Students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals gather to discuss our latest research projects at CSE Industrial Career Day, 2016. Photo credit: Onion Studio
The PhD in Computer Science and Engineering is your passport to a career in academia or industrial research. Our PhD graduates have gone on to win tenure-track faculty positions, lead major technology firms, create their own innovative startups, and even assume a university presidency.
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 2020 - Present | 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, which can be obtained from the Graduate Academic Coordinator in 338R Davis Hall. Once you have completed the form and obtained your faculty advisor's signature, please return it to the Graduate Academic Coordinator.
Director of Graduate Admissions
Dr. Roger He
318 Davis Hall
Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Zhanpeng Jin
336 Davis Hall
Graduate Coordinator
Clara M Schoonmaker
338Q Davis Hall
Prospective Student Questions
gradeng@buffalo.edu
Current Student Questions
csegradcoord@buffalo.edu