The University of Utah is a public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

MS computer science

A student may pursue an MS with

(1) A thesis option, or

(2) A project option, or

(3) A course-only option, or

(4) AN MS/MBA option.

The MS program requires 30 total semester hours of graduate coursework (including thesis hours for the thesis option).

Admission requirements

Bachelor Degree

GPA
A minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required for admission.

Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Test Scores
Test scores are valid for 5 years. The highest scores from retaken tests will be considered.

English Proficiency Test Scores (TOEFL or IELTS)
(for international students only)

Emphasis areas

The emphasis areas for the Computer Science degrees are:

– Algorithms and Computational Geometry
– Databases and Information Management
– Educational Software
– Formal methods, including verification tools, logic, theorem proving and industrial applications
– Graphics
– Hardware systems, including architecture and VLSI
– Image Processing
– Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
– Networking, Embedded Systems, and Operating Systems
– Programming Languages and Compilers
– Robotics
– Scientific Computing, Parallel Computing, Computational Science Applications and Software Architecture
– Visualization

Contact details

University of Utah
50 S. Central Campus Drive Room 3190
SLC UT 84112
(801) 581-8224