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  • Martin Ndegwa distributes books at a rural school in Kenya

    What AI literacy looks like offline

    An ASU Mastercard Foundation Scholar’s Kenya pilot teaches AI literacy through storybooks and reading clubs.

  • Student holding a poster poses beside the Arizona State University mascot outside the student Union

    Polytechnic at 30, through the lens of student art

    A student-designed anniversary mark offers insight into ASU Polytechnic’s hands-on roots, growing community and next chapter.

From energy and the environment to intelligent machines, The Polytechnic School’s research program explores innovative technologies and concepts that benefit society in tangible ways. Our focus is always on transforming basic discoveries into practical, real-world use and enterprise.

How you learn is as important as what you learn.

Students within The Polytechnic School thrive under the guidance of more than 100 faculty members with comprehensive expertise in many of the most important technological challenges that society faces. Instructors bring considerable industrial experience to enhance their teaching and research.

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A modern polytechnic school can redefine the ways that universities can serve the world and create the possibilities for inclusive pathways for students, faculty and staff to be force multipliers for positive change in the world.

Kurt PatersonSchool director and professor