American School Programs
 
Colleges in Texas Sitemap Search Colleges and Programs Colleges in the USA Colleges in the USA Network
 
Study in Texas
Request further information directly from University of Texas at Dallas, including Financial Aid, Housing Options and Campus Visits.
  School Contact Request FREE Info
US College Programs


University of Texas at Dallas
Graduate Programs in Computer Science
study in america
Requesting information from the following institution:
University of Texas at Dallas

Fields marked with * are required
Personal Information
First Name * Last Name *
Mailing Address *
Study in the USA
City * State/Province (for US & Canada Only) *
Study in the USA
Country * Zip/Postal Code (for US & Canada Only) *
Study in the USA
Phone/Mobile Number Date of Birth *
Study in the USA
Email * Confirm Email * (Please Confirm Email)
Study in the USA
When do you plan to begin your studies? 
Study in the USA
English Proficiency
Study in the USA
Study in the USA
Questions  
Enter the code as it is shown below (required):

Contact Information:
Computer Science Dept., MS EC31
800 W Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080-3021 USA


Phone: 1-972-883-2185
Fax: 1-972-883-2399

 Colleges in the USA Visit School Website
 Colleges in the USA Request FREE Info
Contact University of Texas at Dallas
Visit University of Texas at Dallas Website
University of Texas at Dallas Map
Send Page to a Friend
study in america

 Program Overview   study in america

The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) offers a graduate program in computer science leading to the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees.

The M.S. in computer science may be earned in a traditional computer science track, or a track that emphasizes networks and telecommunications, intelligent systems or bioinformatics. Each track offers thesis and non-thesis options. In the thesis option, students complete 27 credit hours of coursework and a thesis worth six credit hours. The non-thesis option requires 33 credit hours of coursework. It is also possible to earn an M.S. in computer science with a software engineering major.

Required core courses for the computer science track total 15 credit hours and include design and analysis of computer algorithms, advanced operating systems, advanced computer networks and two courses chosen from compiler construction, database design, and structure and design of programming languages.

For the M.S. in the networks and telecommunications track, students complete 15 credit hours of core requirements including performance of computer systems and networks, design and analysis of computer algorithms, advanced operating systems, telecommunications networks, and advanced computer networks.

The intelligent systems track is for students interested in artificial intelligence and human language technology. The core courses for this track are design and analysis of computer algorithms, advanced operating systems, database design, artificial intelligence, and neural nets and machine learning.

Students in the bioinformatics track focus on algorithms and database design and their application to biology and computational biology.

Core requirements for the M.S. in the software engineering major include software engineering, requirements engineering, software architecture and design, software testing, validation, and verification, and software project planning and management. Other requirements include a six-credit master's project or two electives from among the following: software maintenance, evolution and re-engineering, software quality assurance and metrics, object oriented analysis and design, database design, information systems engineering, computer-aided software engineering, and formal methods and programming methodology.

The M.S. program also requires 18 elective hours approved by the graduate adviser.

The Ph.D. program is tailored to meet students' needs. Common requirements include a grade of B or better in the qualifying examination, a theory of computation course, five 6000- or 7000-level courses and two 8000-level courses, sufficient computer science electives for a total of 90 credits beyond the B.S., and a dissertation. The dissertation may be exclusively in computer science, or it may focus on an application area.

 Admissions   study in america

Applicants to the M.S. program in computer science should have a bachelor's degree that includes two semesters of (physics-based) calculus and one semester of linear algebra, a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) in the last 60 credit hours of coursework, with a GPA of 3.3 in quantitative courses, and a combined score of 1,200 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the general GRE.

To be considered for the Ph.D. program in computer science, a student may be admitted under two possible options. The student must have a master's degree in computer science or its equivalent, a GPA of at least 3.5 and a score of at least 1,200 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE. Alternatively, applicants should have a bachelor of science in computer science, a GPA of at least 3.5 in the last 60 credit hours and a score of at least 1,300 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE.

Applicants whose native language is not English must achieve a TOEFL score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computerized version.

 Highlights   study in america

  • The M.S. program offers tracks emphasizing traditional computer science, networks and communication, software engineering, and research.
  • Thesis and non-thesis options are available for students in the M.S. program
  • The Ph.D. program is individually tailored to match students' interests
  • Located within a five-mile radius of over 800 high-tech firms, the Jonsson School operates one of the nation's largest Engineering and Computer Science internship and co-op programs

 Program Facts   study in america

Program Founded 1975
Program Start Dates Aug, Jan, May
Expected Length Master's 1 - 2 years
Expected Length PhD 3 - 4 years
# of Faculty 44
% Highest Degree in Field 100%
# Endowed Chairs/Profs 3
Annual Research Funding US$7,000,000

 Study Options   study in america

part-time, day or evening classes, co-op/work internships, assistantships, fellowships

 Student Profile - Masters   study in america

(figures from fall 2008)
Students Applied/yr 802
Students Accepted/yr 535
Students Enrolled/yr 168
Total Program Enrollment 448
# of International Students 365

 Student Profile - Doctorate   study in america

(figures for fall 2006)
Students Applied/yr 125
Students Accepted/yr 97
Students Enrolled/yr 25
Total Program Enrollment 122
# of International Students 73

 Admissions at a Glance   study in america

Application Fee US$50 (domestic) $100 (international)
GRE Score 1,300 (quantitative + verbal)
Domestic Student Application Deadlines:
Jul 1 (fall admission), Nov 1 (spring admission), Apr 1 (summer admission)

International Student Application Deadlines:
May 1 (fall admission), Sept 1 (spring admission), Apr 1 (summer admission)

Minimum English Requirements:
TOEFL 550 (pbt), 213 (cbt), 79 - 80(ibt), or IELTS 5.5

 Annual Expenses (in US$)   study in america

In-State Student Tuition:
Master's $7,334 incl. fees
PhD $7,334 incl. fees
Out-of-State Student Tuition:
Master's $13,164 incl. fees
PhD $13,164 incl. fees
International Student Tuition:
Master's $13,364 incl. fees
PhD $13,364 incl. fees

 Expenses and Financial Support   study in america

Graduate tuition is approximately US$7,000 per year for Texas residents and US$12,000 per year for out-of-state and international students. Graduate fellowships, and partial scholarships are available to qualified students on a limited basis. The departments typically make awards after admission to the program.

