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(For a hard copy, print this web page and the Faculty web page)
NOTE to Fall Applicants:
All of the application materials are sent directly to the Enrollment Services Office for scanning. They are currently receiving an enormous amount of mail daily and are doing their very best to scan the materials in a timely manner. If the mail carrier can verify that we received your materials, then rest assured that we have them.
We are expecting to receive roughly 1000 applications for the Fall semester. Due to this high volume, updates to the applications will be taking place between now and mid January. Offers are expected to be made to the accepted applicants during the first week of March.
We understand your eagerness to receive updates regarding your application. However, it is best to keep checking your status online and to refrain from sending emails. The more time we take to respond to emails, the less time we have to update the applications.
Thank you for your understanding and your patience with the application process.
Link to the Online Application
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Computer Science Department
Graduate Office, Univ. of Maryland 1151 A.V. Williams Building College Park, MD 20742 Tel: (301) 405-2664 Email: csgradof@cs.umd.edu Web: http://www.cs.umd.edu/Grad |
The Graduate School 2123 Lee Building College Park, MD 20742 Tel: (301) 405-0376 Web: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu UMCP graduate studies information, fellowship office, admissions office, etc. |
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Graduate Hills/Graduate Gardens 3424 Tulane Drive, Apt 14 Hyattsville, MD 20783 Tel: (301) 422-0147 Web:http://www.graduatehousing.net/ On-campus graduate housing information |
International Education
3116 Mitchell Bldg. Tel: (301) 314-7740 Web:http://www.intprog.umd.edu/ies/ Visa information. |
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Off-Campus Housing Services 1195 Stamp Student Union Bldg. College Park, MD 20742 Tel: (301) 314-3645 Web: http://www.och.umd.edu Off-campus housing information |
Enrollment Services Office-Graduate Admissions University of Maryland College Park Enrollment Services Operations Application for Graduate Admission Rm 0130 Mitchell Building College Park, MD 20742 Send application materials to this address |
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| Deadline for applications and all supporting material due at Graduate School and Computer Science Department |
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| Deadline for applicant to reply to offer |
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| Maryland English Institute and IES Orientation for Students (dates tentative) |
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| Computer Science Department Orientation |
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*NOTE: Dates for offers to be sent by the Department are extremely tentative and may vary. The Department will notify applicants as quickly as possible; your patience is appreciated.
The Washington area is one of the most verdant metropolitan areas in the US, with large areas devoted to wildlife refuges and scenic parks. Surrounding the Washington area are nearby state and national parks and waterways in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, from the Shenandoah and Appalachian Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay and Assateague seashores.
The area enjoys a full four-season climate, yet the winters are mild relative to most places in the northern US. The average daytime temperature in winter usually above freezing, snow stays on the ground for at most a few weeks in the winter, and Spring starts early in March.
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Software Engineering
Programming Languages Computer Systems Networking Database Systems Parallel Processing Performance Evaluation Algorithms and Computation Theory |
User Interface Technology
Computer Vision Geographic Information Systems Artificial Intelligence Geometric Computing Computational Linguistics Scientific Computing Numerical Analysis |
The Computer Science Department has close ties to various research units on campus, providing faculty and students opportunities for collaborative research projects and access to specialized research facilities. Among these units:
Research support from these various organizations supplements the Computer Science Department's resources and helps to attract some of the brightest and best young computer scientists.
Applications are evaluated on the basis of educational and work experience, recommendation letters, and test scores. The General GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) is required for all applicants. The Subject (advanced) GRE is not essential but recommended, especially if your CS background is not very strong. The average score for the General GRE is: Verbal- 580, Quantitative- 780, and Analytical- 5.0. International students require TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and, if applying for aid, TSE and TWE (tests of spoken English and written English). Undergraduate grade point averages are generally 3.5 or above. However, each applicant is considered individually, and reasonable exceptions can be made in particular cases.
Only a small fraction of those who apply are admitted to the graduate program. Satisfying the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Both GPA and GRE scores of students admitted in recent years have been much higher than the average scores.
Enrollment Services Office-Graduate Admissions |
Enrollment Services Operations Application for Graduate Admission Rm 0130 Mitchell Building |
University of Maryland, College Park |
College Park, MD 20742 |
Graduate Record Examinations
Educational Testing Services
P.O. BOX 6000
Princeton, NJ 08541-6000 USA
(609) 771-7670Graduate Management Admissions Test
Educational Testing Services
P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, NJ 08541-6103 USA
(609) 921-9000Miller Analogy Test
Psychological Corporation
555 Academic Court
San Antonio, TX 78204
1-800-228-0752
Examination scores should be sent to the University via the testing authority. The University of Maryland, College Park institutional code for the GRE and GMAT is 5814.
Please Note
Applications and all supporting documents must reach the Enrollment Services Office-Graduate Admissions by December 15 in order to be considered
for the following Fall semester. Late applications are placed on a waiting
list and are considered if space is available, only after all on-time applications
have been evaluated. Foreign students are urged to submit applications
early, because their processing takes longer than for US applicants. GRE
examinations must be taken by December, in order for the scores to arrive
before admissions decisions are made.
