Overview

School of Computer Science / School of Computer Science is located in Amherst, MA, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Science (MS)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	42
Doctoral Degrees	19

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	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Thesis Alternate accepted
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

1,082

Applied

159

Accepted

55

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

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

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5
TWE: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	December 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

224

Total Graduate Students

56%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	0.45%
Black or African American	1.34%
White or Caucasian	33%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	3.57%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	1.34%
Unknown	3.57%

Gender

Male (71%)

Female (28%)

Faculty

60

Total faculty

Full-time - 60

Part-time - 0

Male (51)

Female (9)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, and wearable computing; autonomous and multiagent systems; information retrieval, data mining and machine learning; networking, distributed systems and security
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 181 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA  1003
United States

Contact Dr. J. Eliot Moss
Graduate Program Director
Email: csinfo@cs.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-3640
Fax: 413-545-1249

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