MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0 Date: Monday, 16-Dec-96 23:57:08 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 3586 Last-Modified: Tuesday, 12-Nov-96 20:52:18 GMT General Information on the Cornell Computer Science Department

General Information


The Department

The Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, which was organized in 1965, is one of the oldest departments of its kind in the country. It has a full-time faculty of 26, approximately 100 resident Ph.D. graduate students, 70 M.Eng students, and graduates about 75 undergraduate C.S. majors each year. The department is typically ranked as one of the top five in the country.

Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, a city of about 30,000 people in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Both Cornell and Ithaca offer a wide range of cultural activities, sports, and outdoor activities with the pleasures of both city and country close at hand.

Academic Programs

Ph.D. Program

During the 1993-1994 academic year, the department conferred 14 Ph.D's in a wide variety of areas of Computer Science. The department admits about 20 Ph.D. candidates each year. A typical Ph.D. program will take about five years to complete. For more information on the Ph.D. program, please send email to phd@cs.cornell.edu

M.Eng Program

This is a one-year program designed to enhance the professional skills of computer scientists. It provides a flexible curriculum that includes six graduate-level courses and a faculty-supervised design project. A student can specialize in a number of areas, including software development, programming languages, operating systems for networked environments, robotics and computer vision, scientific computing, and artificial intelligence.

For more information on the M.Eng program, please visit the M.Eng program home page or send email to meng@cs.cornell.edu. (You can browse the Web pages of past and proposed M.Eng projects.)

Undergraduate Programs

The Computer Science department is in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering at Cornell University. It offers both B.A. and B.S. degrees with a major in Computer Science. In 1993-1994, the department graduated 29 B.A.s and 47 B.S.s. To receive an information packet on applying to Cornell University, you should call 607-255-5241 or write to Cornell University Admissions, 410 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY, 14853.

For more information about the Undergraduate program at Cornell, please visit the Undergraduate Program Home Page or send email to ugrad@cs.cornell.edu.

Contact List

General Department:

Department of Computer Science
4130 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7501
607-255-7316

Graduate Programs:

Graduate Office
Department of Computer Science
4126 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7501
607-255-8593