Master of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence for Product Innovation

Program Code: E-EGR-AIPI
Degree Designation: Master of Engineering
Department: Institute for Enterprise Engineering
Website: masters.pratt.duke.edu/ai

Program Summary

Students in the Artificial Intelligence for Product Innovation On-Campus MEng Program develop strong technical skills in Artificial Intelligence together with an understanding of software product design and development. After graduation, students are well-equipped to build AI-based products and systems within large companies or through their own entrepreneurial ventures. Graduates go on to work in leading companies solving difficult problems across many industries, such as tech, healthcare, energy, retail, transportation and finance.

Through the program, students will learn to:

• Identify and assess opportunities for the application of AI/ML in products

• Design data pipelines and ML systems for scale, security and usability

• Apply traditional ML and deep learning models to solve challenging problems across domains

• Build full-stack software applications integrating machine learning models utilizing the latest methods and technologies

Innovative and immersive, this on-campus master's degree can be completed in 12 or 16 months.

View Master of Engineering overview and academic policies.

Prospective Applicants: Minimum/Preferred Courses and Technical Skills

The Artificial Intelligence for Product Innovation MEng is designed to be accessible to participants from a variety of engineering and science backgrounds. Learn more about the minimum application requirements for this degree at masters.pratt.duke.edu/apply/instructions/#minimum.

Timeline to Complete Degree

Full-time students must complete the program within two calendar years. Part-time students must complete all degree requirements within 5 calendar years of starting the program.

Academic Requirements

• Pre-Program Bootcamp

  • AIPI 503

• Career Strategy & Design (1 course)

  • EGR 590-1

• Technical Core (5 courses)

  • AIPI 501

  • AIPI 510

  • AIPI 520

  • AIPI 540

  • AIPI 561

• Product Development Core (3 courses)

  • MENG 540

  • MENG 570

  • AIPI 560

• Industry Project (1 course)

  • AIPI 549

• Internship/Project and Assessment (2 courses)

  • MENG 550

  • MENG 551

• AI Departmental Elective (1 course)

  • Any 3-credit AIPI elective course not being used for another requirement.

• Technical Electives (6 credits)

  • 3-credit graduate courses from the following subject codes are pre-approved: AIPI, BME, CEE, COMPSCI, CYBERSEC, ECE (excluding ECE 551D), EGRMGMT, FINTECH, GAMEDSGN, I&E, ME.

  • 3-credit courses approved for the following graduate certificate programs are pre-approved: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate (entrepreneurship.duke.edu/courses-certificates/graduate-professional-certificate/courses-requirements); Society-Centered Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate (scai.igec.duke.edu/program).

  • Other elective choices require written program director approval.