Graduate Program

We offer a premier graduate program with tracks leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science and the Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science.

The U.S. News and World Report Best Grad Schools Rankings report ranks our graduate program 63rd in the nation. We are a dynamic department with a strong national and international reputation for excellence. We are ready to help you reach your potential as a scholar and contributor to the development of your chosen specialty.

PhD in Computer Science

The PhD in Computer Science degree provides an opportunity for students to pursue a program of research in a specialized area and to develop a dissertation that embodies the results of original research and gives evidence of high scholarship.

MS in Computer Science

The MS in Computer Science degree provides an opportunity for students to pursue a program of research in a specialized area and to develop a dissertation that embodies the results of original research and gives evidence of high scholarship.

Opportunities

Why Choose CSE?

Industry Connections

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Our industry partners include: Dell, IBM Corporation, IBM Digital, Kodak, Myricom, Praxair, Q-Chem, Sarnoff, Veridian Engineering Division, and Xerox.
Curriculum

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Tailor your studies to match your interests and career objectives with the department’s broad selection of graduate courses.
Cutting-Edge Research

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Our research areas span artificial intelligence, systems, and theory; they are well-funded by federal, state, and industrial sources. Our faculty work in muliti-disciplinary and newly emerging fields, such as bioinformatics, computer vision, machine learning, and robotics.
A Vibrant Community

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Our graduates are hired by the best companies and research laboratories.
Affordability

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Spend less on tuition. UB has a worldwide reputation for academic excellence, but the cost of attending our undergraduate programs is much less than many comparable public and private universities.
Research Funding

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Our faculty averages $4.5 million annually in external research awards. We were ranked 26th among 165 U.S. PhD-granting Computer Science Departments for annual research support, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Science Foundation.
Successful Alumni

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Join the department’s network of accomplished alumni who have gone on to top graduate programs and employment with companies such as Bloomberg, Google, and Microsoft.
Multidisciplinary

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Our research options could take you to new places. Our faculty work with researchers in chemistry, the life sciences, the pharmaceutical sciences, media study, geographic information science, and other disciplines where an interface with computer science is increasingly central.
Hands-on Experience

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Gain hands-on experience via undergraduate research, internships in industry, hackathons, and other experiential learning opportunities.
Clubs

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Meet new friends and apply skills you've learned in class to cool, real-world projects; get involved in professional and student organizations—such as the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Scientista, and UB Hacking.
Community

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148 PhD students from 14 nations create a supportive, diverse, and dynamic environment for your work.
Career Moves

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A degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering opens doors to exciting and rewarding careers that command high salaries. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the median income for all computing and information technology occupations was $82,860 in May 2016.
Supercomputing

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The Center for Computational Research is considered one of the nation's leading supercomputing centers and supports high performance computing for departmental research in the areas of bioinformatics, medical image processing, virtual reality, and geographic information systems.
"Super" Storage

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Our MultiStore Research Group, funded by a $1 million NSF grant, is creating a 20 terabyte high-performance online data storage system. The system will be used for basic research in large-scale data sets and information visualization, as well as for research in bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, and geographic imaging.
Affordability

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Spend less on tuition. UB has a worldwide reputation for academic excellence, but the cost of attending our graduate programs is much less than many comparable public and private universities.
Document Analysis

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Our affiliated Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR) is one of the world’s leading centers for research on interpreting scanned images. Among other accomplishments, CEDAR developed the systems that postal agencies around the world use for automatically sorting hand-addressed mail.
Bioinformatics

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At UB, you can get into one of the hottest new research fields right at the beginning. Our faculty has direct involvement in UB’s new $200 million Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, particularly in the high-performance computing and computational science areas of this research.
Centers, Labs, and Groups

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Our centers, labs, and research groups provide abundant opportunities for exploring state-of-the-art research and working with sophisticated computing facilities.
Top-Notch Faculty

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Be taught and mentored by faculty members who are outstanding teachers and internationally-recognized researchers.
Established and Growing

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Over the past three years, we have hired six new faculty members: in algorithms, databases, data mining, electronic commerce, natural language processing, and networks. Computer science was first organized as a department at UB in 1967—one of the first in the U.S.—and merged with computer engineering in 1998 to form the present department.
Research Sponsors

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Numerous world-class agencies fund our departmental research.
Facilities

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Use over 18,000 square feet of cutting-edge research labs, teaching labs, classrooms, and collaboration-focused meeting spaces.

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GRADUATE OFFICE

Director of Graduate Admissions
Dr. Roger He
318 Davis Hall

Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Murat Demirbas
313 Davis Hall

Graduate Coordinator
Matthew Doino
338M Davis Hall

Prospective Student Questions
cse-gradinfo@buffalo.edu

Current Student Questions
csegradcoord@buffalo.edu

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