Application to the M.S. program is through the
School of Engineering and
Applied Science. See
here
for information about the application procedure.
You may obtain an application form by sending
email, or by calling the
department at (212) 939-7000.
Applying to the Professional Program
Note: This section has yet to be completed.
Please direct any questions about the professional program to the
departmental academic assistant,
Melbourne Francis.
Applying to the Ph.D. Program
The Ph.D. program has its own webpage which
contains the most important information concerning the
application procedure.
If you have any questions, please direct them to
gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu.
An application form may be obtained by sending
email, or by calling the
department at (212) 939-7000.
Application to the Ph.D. is both very competitive, and research oriented.
You are strongly advised to spend effort finding out about the
research here at Columbia, and
in particular thinking about which
faculty members share your
research interests.
The main sources of information are the Faculty Research Guide (HTML)(Postscript)
and research group homepages.
You should also feel free to contact potential advisors, and request
information on their recent research and publications.
For a full description of the Ph.D. requirements, you should consult the
Ph.D. Program Document
(PostScript 148.8K). Other information about the Ph.D. program, such as
qualifier syllabi, may be found under the
Ph.D. program webpage.