Academic Programs
College of Professional Studies
Master in Professional Studies in Applied AI—Connect
Master’s Degree
With the Master in Professional Studies in Applied AI—Connect, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence, no matter your industry or academic background. This program requires an additional nine semester hours of credit, with courses providing intensive, hands-on guidance into the essential knowledge required for the MPS in Applied AI.
Location
Miami
Commitment
Full-Time/Part-Time
Duration
24 Months
Type
On ground
Program Overview
The MPS in Applied AI Connect program is designed to help you break into the tech industry, no matter your undergraduate degree. With just nine additional credits of study, you can gain the skills you need for a successful career in AI.
You’ll begin the program with skill-building courses that will build your foundation in essential competencies, then focus on creating and implementing AI and machine learning technologies in the traditional program, which emphasizes collaborative learning, interdisciplinary innovation, real-world applications, and ethics.
This approach and the ability to specialize your learning through concentrations and electives equip you with the computer science, analytical, and problem-solving skills to transform your workplace through AI.
Program Concentrations
- Conversational AI and Chatbots: Understand how linguistics, tech, and design impact conversational AI and enhance user experiences and business operations. Expertise here opens diverse career avenues, from global enterprises to local businesses.
- Machine Learning for Cybersecurity: Machine learning (ML) enhances cybersecurity by detecting threats, automating responses, scaling operations, spotting sophisticated threats in vast datasets, and predicting future risks. As cyber threats evolve, ML’s role in defense and job relevance grows, offering novel research opportunities and applications.
- AI for 3D Imaging: Understand how AI can offer improved accuracy, faster workflows, data augmentation, real-time analysis, image segmentation, noise reduction, and cost efficiency in a variety of industries, from healthcare to game design.
Program Objectives
- Analytical competencies: Evaluate the efficacy of and employ advanced data analysis methods, data management technologies, and modern AI analytical techniques for public and private sector challenges.
- Real-world applications: Apply strategic and effective analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and leadership skills to implement ML and AI solutions in real-world situations.
- Human-focused solutions: Integrate the theory and practice of human-computer interaction and usability to analyze and design solutions to key management and ethical issues throughout the data lifecycle.
- Communication skills: Communicate complex quantitative information to different audiences using exploratory data visualization, dashboard design, scorecard design, and spatial data representation.
Tuition and Aid
Domestic
$39.6K
International
$52.8K
The domestic tuition price is inclusive of a scholarship of up to 25% for all domestic students beginning their graduate studies in Fall 2026. This scholarship is not transferable to alternative programs of study, terms or campuses outside of Miami, FL.
This is an estimate based on the tuition rates for Academic Year 2026–2027 and does not include any fees or other expenses. Some courses and labs have tuition rates that may increase or decrease total tuition. Tuition and fees are subject to revision by the president and Board of Trustees at any time. Find detailed information on tuition and fees from Student Financial Services.
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Curriculum
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Experiential Learning
Northeastern’s signature experience-powered learning model has been at the heart of the university for more than a century. It combines world-class academics with professional practice, allowing you to acquire relevant, real-world skills you can immediately put into action in your current workplace. This makes a Northeastern education a dynamic, transformative experience, giving you countless opportunities to grow as a professional and person.
Admission Dates
Fall
| Deadline for domestic: | August 3, 2026 |
| Deadline for international: | July 6, 2026 |
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