Full-time and part-time MBA students at NYU Stern will be able to specialize in AI starting in the fall 2026 semester. The new AI specialization requires one core data science and AI class, at least one course focused on AI concepts and skills, and the choice of nine AI electives.
In the press release, Ilan Lobel, Fauvelais Family Professor of Data-Driven Operations, Academic Director of the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA, AI specialization advisor, and leading figure in AI education says, “At Stern we have developed an AI in business curriculum that aims for both breadth and depth of AI expertise. We are creating entirely new classes where students will learn how AI can be used for core business functions such as finance and marketing, as well as hands-on classes where they will learn how to build AI agents. Our new AI specialization will get students ready to be active participants in the AI transformation happening in our economy.”
The NYU Stern AI specialization electives include:
- Introduction to AI and its Applications in Business
- Foundations of AI Agents
- AI in Finance
- AI in Marketing Analytics
- Leading in the Age of AI
- Strategic Management of AI
- Financial Analytics Using Python and AI Tools
- Software Engineering with AI
- Emerging Technologies and Business Innovatio
“AI agents are going to change how business gets done,” Lobel adds. “In 2025, they began to fundamentally transform economic activities such as software development and customer service. More and more areas of the economy are going to be affected as AI agents get embedded into all sorts of workflows. Our Foundations of AI Agents class aims to turn our MBA students from being disrupted by AI into being AI disruptors. In the class, they will learn how agentic AI works, how to build and deploy their own AI agents, and how to use state-of-the-art agentic AI capabilities to increase their own productivity.”
NYU further supports the pursuit of AI studies with seven computer scientists on its faculty, and three established technology-focused degrees and influential research centers, including the Center for the Future of Management and the Fubon Center for Technology, Business, and Innovation. The school is also home to The Endless Frontier Labs, a world-renowned incubator for massively scalable technology and life sciences startups, recognized in 2025 with the Prix Galien Award for Best Incubator/Accelerator/Equity Program.
The AI specialization will be available to Two-year Full-time MBA students, Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA students, Luxury & Retail MBA students, and Langone Part-time MBA students at NYU Stern.
