TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Domnisoru, Ciprian
AU  - Heikkinen, Tuomas Pekka
        TI  - How Is AI Affecting College Major and Course Choices? Evidence from Finland
        PY  - 2026/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 19056
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp19056
        AB  - Have concerns about the potential job displacement effects of artificial intelligence affected the education choices of students? We analyze administrative data on the university applications and course choices of Finnish students. We find, after the launch of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022, a persistent drop in applications to fields of study classified as more exposed to AI under several different measures. The drop is particularly large in computer science and other ICT fields. Examining the elective course choices of non-ICT students, we find declining enrollment in programming and algorithms courses, particularly among students who had not taken mathematics as part of their high school exit exam. At the same time, non-ICT students enrolled more in AI/ML courses, and this increase was relatively larger among men.
        KW  - artificial intelligence
KW  - college major choice
KW  - higher education
KW  - unemployment
        ER  -