5th Jan, 2027

Starts from

20 months

Duration

Guided Online

Format

Live Sessions

Weekly with Faculty & Experts

Applications close once we reach our batch size of 25 learners.

5th Jan, 2027

Starts from

20 months

Duration

Guided Online

Format

Live Sessions

Weekly with Faculty & Experts

Applications close once we reach our batch size of 25 learners.

5th Jan, 2027

Starts from

20 months

Duration

Guided Online

Format

Live Sessions

Weekly with Faculty & Experts

Applications close once we reach our batch size of 25 learners.

#5

#5

Best Online MS in AI

Best Online MS in AI

#1

#1

Best Quality of Life

Best Quality of Life

#2

#2

Happiest Students

Happiest Students

Top 50

Top 50

Best Value School

Best Value School

Online Master’s Which Is the Same as On-Campus U.S. Master’s

Online Master’s Which Is the Same as On-Campus U.S. Master’s

The MS in Applied Artificial Intelligence from USD is delivered 100% online and carries the same credibility as on campus US Master’s. No mention of ‘online’ on the degree certificate.

The MS in Applied Artificial Intelligence from USD is delivered 100% online and carries the same credibility as on campus US Master’s. No mention of ‘online’ on the degree certificate.

AI, Data & Tech Professionals
AI, Data & Tech Professionals
Professionals Moving Into AI
Professionals Moving Into AI
Professionals Seeking Growth
Professionals Seeking Growth

Already working in AI, data, software, analytics or technology and ready to deepen your AI expertise.

Working in product, consulting, healthcare, manufacturing or business and looking to build AI skills for your next career move.

Ready to move beyond your current role into AI engineering, data science, strategy or leadership.

Roles represented in the cohort

Staff Engineer • Solution Architect • Sr. Technical Lead • CTO • System Engineer • Principal Software Engineer

Roles represented in the cohort

Staff Engineer • Solution Architect • Sr. Technical Lead • CTO • System Engineer • Principal Software Engineer

