Overview

Department of Computer Science / Department of Computer Science is located in Tucson, AZ, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Science (MS)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	18
Doctoral Degrees	2

Earning Your Degree

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

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Thesis Optional 30-31 units of coursework, 3.0 cumulative GPA, and 3.5 GPA in six core courses
Doctoral Degrees	Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Third and fifth semester portfolios in place of pre-qualifying and qualifying exams. 37 units of major coursework (includes 12 units of research and a 1 unit colloquium course), 9 or more units of minor coursework, 18 units of dissertation, 3.33 cumulative GPA, and 3.5 GPA in six core courses

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

450

Applied

81

Accepted

30

Enrolled

Applying

90

Application Fee - Domestic

90

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Requirements	Typical minimum undergraduate GPA is 3.2; Must have at a minimum demonstrated advanced undergraduate studies in Systems (i.e. through an operating systems or compilers course) and Theory (i.e. through an algorithms or theory of computation course)
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Typical minimum undergraduate GPA is 3.5, graduate GPA is 3.7; Must have at a minimum demonstrated advanced undergraduate studies in Systems (i.e. through an operating systems or compilers course) and Theory (i.e. through an algorithms or theory of computation course)

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 60 TOEFL IBT score: 79

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

86

Total Graduate Students

54%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	6.98%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	22%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	6.98%

Gender

Male (80%)

Female (19%)

Faculty

17

Total faculty

Full-time - 17

Part-time - 0

Male (15)

Female (2)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Algorithms, artificial intelligence, parallel, distributed, and high performance computing, programming languages and compilers, security, systems, visualization and graphics
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	3,794,077

Location & Contact

Address P.O. Box 210077
Tucson, AZ  85721
United States

Contact Dr. David Lowenthal
Interim Department Head
Email: depthead@cs.arizona.edu
Phone: 520-626-8282
Fax: 520-621-4246

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