AI Integration Studio
Build AI solutions for real business challenges
AI Integration Studio is an eight-week, project-based experience for select students in KU's Lawrence-based MBA, Master of Accounting (MAcc), and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programs who want to build practical skills with artificial intelligence.Through hands-on project work, Lawrence-based MBA, MAcc and MSBA students will learn how to identify business problems, collaborate effectively with AI tools, and turn ideas into working applications, agents, workflows and other AI-powered solutions.
The program combines focused instruction, independent build time, peer feedback and weekly demonstrations. Participants leave with a portfolio-ready project that showcases their ability to build with AI and apply it to real-world challenges.
Develop in-demand AI capabilities
AI is rapidly transforming business, accounting, analytics and entrepreneurship. AI Integration Studio helps students move beyond using AI for everyday tasks and learn how to build solutions that create value.
Participants gain:
- Hands-on experience developing AI-powered tools and applications
- Practical skills that complement MBA, MAcc, and MSBA coursework
- Experience defining, testing, and refining AI-generated work
- Feedback from peers and program mentors
- A completed project that can be showcased in portfolios, interviews, and professional conversations
- Greater confidence using AI to solve business challenges
What you'll learn and build
Students in AI Integration Studio will:
- Develop a focused AI project aligned with a business challenge or opportunity
- Learn how to define problems that AI can help solve
- Practice prompting, testing, evaluating and improving AI-generated outputs
- Explore AI-assisted development tools and platforms
- Share progress through weekly demonstrations and peer feedback sessions
- Complete and present a portfolio-ready application, workflow, agent or other AI-enabled solution
2026 dates and format
1-4 p.m. Thursdays, from Sept. 17–Nov. 5
4131 Capitol Federal Hall
Each weekly session includes:
- Focused instruction
- Q&A discussions
- Guided project development
- Independent build time
- Participant demonstrations and feedback
Students should expect to continue working on their projects between sessions.
Participant support
To help offset AI platform expenses, accepted students will receive:
- $100 at the start of the program
- $250 upon successful completion of all eight sessions
AI Integration Studio is open to students in the Lawrence campus-based MBA, MAcc and MSBA programs.
No programming or technical background is required.
Ideal applicants are curious about AI and motivated to build something meaningful. Students should be prepared to contribute actively during sessions and spend time developing their projects between meetings.
A competitive cohort of six to ten students will be selected for the program.
2026 dates and format
1-4 p.m. Thursdays, from Sept. 17–Nov. 5
4131 Capitol Federal Hall
Each weekly session includes:
- Focused instruction
- Q&A discussions
- Guided project development
- Independent build time
- Participant demonstrations and feedback
Students should expect to continue working on their projects between sessions.
Participant support
To help offset AI platform expenses, accepted students will receive:
- $100 at the start of the program
- $250 upon successful completion of all eight sessions
AI Integration Studio is open to students in the Lawrence campus-based MBA, MAcc and MSBA programs.
No programming or technical background is required.
Ideal applicants are curious about AI and motivated to build something meaningful. Students should be prepared to contribute actively during sessions and spend time developing their projects between meetings.
A competitive cohort of six to ten students will be selected for the program.