Gathering ingenuity to build the foundation of intelligence, riding the tide of the times to embark on a journey of innovation. The establishment of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Northwestern Polytechnical University is a key action in response to the national strategic deployment to accelerate the development of new-generation artificial intelligence, and an inevitable choice for the university to optimize its disciplinary layout and promote high-quality development. As a strong engineering university, NPU, with its commitment to ‘leading the trend,’ anchors itself in artificial intelligence, a core field leading the technological revolution, and shoulders the mission of helping the nation seize the initiative in the new round of scientific and technological competition.