中南大学人工智能学院于2026年5月成立，是学校紧扣国家新一代人工智能战略布局、顺应新一轮科技革命和产业变革趋势，高起点规划、高质量筹建、高标准建设的实体化二级学院，由中南大学校长、中国工程院院士李建成担任首任院长。
学院现拥有包括中国工程院院士1名，国家级高层次人才6名的一支高水平教师队伍。学院设立智能科学系，应用研究中心、实验教学中心三个教学科研机构。开设人工智能本科专业，是国家级一流本科专业建设点，拥有智能科学与技术一级学科学术学位博士、硕士学位授权点，以及电子信息等专业学位博士、硕士授权点。
学院坚持立德树人根本任务，按照“厚基础、宽口径、强能力、重创新”的人才培养思路，将行业真实场景、企业核心项目、前沿技术成果融入人才培养全过程，推进拔尖创新人才培养、产教融合协同育人、本硕博贯通培养等模式改革，致力于培养兼具扎实数理与计算机科学基础、系统的人工智能专业知识，以及交叉学科素养的复合型高层次创新人才。学院教师牵头获得湖南省教学成果奖一等奖等教学奖励10余项、主持建设国家级一流课程、主编国家级规划教材。
学院聚焦“强基础、攻前沿、融交叉、赋产业”发展路径，锚定通用世界模型、智能体、具身智能、脑机接口、AI for Science等人工智能前沿赛道，依托学校有色金属、轨道交通、医疗卫生等优势学科群，推动学科交叉融合，深耕行业通用智能技术，以原创科技赋能产业变革，全面推动学科高质量内涵式发展。近5年来，学院教师获得科技各类重点立项30余项（国家重大、重点项目9项），总经费超1.6亿元，其中单项金额超千万的项目4项；在国内外重要期刊发表高水平论文300余篇，授权发明专利110余项。荣获湖南省科技进步奖一等奖、中国电子学会科学技术奖一等奖等20余项。
学院深度融入区域创新体系，与湘江实验室、大湾区、头部科技企业及地方优势产业建立战略协同，构建了“前沿研究—平台支撑—产业落地”的闭环生态。依托湘江实验室、中南大学科技园人工智能产业化基地等核心载体，学院打通了从实验室到市场的关键链路，具备高效率、高转化的坚实基础。
面向新一轮科技革命与国家战略需求，学院将坚持以开放求索的治学氛围培育青年英才，以交叉融合的学科优势赋能科研攻关，以笃行实干的奋进姿态服务国家发展，努力打造国内一流、国际知名、特色突出的人工智能教育科研高地，在助力学校“双一流”建设的同时，为国家人工智能基础领域创新及社会经济融合发展贡献力量！
Established in May 2026, the School of Artificial Intelligence at Central South University (CSU) was created in response to China's national strategy for next-generation artificial intelligence and the rapid advances reshaping science, technology, and industry. Li Jiancheng, President of CSU and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, serves as the School's founding dean.
The School's faculty includes one member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and six scholars recognized under national-level talent programs. It comprises three teaching and research units: the Department of Intelligent Science, the Applied Research Center, and the Laboratory Teaching Center. The School offers an undergraduate program in Artificial Intelligence that has been designated a National First-Class Undergraduate Program. It is also authorized to confer academic master's and doctoral degrees in Intelligent Science and Technology, as well as professional master's and doctoral degrees in fields including Electronic Information.
Education at the School emphasizes strong foundations, intellectual breadth, practical capability, and innovation. Real-world industry challenges, major engineering projects, and emerging technologies are incorporated throughout the curriculum and research training. The School is developing integrated pathways across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral education, while expanding university–industry collaboration and research opportunities for students. Its goal is to prepare innovative, interdisciplinary graduates with strong foundations in mathematics, physics, and computer science, alongside deep expertise in artificial intelligence and the ability to work across disciplines. Faculty-led teaching initiatives have received more than ten awards, including a First Prize in the Hunan Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards, alongside the development of National First-Class Undergraduate Courses and national planning textbooks.
Research at the School combines fundamental research, frontier exploration, interdisciplinary collaboration, and industry-oriented applications. Current focus areas include general-purpose world models, AI agents, embodied intelligence, brain–computer interfaces, and AI for Science. Drawing on CSU's established strengths in nonferrous metals, rail transportation, and healthcare, the School pursues deep cross-disciplinary integration to develop AI technologies for application across industrial domains.
Over the past five years, faculty members now affiliated with the School have led more than 30 major research projects, including nine at the national level, with total funding exceeding RMB 160 million (approx. USD 22.5 million). Four individual projects each received more than RMB 10 million in funding. Faculty members have published more than 300 papers in major Chinese and international journals and have been granted more than 110 invention patents. Their research has received more than 20 science and technology awards, including first prizes in the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics.
The School is actively engaged in the regional innovation ecosystem through strategic collaborations with Xiangjiang Laboratory, partners in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, leading technology companies, and key local industries. Working through platforms such as Xiangjiang Laboratory and the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Base at the CSU Science Park, the School accelerates the translation of research from the laboratory to industrial and market applications, strengthening its capacity for technology transfer and commercialization.
Looking ahead, the School aims to nurture young talent in an open and inquiry-driven academic environment, deepen interdisciplinary research, and address major scientific and technological challenges. It strives to become a nationally leading and internationally recognized center for artificial intelligence education and research with distinctive strengths. As CSU advances its goals under China's Double First-Class Initiative, the School will contribute to fundamental advances in artificial intelligence and to the broader integration of AI with economic and social development.
（数据截至2026年9月）