A new edX app is now available in ChatGPT that enables users to search, compare, and enroll in programs from the world's top universities and institutions delivered on edX.org.

With a global learner network of more than 100 million people, edX is already one of the largest destinations for online education. The new app expands the visibility of programs on edX to ChatGPT’s more than 800 million users, reaching learners at the moment they begin exploring what to learn next. As generative AI increasingly becomes the starting point for that exploration, 2U’s partnership with OpenAI helps ensure programs from the world’s leading universities and companies on edX are discoverable where learners are already asking those questions.

“AI is changing not just how we work, but which skills matter and how fast they evolve,” said Anant Agarwal, Chief Academic Officer at 2U and Founder of edX. “With the edX app in ChatGPT, learners can find programs from our trusted universities and industry partners right when they’re ready to build foundational learning or the skills that matter most. In a world where AI is creating an explosion of learning content, deep credentialled learning, guidance and credibility are what will set the best programs apart — and that’s what edX delivers.”

The edX app in ChatGPT allows learners to describe their goals in plain language and receive tailored recommendations, creating a direct path from identifying what to learn to finding a trusted, high-quality program from a world-class institution. Those recommendations are drawn from edX's catalog of over 5,300 programs spanning executive education, professional certificates, MicroMasters® programs, degrees, and open courses across high-demand fields including business, technology, and healthcare — all developed in partnership with more than 250 of the world's leading universities and industry organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.

Core capabilities of the edX app include:

• Goal-Oriented Search: Users describe what they want to achieve—for example, "I'm a product manager who needs to understand AI to work more effectively with my engineering team"—and receive relevant program recommendations from edX's catalog of programs from the world's top universities and organizations.
• Program Comparison: Users can request a side-by-side breakdown of programs, comparing time commitment, cost, and learning outcomes.
• Schedule-Based Filtering: The app surfaces programs based on a user's available time, returning options that fit a specified number of hours per week or a defined completion window.
• Skills Gap Identification: Users can specify a target role, and the app identifies which edX courses address the qualifications required to meet that goal.

The edX app is available to all logged-in ChatGPT users on Free, Plus, and Pro plans, starting with English-language support. Users can request the edX app by name within any ChatGPT conversation, or ChatGPT may suggest it when edX content is relevant to the discussion.

edX is an authorized licensee of the MicroMasters® trademark. This mark is used by edX with permission of Axim Collaborative, Inc., the trademark owner.