On October 6, 2026, the third AIIS cohort met for the first time at its orientation session. More than 1,300 people applied for the International Master’s Program in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems (AIIS) this year, and only 40 were accepted.
Program Director Prof. Tanja Schultz and Phaneendra Saya Boina, MMM’s Innovation & Technology Transfer Manager, gave the new students a head start. They introduced Bremen’s AI landscape, ranging from DFKI and the University’s research labs to local startups. They then walked the students through the program’s two specializations: Machine Learning & Cognitive Systems and Cognition-Enabled Robotics, followed by guided research and the master’s thesis.
The students now know where to start and what surrounds them: a city that has just hosted IJCAI-ECAI 2026, 14 professors specializing in robotics and machine learning, and opportunities such as the Bremen Big Data Challenge.
Welcome to Bremen, and welcome to AIIS!
