The online application form for the CSE graduate program is available here.
Back to topWe expect the applicants to have earned a B.S. degree by the time they register in the CSE graduate program. The admission process is very competitive, and we expect the applicants to have a very strong background in computer science, math, or engineering.
Back to topAll of following materials should be submitted as part of the online application form:
For the fall semester admission, all online materials must be submitted by January 15th.
Back to topOnly current UB students or alumni are eligible for the spring semester admission. If you qualify, please contact the Graduate Admissions Office. Application deadline for the spring admission is November 1st.
Back to topA nonrefundable fee of $75 per degree must be submitted for each application to graduate degree study at any SUNY campus. You should pay the application fee online with a credit card as part of the application process.
If for some reason you are not able to pay the application fee with credit card, you can enclose a check or money order in the amount of $75 in U.S. funds (made payable to "State University of New York at Buffalo"), and mail it to:
Graduate Admissions
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
338 Davis Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-2500
USA
Yes, you can reapply. You need to fill out a completely new online application for this purpose.
Back to topThe application procedures for M.S. and Ph.D. programs are the same. You need to choose which program you are applying on the first page of the online application form, under "Select Degree Program."
Back to topYes, if you already have a Ph.D. in a field other than Computer Science and Engineering, you can still apply for Ph.D. in CSE at UB.
Back to topOur online application system will allow you to upload up to five extra documents/files if you feel necessary. Please do not send hard copies of these documents, since hard copy submissions will not be reviewed.
Back to topNo, you cannot update your application once submitted and you do not need to do it. By the time your fall semester grades come in, your application may have already been evaluated.
Back to topYes, you can. The admission process of each department is independent of each other and a separate fee is required for each application. But, you can only enroll in one department, and you need to make this decision by the deadline specified in your offer letter (generally around April 15th).
Back to topThe CSE department offers financial aid to only Ph.D. students in the following forms:
No, offers of financial funding are made by the department's Graduate Admissions Committee (GAC). For this reason, we ask that applicants do not write to individual faculty members requesting financial assistance.
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A valid TOEFL exam must be taken within 2 years of entry date, and a valid GRE exam must be taken within 5 years of entry date. If your TOEFL or GRE scores are expired by the entry date, your application will not be considered for admission.
Back to topGeneral GRE requirements: Even though we do not put a hard-line on the minimum score, we expect applicants to score around 309/336 using the current scale (or 1250/1600 using the prior scale) for Verbal+Quantitative; and 4.0/6.0 for Analytical components. The average score of our recently admitted applicants is about 316/336 (or 1300/1600) and 4.0/6.0.
TOEFL requirements (for international applicants): The university minimum requirement for TOEFL is 79 iBT or 550 PBT.
Back to topWe do not have a strict minimum GPA requirement, but the applicants are expected to have a GPA higher than 3.0. The average GPA of our admitted applicants is around 3.5.
Back to topThe Admissions Committee considers the whole application package when evaluating applications for admission and financial aid. Some of the criteria considered are:
Although an undergraduate degree (bachelor's or four-year equivalent) is required for admission, an undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering is not required.
Applicants are expected to have successfully completed coursework in computer science and math or logic equivalent to the following:
Yes, an M.S. degree is not required for admission to the Ph.D. program, but it is highly recommended.
Back to topNo, we cannot give you a pre-evaluation of your application. You need to fill out an application and submit all required information so that it can be reviewed.
Back to topYou must submit the regular online application with all the required supporting materials by the specified deadline.
Back to topYes, you may transfer part of your graduate credits. Once you are admitted to our program, the Director of Graduate Studies and the Graduate School will review your request for transferring credits. Details on transferring credits can be found on page 12 of the CSE Graduate Student Handbook.
Back to topInternational students transferring from another U.S. institution to UB (with a break of no more than one year between departing the previous school and enrolling at UB) who would have met UB's minimum requirements and who had a valid TOEFL/IELTS at the time they commenced study at the other institution are automatically waived of the English language proficiency requirement.
Back to topIf you have received a degree from an institute within the U.S. prior to joining our program without a lapse in studies, the TOEFL exam requirement is waived. by the Graduate School. The department can submit a petition to the Graduate School to request a waiver, if you are offered admission.
Back to topPlease enter the grades as shown on your transcript(s). We will evaluate your grades and GPA (grade point average) based upon a grading conversion scale.
