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Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Bioengineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, Smart & Sustainable Cities, Integrated Design, Electrical Engineering and physics, and mining science & engineering; 42 undergraduate interdisciplinary concentrations (CX) in key sectors, such as renewables, hydrogen mobility, non-metallics, quantum computing, nuclear power, etc.
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Artificial Intelligence then build their major on it). All academic programs since 2020 are based on this platform, which includes courses in AI + Machine Learning, Data Science + Big Data, Business + Entrepreneurship, and Career Essentials for all
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