The Spring Semester application deadline is October 15. NOTE: Only those who are already students at the University of Maryland, College Park, are eligible to apply for the Spring Semester.
Applicants will be notified of their admission status approximately the first week of March (for fall admission).
Admission can rarely be deferred. Applicants must indicate the semester in which they wish to begin the program. If an applicant does not enroll in the semester admitted, and does not contact the Graduate Education office before the start of the semester, the offer of admission is voided. If an applicant decides to enter the program at a later time, a new application must be submitted.
Tuition: For the 2006/2007 academic year, in-state tuition is $411.00 per credit and out-of-state tuition is $886.00 per credit. In addition, you must pay $306 in mandatory fees for up to eight credits, and $500 in mandatory fees for nine or more credits. If you receive Financial aid in the form of assistantships or fellowships, the department pays for up to ten credits of tuition, but you are responsible for the mandatory fees. You should also budget approximately $2000.00 per year for books and supplies.
The application form for admission to graduate study includes a place to specify whether or not you need financial aid. Most financial aid consists of research assistantships, teaching assistantships, or fellowships.
Approximately 120 students are supported by graduate research assistantships on research grants and contracts. Research assistants usually work on projects that lead to thesis or dissertation topics. For the 2006/2007 academic year, stipends for graduate research assistants range from $16,400 to $18,300.
In addition to the stipends, teaching and research assistantships cover tuition for up to 10 credits per semester and provide health insurance coverage under the same University benefits plan enjoyed by staff and faculty. Many students also receive summer support.
Within the University of Maryland, fellowships are available from the Department, the Graduate School, and ISR. To apply for Department and Graduate School fellowships, submit the Merit-based Award Form when you file your application. To apply for ISR fellowships, please contact them.
Fellowships are also available from a number of sources outside the University of Maryland, for example, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships, Fulbright Fellowships, etc. To apply for such fellowships, you should contact the agency which administers them, check with the financial aid office in your current university, or contact the Fellowship Office at the University of Maryland.
Graduate students in CMPS doctoral programs are expected to develop a mastery of their field, and gain familiarity with their discipline from arrival to graduation. In particular, full-time doctoral students who arrive with a baccalaureate degree normally will:
1. Become engaged in research no later than during their second year and often in
their first year.
2. Identify a thesis adviser by the end of their second year.
3. Identify a thesis topic by the end of their third year.
4. Secure admission to candidacy within 3-4 years.
5. Publish at least one paper prior to advancing to candidacy, and several prior to graduating.
6. Complete all requirements and graduate within 5-6 years.
Graduate students may expect:
a) A wide selection of courses.
b) Advice and mentoring by faculty in their program prior to the assignment of an adviser.
c) From their adviser:
-- Regular access and advice during the research and thesis writing process.
-- Training in the preparation of oral and written scholarly presentations; in particular the advice and support for the writing of at least one paper for publication.
-- Introduction, for example at conferences, to other members of the field.
-- Assistance and advice with job searches
Degree requirements involve coursework, and for this purpose courses are categorized into seven areas: artificial intelligence, computer systems, database systems, scientific computing, software engineering and programming languages, theory of computing, and visual and geometric computing. In general, no more than six credit hours may be transferred from another university or another program at UMCP.
The Executive Council is an elected body of computer science graduate students, which plans activities and addresses issues of concern to the student body. The council also allocates funds from the graduate student activities budget. Sponsored activities typically include a departmental picnic, a weekly graduate student seminar, a very popular weekly coffee-hour, hikes, parties, newspaper subscriptions for the graduate student lounge, forums. etc.
The Department Council advises the Chair on issues affecting the department. It is composed primarily of faculty, but two graduate student representatives attend the meetings, as non-voting members, to provide graduate student input and to keep the graduate students informed of relevant issues.
The Educational Affairs Committee is responsible for the undergraduate and graduate academic programs of the department. Composed primarily of faculty, the committee has two voting graduate student representatives and two voting undergraduate student representatives.
The Graduate Student Government is a campus-wide organization of graduate students for the purpose of improving the quality of graduate student life. Some of the recent activities organized by this organization include protest rallies against taxation of scholarships and assistantships, a campus-wide research conference for Graduate Students, setting up a legal aid service for Graduate Students, distributing a newsletter with information for all Graduate Students, and organizing social events such as dances and weekly "happy hours."
ACM student chapter: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the principal professional society for computer scientists. Membership is important for maintaining contact with current developments through journal publications, meetings and conferences. Our department has a student chapter of the ACM. Student members receive many of the benefits at a reduced rate: journals, conference registration, etc. Membership becomes extremely important as students move into the final stages of their study and begin submitting papers to conferences and ACM journals.
The Society of Women in Computer Science consists of women from the Department. Its purpose is to encourage women to major in Computer Science, through the establishment of a support system including mentoring, group tutoring, and study groups.