Texas State University
TX · AI Readiness #136 of 227
AIREDEX™ Score: 6.5 /10
Texas State renamed its computer science unit the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence in 2026, and every student on campus now has free access to Gemini for Education and Perplexity Enterprise Pro, two distinct AI platforms deployed university-wide.
Texas State undergrads can pursue a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Artificial Intelligence, take a new all-majors AI course co-taught by the university's CIO, and earn an AI Foundations badge through Canvas. The TXST Center for Analytics and Data Science and the AIM Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning anchor research and training, with the Applied AI Summer School now in its third year and an NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute partnership offering free self-paced AI courses to all students. The Austin-San Marcos location puts Bobcats within reach of Dell, Apple, Tesla, and Oracle for internships, and the university's LEAP2 cluster with eight NVIDIA A100 GPU nodes supports hands-on computing work.
Pillar grades
- Commitment: C+
- Curriculum: B-
- Partnerships: C
- Research: B+
A(I)ttitude™: neutral
Selected Highlights
- Two named cross-disciplinary AI centers confirmed: CADS (Director Dr. Tahir Ekin, 7 colleges, 20+ faculty) and AIM Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CS-anchored, university-wide mandate). Both have active funded projects within past 2 years.
- BAAS in Artificial Intelligence is a named undergraduate degree with AI explicitly in its title; BBA AI Development Concentration also confirmed.
- IT-published AI guidelines plus AI Course Designator Framework plus Honor Code AI provisions together address stated goals, governance commitments, ethical guidelines, and named programs -- meets 2+ criteria for 5 pts.
- Gemini for Education (Google) deployed campus-wide for 49,000+ students (November 2025 announcement); Perplexity Enterprise Pro also deployed university-wide. Two distinct qualifying non-Microsoft tools confirmed.
- Multiple named AI training components confirmed: TXST AI Research Pathways (tiered User/Power User/Maker), Applied AI Summer School (3rd annual 2026), NVIDIA DLI free self-paced courses via CADS, AI/ML Education Series (NVIDIA/Dell/Mark III), AI Foundations badge via Canvas. Available university-wide.