AI Proficiency, built on Life Skills.
High Point University students are educated through classroom instruction, experiential learning, and major-specific projects in order to be competent in using multiple AI platforms to be an effective, efficient, and highly productive team member in the workplace.
How HPU Builds AI Proficiency
Students build AI skills in their courses, through credentials, and with guidance from experts.
Launching Fall 2027
Minor in Applied AI
A new academic minor focused on applying AI, launching in fall 2027.
Life Skills Credential
Micro-credential in AI Literacy Foundations
A tuition-free Life Skills credential for students in every major. In about six hours, students learn how AI works, how to prompt it, how to check its work, and how to use it responsibly.
AI Specialist in Education
HPU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
HPU’s AI initiatives are housed in the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, which helps faculty in every school build AI into their courses. The center hosts AI workshops almost every week and led HPU’s “AI for Extraordinary Education” summit for faculty in May 2026.
Included for Students
Premium AI Tools
HPU students have premium access to ChatGPT and Claude through Microsoft Copilot premium, plus Canva and Adobe Express.
Daniel Burrus, HPU’s AI Expert in Residence
HPU AI Expert in Residence
Daniel Burrus is one of the world’s leading technology futurists and a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of eight best-selling books, including Anticipate and Flash Foresight. At HPU, he teaches students what AI means for their careers and how to use it with confidence.
“AI will amplify human judgment. The question isn’t whether AI changes your career. It’s whether you’re the one using it.”
Life Skills Remain the Foundation
While AI proficiency is important in today’s market, HPU’s extensive studies conducted with C-Suite leaders (and HR leaders) continue to show that companies hire and promote employees based on Life Skills.
HPU’s dynamic commitment to both Life Skills development and AI proficiency make HPU graduates highly sought-after in the competitive global marketplace. This is why HPU continues to be a leader nationally in job placement (99% employed or in graduate school within 180 days). While technology will continue to evolve, life skills remain the foundation that guides graduates to adapt and thrive.
of HPU graduates are employed or in graduate school within 180 days.
Yes. HPU students learn to use multiple AI platforms through classroom instruction, experiential learning, and major-specific projects. HPU also offers the Certification in AI Literacy Foundations, and a new Minor in Applied AI launches in fall 2027. Students graduate ready to be effective, efficient, and highly productive team members in the workplace.
Yes. High Point University is launching a Minor in Applied AI in fall 2027. It joins the Certification in AI Literacy Foundations and the AI tools HPU already provides to students.
The Certification in AI Literacy Foundations is a tuition-free Life Skills micro-credential open to HPU students in every major. In about six hours, students learn how AI works, how to write effective prompts, how to check AI’s work for errors and bias, and how to use AI responsibly. Students who finish earn a verified digital badge and certificate from HPU.
Daniel Burrus is High Point University’s AI Expert in Residence. He is a technology futurist, the author of eight best-selling books, and a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies. At HPU, he teaches students what AI means for their careers and how to use it with confidence.
HPU pairs AI proficiency with Life Skills, the human skills companies hire and promote for. Students use AI in their courses, earn the AI Literacy Foundations credential, and work with faculty supported by HPU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. HPU’s studies with C-suite and HR leaders show that human skills still decide who gets hired and promoted, so HPU develops both.
Yes. 99% of HPU graduates are employed or in graduate school within 180 days of graduation, which makes HPU a national leader in job placement.
Yes. High Point University provides every student with premium access to ChatGPT and Claude through Microsoft Copilot premium, along with Canva and Adobe Express, at no extra cost. Students can choose OpenAI’s latest GPT models and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet and Opus. See HPU’s AI tools for students.