Overview

Department of Computer Science / Department of Computer Science is located in Baltimore, MD, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
Master of Science in Security Informatics (MSSI)
Master of Science in Engineering (MSE)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	79
Doctoral Degrees	15

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Thesis Optional
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Oral exam

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

1,914

Applied

262

Accepted

68

Enrolled

Applying

25

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 15th	February 15th	No
Spring deadline	November 15th	September 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	2 letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, transcripts
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Requirements	3 letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, transcripts

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	December 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

277

Total Graduate Students

67%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	0.72%
Black or African American	Not Reported
White or Caucasian	3%
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	0.36%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	0.36%
Unknown	0.36%

Gender

Male (75%)

Female (24%)

Faculty

45

Total faculty

Full-time - 45

Part-time - 0

Male (39)

Female (6)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Theory and programming languages, systems, information security, machine learning and data intensive computing, language and speech processing, computational biology and medicine, Robotics, Vision and Graphics
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	20,050,898

Location & Contact

Address 3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21218
United States

Contact Dr. Randal Burns
Chair
Email: randal@jhu.edu
Phone: 410-516-8775
Fax: 410-516-6134

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