 Buildings and Facilities   study in america

Graduate students in computer science have access to ample PCs and Sun Workstations, as well as to laboratories for parallel processing, distributed systems, software engineering, high-performance computing, graphics, programming languages and systems, telecommunications, CAD and graph visualization, image understanding and processing, and artificial intelligence.
   All major computers on campus are linked by an Ethernet network with campus-wide wireless access.
   In addition to the Computer Science faculty, there are individuals who are involved in computer-related work in many other areas of the university, including several in the physical and social sciences and in various areas of business and management. Students majoring in computer science with interest in these important application areas have the opportunity to consult and work with talented faculty from a wide range of disciplines.

 International Students   study in america

Assistance to students who come to UTD from outside the United States is available from International Student Services, which provides support and advice, including information about immigration and visas, health insurance, housing, student fees and other charges.
   International Student Services also helps students settle into life in the United States by organizing a range of activities and events.
   The Office can be reached at ISSOcurrent@utdallas.edu or 1-972-883-4189.

 Research Areas   study in america

• Algorithms (analysis, design, distributed)
• Artificial intelligence
• ATM and optical networks
• Automata and formal languages
• Combinatorial optimization
• Computational geometry and logic
• Computer architectures
• Computer vision
• Computer-aided design and visualization
• Constraint, logic and object-oriented programming
• Custom and computer-aided design
• Data mining
• Database design
• Database systems
• Design and analysis of dynamically adaptive protocols
• Digital forensics
• Digital signal processing
• Distributed computation
• Distributed computing systems
• Distributed object technology
• Fault-tolerance for parallel and distributed systems
• Fault-tolerance/redundancy
• Geometric optimization
• Groupware
• High-performance computation
• High-performance networking
• High-speed and low-power algorithms and VLSI design
• High-speed communication networks
• Implementation, semantics and applications of programming languages
• Information assurance
• Information dissemination in partitionable mobile networks
• Information visualization
• Intelligent computer systems
• Internet and Web technologies
• Mobile computing
• Modeling, design, and analysis of telecommunications networks and protocols
• Multimedia and distance learning
• Multimedia information management
• Network layer protocols
• Network resource management
• Parallel and distributed operating systems
• Parameter estimation and adaptive optimization in communication
• Pattern recognition/image processing
• Picture processing
• Program testing (random, data-flow testing)
• Programming languages
• Relational programs
• Requirements engineering
• Scheduling and resource allocation
• Scheduling and routing protocols
• Software engineering
• Software re-use
• Software testing and reliability
• Software visualization
• Stochastic modeling
• Telecommunications networks
• VLSI DSP and telecommunications systems
Please review UTD's faculty research summaries at http://ecs.utdallas.edu/research/summaries-web.pdf.

 Faculty   study in america

  • Bastani, F.B. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • Bereg, S. Ph.D., Institute of Mathematics, Belarus
  • Cangussu, J. W. Ph.D., Purdue University
  • Chandrasekaran, R. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • Chung, L. Ph.D., University of Toronto
  • Cobb, J.A. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
  • Cooper, K. Ph.D., University of British Columbia
  • Daescu, O. Ph.D., Notre Dame
  • Dattatreya, G.R. Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
  • Dong, J. Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Du, D.Z. PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Farago, A. PhD, Technical University of Budapest
  • Guo, X. PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Gupta, G. PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Hamlen, K.W. PhD, Cornell University
  • Harabagiu, S. PhD, University of Southern California
  • Hatzivassiloglou, V. PhD, Columbia University
  • Huynh, D.T. PhD, University of Saarland
  • Jue, J. PhD, University of California, Davis
  • Khan, L. PhD< University of Southern California
  • Liu, Yang, PhD, Purdue University
  • Liu, Ying, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Mittal, N. PhD, University of Texas at Austin
  • Moldavan, D. PhD, Columbia
  • Ng, V. PhD, Cornell University
  • Ntafos, S. PhD, Northwestern
  • Page, I. PhD, Brunel University
  • Prabhakaren, B. PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, India
  • Prakash, R. PhD, Ohio State
  • Raghavachari, B. PhD, Pennsylvania State
  • Sarac, K. PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Schweitzer, H. PhD, Hebrew University
  • Sha, E. PhD, Princeton University
  • Sudborough, I.H. PhD, Pennsylvania State
  • Thuraisingham, B. PhD, University of Wales, UK
  • Truemper, K. PhD, Case Western Reserve
  • Venkatesan, S. PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  • Wang, Y. PhD, University of Saskatchewan
  • Wenkstern, R.Z. PhD, University of Ottawa
  • Wong, E. PhD, Purdue University
  • Wu, W. PhD, University of Minnesota
  • Yen, I-L. PhD, University of Houston
  • Zhang, K. PhD, University of Brighton
  • Zheng, S.Q. University of California, Santa Barbara

American Schools and Programs
American Schools and Programs
Copyright © 2001-2010 The EI Group
American Schools and Programs
American Schools and Programs
American Schools and Programs
American Schools and Programs
The EI Group
Request further information directly from University of Texas at Dallas, including Financial Aid, Housing Options and Campus Visits.
School Contact Request FREE Info
American Schools and Programs
US Schools and Programs