Back to topYou can learn about the CSE faculty and their research from their individual Faculty web pages and from the departmental Research Areas sections.
Back to topWe do not send any notifications to acknowledge the receipt of applications or other supporting documents. The applicants can go back into their online application anytime to check the status of their application.
Back to topPh.D. admission decisions are usually made at the end of February and the letters are mailed by mid March.
M.S. admission decisions are usually made by mid-March and the letters are mailed by end of March.
Back to topOnce admitted to the program, you will get an official offer letter from the department. You will need to indicate your acceptance of this offer by signing and returning the enclosed "Letter of Intent" no later than the given deadline in the offer (generally around April 15th). If we do not hear from you by this date, the offer will be withdrawn.
All admitted students should go through the "New UB Graduate Student Checklist", which contains vital information regarding course registration procedures and other important university information: http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/admissions/newgradstudents.php
The International students should also submit the following materials:
GamePute won first prize in a field of 30 teams at UBHacking 2013. UBHacking organizers Joe Peacock and Nick DiRienzo pose with GamePute team Scott Florentino, Andrew Wantuch, Jen Cordaro, and Andrew Kopanon.
Ankur Upadhyay, Daniel Bellinger, and Sumit Agarwal's work on Laasie won first prize in the 2013 SEAS Graduate Student Poster Competition. They are advised by Luke Ziarek and Oliver Kennedy.
CSE undergrads demonstrate technology from the Center for Socially Relevant Computing (CSRC) to newly-accepted students and their parents at the CSE Open House on Saturday, March 23.
CSE graduate students and their faculty advisors present research posters in the Davis Atrium on March 7, 2013.
CSE and Management students compete in the Northeast Collegiate Cyberdefense Competition (NCCC) on Saturday, January 19. UB advanced to the next round of competition, to be held at the University of Maine in March.
UB's Center of Excellence in Information Systems, Assurance, Research, and Education (CEISARE) received a $1.6 million NSF grant to train students to protect the United States from cyberattacks. »
Geoffrey Challen and Steven Ko are enlisting hundreds of students to build an unprecedented smartphone network to help scientists improve mobile computers and better understand how they're changing the world. »
UB hosted Davis Hall's ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 12, 2012. Pictured (l to r) are: Kamlesh Tripathi, Margaret Jacobs, Jeremy Jacobs, Barbara Davis, Jack Davis, Rajan Batta, George Maziarz, and Harvey Stenger.
Davis Hall, CSE's new $75M headquarters, is designed to meet LEED "Gold" standards. The building is named for Barbara and Jack Davis. Davis is the founder of Akron-based I Squared R Element Co.
Theoretician and International Master chessplayer Kenneth W. Regan devises algorithms to detect chess cheating. The New York Times recently profiled his work .
Nobel Laureate Herbert Hauptman, a CSE affiliated professor, developed an algorithm for determining crystal structure. Computing in Science and Engineering Magazine named it one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century.
Pursuing work on document verification and identification, CSE researchers use machine-learning algorithms to study handwriting variability.
CSE professor Russ Miller is one of the authors of a program that can determine the structure of molecules as large as 2,000 atoms from X-ray diffraction patterns.
CSE professor Aidong Zhang is developing intelligent content-analysis programs to automatically analyze images, replacing human coding of semantic content.
This concept scheme shows Davis Hall, CSE's new $75M headquarters, viewed from the northwest. The edge of Ketter Hall is visible on the right, just east of Davis. UB held the ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 12, 2012.
A geometric algorithm developed by CSE professor Jinhui Xu configures a set of radiation beams to destroy brain tumors in a form of computer-aided surgery.
The CSE faculty includes NSF CAREER award holders; ACM, IEEE, and AAAI fellows; and editors of noteworthy journals.
CSE faculty work with researchers in chemistry, the life sciences, the pharmaceutical sciences, media study, geography, and many other disciplines.
This concept scheme shows Davis Hall, CSE's new $75M headquarters, viewed from the northeast. Ketter and Furnas Halls can be seen on the left, just south of the new building. We broke ground in April 2009.
CEDAR, a CSE-affiliated research center, developed the systems that postal agencies around the world use to automatically sort hand-addressed mail.
CSE's MultiStore Research Group is funded by a $1 million NSF grant for the development of high-performance online data-storage systems.
CSE faculty are major participants in the new $200 million Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
CSE faculty average some $4.5 million annually in research grants. Our research areas range from high-performance computing to data mining.
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