Department Programs Overview

The Department of Computing Science (DCS) at the University of Alberta (U of A) is one of the top computing science research departments in Canada. The DCS offers a thesis-based MSC and a PhD degree, both of which are characterized by a strong interdisciplinary component and high level of student-faculty interaction. In addition to 48 faculty members, the DCS has approximately 120 technical and support staff and an additional complement of 37 staff research associates and postdoctoral fellows.

Highlights

DCS has numerous accolades for the research done by faculty and graduate students. Recently members of the department have:  solved checkers  won the Supercomputing Cluster Challenge  earned the IBM research group of the year award  placed highly in the ACM programming competition  been inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada  been awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal for graduate student research  won the first man-machine poker tournament

Programs/Credentials Offered by Department

Master's of Science PhD Specialized Master's Degree

Comparison of Selected Graduate Computer Science Credentials

	Approx. # Students Enrolled/Year (all options)	Campus Based Option	Online Option	Time To Complete
Master's of Science (F/T)	100			2 years
PhD (F/T)	100			4 to 6 years

Buildings & Resources

The U of A's Computing Science Centre, completed in Spring 2000, comprises 6000 square meters of dedicated teaching and research space, including innovative "collaboratories" - integrated facilities where industry partners, faculty and students can work together on a variety of research initiatives. The DCS maintains 11 separate research facilities for advanced study in the fields of advanced man-machine interfaces, algorithms, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, communication networks, computer graphics, computer vision, database systems, robotics, software engineering and software systems. Resources include an immersive visualization facility known as the VizRoom, high-performance computing resources (WestGrid) and the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning.

Admissions & Tuition - Master's Program
Information For Canadian Students	Information For International Students
Admissions Criteria  Minimum Undergraduate GPA: 3.0  Minimum GRE Score: No Set Minimum  Minimum Work Experience: No Set Minimum  Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose/Autobiographical Sketch: Not Required  Interview: Not Required Deadlines (Month/Day)  Application: 1/15  Notification of Acceptance: Varies Fees (C$)  Application Fee: 100  Total Tuition for Program (excluding books): 7,900  Total Cost of Program (excluding books): 7,900	Admissions Criteria  Minimum Undergraduate GPA: 3.0  Minimum GRE Score: 1300.0  Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose/Autobiographical Sketch: Not Required  Interview: Not Required  English Language Proficiency  (Minimum Score)       IELTS: 7.0       TOEFL (Computer-based): 250.0       TOEFL (Internet-based): 100.0       TOEFL (Paper-based): 600.0 Deadlines (Month/Day)  Application: 1/15  Notification of Acceptance: Varies Fees (C$)  International Application Fee: 100  Total Tuition for Program (excluding books): 8,200  Total Cost of Program (excluding books): 8,200 Language Support for International Students  Language Classes During Program  Pre-program Language Classes

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