West Virginia University
WV · AI Readiness #178 of 227
AIREDEX™ Score: 5.5 /10
West Virginia University's Reed College of Media has taught AI-focused courses like Privacy and Ethics of AI since 2014, and the university now offers an undergraduate B.S. in Applied AI and Data Analytics.
WVU leads the NSF RETI Consortium, a $321 million multi-institution energy-AI research partnership announced in July 2026. Undergrads can access the Dolly Sods GPU cluster, open to all West Virginia higher education students and faculty, and Reed College of Media's AI coursework continues alongside new offerings like the campus AI Literacy Learning Modules. WVU does not yet offer an AI minor or certificate to students outside of STEM, and has yet to fully develop an AI governance infrastructure that other Power Four schools have shown.
Pillar grades
- Commitment: C+
- Curriculum: D
- Partnerships: B-
- Research: B+
A(I)ttitude™: cautious
Selected Highlights
- AI+Health Engineering Center confirmed with named PI (Don Adjeroh), named Co-PI/Associate Director (Gianfranco Doretto), multi-college affiliation (Engineering, Health Sciences, Physics, Law, Business), $3M NSF funding, and active programming including annual AI Symposium.
- B.S. in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (Chambers College) confirmed as standalone undergraduate degree, launched Fall 2025, with named program chair Brad Price.
- ITS/Provost/General Counsel AI guidelines (June 2024) plus Faculty Senate syllabus AI policy (August 2023) together address stated goals, governance commitments, ethical guidelines, and named programs - meeting the 2-of-4 threshold for full credit.
- NSF RETI Consortium ($321M total, July 2026, WVU-led) is the primary capital commitment; additional named grants (NSF NRT $3M, NSF MRI $1.1M, NSF manufacturing $5.6M) supplement the portfolio.
- Named AI integration confirmed in Business (MS AI Marketing, BS Applied AI), Humanities (NEH-funded Carlson/Davidson curriculum project, Eberly College), Medicine (Hu, bioinformatics), and Media/Journalism (Britten, Media Innovation Center) - four distinct non-STEM departments.