Overview

Department of Computer Science and Engineering / Department of Computer Science and Engineering is located in Buffalo, NY, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Science (MS)	Computer science and engineering
(Certificate)	Information assurance
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computer science and engineering

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	152
Doctoral Degrees	25

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 Thesis Required Comprehensive qualifying exam

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

3,316

Applied

694

Accepted

262

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	February 1st	February 1st	Yes
Spring deadline	October 1st	October 1st	Yes

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: 79

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	December 15
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

702

Total Graduate Students

93%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	0.28%
Black or African American	0.43%
White or Caucasian	4%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	1.42%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	0%
Unknown	0.43%

Gender

Male (83%)

Female (16%)

Faculty

39

Total faculty

Full-time - 35

Part-time - 4

Male (35)

Female (4)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Theory and algorithms, databases and information retrieval, data mining and data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer security and information assurance, computing education, cyber-physical systens (Internet of Things), distributed systems and networks, hardware and architecture, high-performance and computing and computational science, medical applications and bioinformatics, mobile systems, programming languages and software systems

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

6,417,000

Location & Contact

Address 12 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY  14260
United States

Contact Dr. Aidong Zhang
Chairman
Email: azhang@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-645-3180
Fax: 716-645-3464

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