwide attain by welcoming college students from nations together with Armenia, Bulgaria, Dominica, Libya, Serbia, and Uruguay.

This newest batch has doubled the college’s pupil physique rely, reaching near 300.

#MBZUAI welcomes its most numerous cohort, that includes 142 college students representing 34 nations! It doubles our pupil physique – now near 300 robust – who’re finding out the disciplines of CV, ML, and NLP. Learn extra: https://t.co/KkIQSVbqO4 pic.twitter.com/AbiL9XEENi

— MBZUAI (@mbzuai) August 15, 2023

A key issue attracting worldwide college students to MBZUAI is the college’s popularity for variety and inclusion, complemented by its CSRankings, the place it ranks among the many world’s high 20 universities in AI, CV, ML, and NLP.

In July, MBZUAI established two new departments and 4 related graduate programmes devoted to robotics and laptop science to satisfy surging international demand for the 2 disciplines, with market sizes for every anticipated to hit $225 billion and $140 billion, respectively, by 2030.

“The university is dedicated to harnessing the power of technology to address real-world challenges, and this diverse cohort of students is crucial to contribute to the advancement of AI and its positive impact on society and industry,” mentioned MBZUAI’s Acting Provost, Professor Timothy Baldwin.

“We are fostering the next generation of leaders in this transformative field and will proudly see them deliver an AI-centric positive impact on the world in healthcare, climate, and education, among other areas,” he added.