近日，美国国土安全部和移民局联合宣布了对STEM专业范围修订的消息，其中涉及到新增8个专业领域的决定。

该决定的宣布意味着8个专业将具备申请24个月的OPT延期资格。

OPT全称是Optional Practical Training，是指留学生在毕业后继续以F1学生签证身份在美国带薪实习，一般被认为是留学生在拿到H1B工作签证之前的过渡性签证。

也就是说，在STEM专业范围获得学位的F-1学生可在美国停留最多3年，并在他们的研究领域工作。

下面咱们来具体看一下这8个新增专业：

1. Landscape Architecture 景观建筑

• Geology and Hydrology

• Soils, Groundcovers, and Horticultural elements

• Project and Site Planning

• Landscape Design, History, and Theory

• Environmental Design

• Applicable Law and Regulations

• Professional Responsibilities and Standards

2.Institutional Research 机构研究

• Data Analysis

• Data-driven Decision-making

• Data Mining

• Higher Education Administration and Organization

• Research Methods

• Statistics

  
  

3. Mechatronics,Robotics,and Automation机电一体化、机器人与自动化工程技术

• Computer and Software Engineering

• Control Engineering

• Electronic and Electrical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Robotics

4.Composite Materials Technology/Technician 复合材料技术/技术员

• Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

• Composite Materials and Processes

• Composite Maintenance

• Composite Manufacturing

• Composite Repair

• Material Science

• Mold Manufacturing and Production

5.Linguistics and Computer Science 语言和计算机科学

• Computer Programming

• Human Languages

• Linguistic Analysis

• Logic

• Natural Language Processing

• Semantics

• Machine Learning

• Psycholinguistics

• Software Engineering

• Syntax

6.Developmental and Adolescent Psychology 发展心理学和青少年心理学

• Cognitive and Perceptual Development

• Emotional Development

• Personality Development

• The Effects of Biological Maturation on Behaviour

• Theories of Cognitive Growth and Related Research Methods

• Testing and Assessment Methods for Different Age Levels

• Research on Child and Adolescent Behaviour Therapy

• The Psychology of Aging

7. Geospatial Intelligence 地理空间情报

• Aerial Photography Analysis

• Cartography

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Physical Geography

• Remote Sensing

• Spatial Programming

• Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research

8.Demography and Population Studies 人口学与人口研究

• Population Growth

• Spatial Distribution

• Mortality and Fertility Factors

• Migration

• Dynamic Population Modeling

• Population Estimation and Projection

• Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of Population Data

• Population Policy Studies

• Applications to Problems in Economics and Government Planning

  
  

包括景观设计学、发展心理学、人口学在内的8大专业学科领域成功上位，之后大学的相关开设项目将接受STEM认证。

万人追捧的STEM，现在更多的文科生、艺术生一样也可以拥有了！

事实上，美国为了吸纳STEM领域人才，不断在颁布利好新举措。

早在2022年，美国国土安全部就宣布扩大STEM专业领域范围，一次性增加了22个新专业：