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Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science at University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico, United States

Programme overview

The Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (Ph.D.) is offered through a cooperative program involving the Computer Science departments at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, NM). Doctoral students at the University of New Mexico may specialize in areas of current interest to the University of New Mexico faculty, or, by special arrangement, they may work in areas of interes.

Faculty: School of Engineering  |  Department: Computer Science  |  Duration: 66 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States

What you will study

Graduation Requirements In addition to all Graduate Studies requirements for the Ph.D. degree the department also requires the following: 4 credit hours of CS 592 Colloquium, taken from the University of New Mexico. If the student enters the program with a master’s degree, the requirement is reduced to 2 credit hours of CS 592. At least 24 of the credit hours, exclusive of dissertation, must be completed at one of...

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Entry requirements

Admission Information In addition to the University-wide requirements for admission to graduate study, the prospective Master of Science (M.S.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) candidate must submit verbal, quantitative and analytical GRE scores (general test) as well as satisfy the following criteria for admission to graduate study: Knowledge of computer science equivalent to CS 152L, 251L, 261, 341L, 351L, 357L, 361L, 362, **460 and **481. Knowledge of mathematics essential to computer science equivalent to MATH 1512, 1522, **314 and STAT **345. Students lacking adequate undergraduate training may be admitted, at the discretion of the admissions committee, with the understanding that coursework required to remove the deficiencies in undergraduate background is not applicable to the graduate degree. Each student is assigned a graduate advisor. The student should see his or her graduate...

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 66 credit hours

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