Overview

Department of Computer Science / Department of Computer Science is located in Santa Barbara, CA, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Science (MS)	Computer science
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computer science	Cognitive science
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computer science	Technology and society
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computer science	Computational science and engineering

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	33
Doctoral Degrees	16

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
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 Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some Project (for some programs)
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

1,286

Applied

141

Accepted

53

Enrolled

Applying

90

Application Fee - Domestic

110

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

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

Entrance Requirements

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

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 600 TOEFL IBT score: 100
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

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 Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Federal Work-Study

Student Body

158

Total Graduate Students

63%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	1.27%
Black or African American	0.63%
White or Caucasian	21%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.63%
Asian	7.59%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	5.06%

Gender

Male (81%)

Female (18%)

Faculty

34

Total faculty

Full-time - 32

Part-time - 2

Male (29)

Female (5)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Algorithms and theory, computational science and engineering, computer architecture, database and information systems, machine learning and data mining, networking, operating systems and distributed systems, programming languages and software engineering, security and cryptography, social computing, visual computing and interaction
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	10,416,846

Location & Contact

Address 2104 Harold Frank Hall
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-5110
United States

Contact Prof. Ambuj Singh
Chair
Email: ambuj@cs.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-5334
Fax: 805-893-8553

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