The PhD in Computer Science and Engineering is your passport to a career in academia or industrial research. Our PhD graduates have earned tenure-track faculty positions, led major technology firms, created their own innovative technology startups, and become thought leaders in their fields.
One PhD alum (so far) has risen to the office of university president.
The PhD in Computer Science and Engineering 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.
Your degree requirements are defined in the CSE Graduate Handbook that was in force during your matriculation year.
Matriculation Date | Graduate Handbook |
Fall 2024 - Present | Graduate Handbook 2024 |
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 | Graduate Handbook 2023 |
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 | Graduate Handbook 2022 |
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 | Graduate Handbook 2021 |
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 | Graduate Handbook 2020 |
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 | Graduate Handbook 2019 |
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 | Graduate Handbook 2018 |
Fall 2016 - Spring 2018 | Graduate Handbook 2016 |
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 | Graduate Handbook 2015 |
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 | Graduate Handbook 2014 |
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 | Graduate Handbook 2013 |
Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 | Graduate Handbook 2012 |
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 | Graduate Handbook 2011 |
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 | Graduate Handbook 2010 |
Fall 2008 - Spring 2010 | Graduate Handbook 2009 |
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 | Graduate Handbook 2007 |
CSE Force Registration Form. Any graduate student who wishes to be enrolled in a course and cannot do so via the HUB must complete the CSE Force Registration Form through the SEAS Force Registration Request portal.
Director of Graduate Admissions
Dr. Junsong Yuan
338H Davis Hall
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Oliver Kennedy
211 Capen Hall
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Matthew Knepley
211A Capen Hall
Graduate Academic Coordinator
Erin Huff
338Q Davis Hall
Graduate Academic Coordinator
Ann Mangan
338Q Davis Hall
Graduate Academic Coordinator
Rain Williams
338S Davis Hall
Prospective Student Questions
gradeng@buffalo.edu
Current Student Questions
csegradcoord@buffalo.edu