AI is wiping out whole degrees in China — translation, photography, illustration and fashion design are going,…
- Chinese universities are cutting traditional courses because of AI
- Translation courses face pressure as universities reassess their employment value
- Photography programmes are being merged as AI changes creative production
The Central Academy of Fine Arts has dropped courses in illustration, photography and translation, arguing that AI has made them poor value for money.
Fashion design degrees are also being scrapped, with universities saying the future rests on close cooperation between people and machines in creative work.
The changes follow a state campaign to direct learners toward chips, robotics and AI, industries the authorities regard as vital for national prospects.
Universities are cutting courses at scale
From 2021 to 2025, Chinese universities closed or paused 12,200 undergraduate programmes and launched roughly 10,200 fresh programmes.
The restructuring affected over 30% of undergraduate programmes nationwide, and arts, humanities and language courses absorbed the heaviest cuts.
A survey of 70 universities found cuts to...
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