Where MS in AAI learners work

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  • Vikrant Tiwari

    Career Progression

    Head - AI & Intelligent Automation

    General Mills

    AVP Digital Transformation

    AXA XL

  • Aditya Sourabh

    Career Progression

    Software Engineering Manager

    Arctic Wolf

    Senior Software Engineering Manager | AI/ML

    Trellix

  • Manoj Kumar Patra

    Career Progression

    Principal Engineer

    Autodesk

    Senior Software Engineer | Team Lead

    Games24x7

  • Jagadeesh kumar Sellappan

    Career Progression

    Senior Architect

    Birlasoft

    Solution Architect & Generative AI Engineer

    Cognizant

  • Riyaz Khorasi

    Career Progression

    Data Scientist - Gen AI Specialist

    After Domus

    Gen AI Prompt Engineer

    Soul AI

  • Daksha S

    Career Progression

    AI Solutions Engineer

    Skysecure Technologies Private Limited

    Support Associate

    OneAdvanced

  • Paritosh Umesan

    Career Progression

    Senior Product Manager

    Salesforce

    Sr Manager, Product Management

    Apptio, an IBM Company

  • Pavan Kumar B

    Career Progression

    Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

    Coupang

    Principal DevOps and Cloud Platform Engineer

    Palo Alto Networks

  • Puneet Chopra

    Career Progression

    Principal Advisor - AI & Networks

    Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

    Head of Technology - Data Science

    RADCOM

  • Vikrant Tiwari

    Career Progression

    Head - AI & Intelligent Automation

    General Mills

    AVP Digital Transformation

    AXA XL

  • Aditya Sourabh

    Career Progression

    Software Engineering Manager

    Arctic Wolf

    Senior Software Engineering Manager | AI/ML

    Trellix

  • Manoj Kumar Patra

    Career Progression

    Principal Engineer

    Autodesk

    Senior Software Engineer | Team Lead

    Games24x7

  • Jagadeesh kumar Sellappan

    Career Progression

    Senior Architect

    Birlasoft

    Solution Architect & Generative AI Engineer

    Cognizant

  • Riyaz Khorasi

    Career Progression

    Data Scientist - Gen AI Specialist

    After Domus

    Gen AI Prompt Engineer

    Soul AI

  • Daksha S

    Career Progression

    AI Solutions Engineer

    Skysecure Technologies Private Limited

    Support Associate

    OneAdvanced

  • Paritosh Umesan

    Career Progression

    Senior Product Manager

    Salesforce

    Sr Manager, Product Management

    Apptio, an IBM Company

  • Pavan Kumar B

    Career Progression

    Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

    Coupang

    Principal DevOps and Cloud Platform Engineer

    Palo Alto Networks

  • Puneet Chopra

    Career Progression

    Principal Advisor - AI & Networks

    Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

    Head of Technology - Data Science

    RADCOM

  • Vikrant Tiwari

    Career Progression

    Head - AI & Intelligent Automation

    General Mills

    AVP Digital Transformation

    AXA XL

  • Aditya Sourabh

    Career Progression

    Software Engineering Manager

    Arctic Wolf

    Senior Software Engineering Manager | AI/ML

    Trellix

  • Manoj Kumar Patra

    Career Progression

    Principal Engineer

    Autodesk

    Senior Software Engineer | Team Lead

    Games24x7

  • Jagadeesh kumar Sellappan

    Career Progression

    Senior Architect

    Birlasoft

    Solution Architect & Generative AI Engineer

    Cognizant

  • Riyaz Khorasi

    Career Progression

    Data Scientist - Gen AI Specialist

    After Domus

    Gen AI Prompt Engineer

    Soul AI

  • Daksha S

    Career Progression

    AI Solutions Engineer

    Skysecure Technologies Private Limited

    Support Associate

    OneAdvanced

  • Paritosh Umesan

    Career Progression

    Senior Product Manager

    Salesforce

    Sr Manager, Product Management

    Apptio, an IBM Company

  • Pavan Kumar B

    Career Progression

    Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

    Coupang

    Principal DevOps and Cloud Platform Engineer

    Palo Alto Networks

  • Puneet Chopra

    Career Progression

    Principal Advisor - AI & Networks

    Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

    Head of Technology - Data Science

    RADCOM

  • Vitor Carvalho, PhD

    Microsoft AI Principal Applied Science Manager | Advisory Board Member

    Formerly, developed AI & ML products at Intuit, Snapchat, Qualcomm

  • Navid Alipour

    Founder & CEO - CureMetrixAI Program Advisory Board Member

    Built a global leader in AI for medical imaging

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  • Jules Malin, MS

    Former Director of Data Science at GoPro

    Improved analytics and ML productivity, accelerating insight discovery and delivery.

  • Albert Wang

    . Investment Director, Qualcomm Ventures | AI Advisory Board Member

    Launched the $100M Qualcomm AI Fund

  • Eric Colson

    DS & ML Advisor, Activation Fund

    Former VP of Data Science & Engineering, Netflix.

Manish Panjwani on why did he decide to pick MS in AAI after being a tech leader for more than two decades

Graduates recount why they picked an online Master's as working professionals over a traditional Master's

Online
Online
Online
Transfer (Hybrid)
Transfer (Hybrid)
On-Campus
On-Campus
Best For

Working professionals

Professionals wanting a mix of online + campus

Students seeking a full-time campus experience

Study Format

100% Online

8 months online + 8 months on campus

100% On Campus

Curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Duration

20 Months

16 Months

16 Months

Online
Online
Transfer (Hybrid)
On-Campus
Best For

Working professionals

Professionals wanting a mix of online + campus

Students seeking a full-time campus experience

Study Format

100% Online

8 months online + 8 months on campus

100% On Campus

Curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Same 30-credit curriculum

Duration

20 Months

16 Months

16 Months

Program Cost

~ 1/8th of on-campus
See below

~₹45L

~₹57L

Semester 1
Foundations in AI and Statistics
Foundations in AI and Statistics
Semester 2
Applied Systems and Neural Networks
Applied Systems and Neural Networks
Semester 3
Generative AI and Business Application
Generative AI and Business Application
Semester 4
AI Engineering and Ethics
AI Engineering and Ethics
Semester 5
Deployment and Capstone
Deployment and Capstone

Dr. Andrew Van Benschoten

Teaching, Projects & AI Ethics

INR 2.5 Lakhs per semester

Flexible payments across 5 semesters
Merit-based scholarships available

Avail scholarships till priority deadline of 31st October

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  • Matthew Dominick

    Matthew Dominick

    BS, Electrical Engineering  Commander of NASA’s  SpaceX Crew-8 mission

  • Jim Parsons

    Jim Parsons

    Actor, Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Winner

  • Puneet Chopra

    Puneet Chopra

    Principal Advisor - AI & Networks in Rakuten Mobile

  • Mike Brown

    Mike Brown

    Associate head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA)

  • Sandeep Kumar Jakkaraju

    Sandeep Kumar Jakkaraju

    Technical Architect in Transnational AI Private Limited

  • Navoneel Jana

    Navoneel Jana

    Infosec and Threat Assessment Manager in Emirates

  • Lowell McAdam

    Lowell McAdam

    Former President CEO of Verizon Communications

  • Dr. Craig Venter

    Dr. Craig Venter

    American biochemist & geneticist. Founder of Celera Genomics, Institute for Genomic Research and the J. Craig Venter Institute

  • Venkatasundaram Krishnamoorthy

    Venkatasundaram Krishnamoorthy

    Director (DevSecOps) in Advanced Sterilization Products

  • Monte Berm

    Monte Berm

    Co-founder, Chairperson of board of Directors, StepStone

  • Michaella Wittmann

    Michaella Wittmann

    BS/BA, Electrical EngineeringLed over 20 LEED sustainability projects worth multi-million dollar projects

The program is called “Applied Artificial Intelligence” - how is this different from a generic AI or data science certificate course?

The 30-unit curriculum is built as a full graduate degree, not a single-skill workshop. Students move through probability and statistics, classical and deep learning, computer vision, and NLP, generative AI, and agentic AI, before concluding with Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) as a required course rather than an elective add-on. Each course pairs the underlying statistical and engineering foundation with a hands-on Python project, so students aren’t sampling AI topics – they’re building the discipline underneath them, end to end.

What's the tech stack and hands-on experience like - do students actually build things, or is it mostly theory?

Is the curriculum current - covering generative AI, RAG, and agentic systems - or mostly classical machine learning?

How big is the cohort - is this a high-volume program or something more selective?

What makes the capstone different from a one-off course project?

Will an online AI master's from a US university actually carry weight with employers in India and globally?

The fee feels steep against my current salary - is there real, demonstrated ROI?

Ranked in the Top 50

Best Colleges in the US

Ranked in the Top 50

Best Colleges in the US

(Wall Street Journal Annual Ranking 2025)

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Ranking 2025)

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