MS in Computer Science
所属信息
所属学校
哥伦比亚大学所属院校
Columbia The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science基本信息
项目时长
1.5 years项目学分
30学费估算
$48,432申请截止日期
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秋季
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常规
2/15 -
早申请
1/15
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其他
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春季
11/15
申请信息
托福/GRE Code
2111申请费
$85TOEFL要求
101.00
IELTS要求
7.00
成绩单寄送要求
网申上传/需第三方认证
成绩单邮寄地址
申请时不需要正式，录取后需要
推荐信要求
3
文书要求
The purpose of the Personal Statement is for you to share more about your past experiences and to discuss how these experiences have contributed to your personal and professional growth. It allows the applicant the opportunity to explain to the admission committee the distinct qualities and commitment they can bring to their department and to the overall Columbia Engineering community.
We recommend that your Personal Statement be between 250 and 1,000 words. Your application will not be negatively impacted should exceed this recommendation. Please do not email us to request permission to exceed this recommendation, no permission is necessary.
If possible, the following format is preferred:
- All margins should be at least one inch, and the left and right margins should be equal.
- Text should be double spaced.
- The preferred fonts are 10-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman; however, any legible serif or sans-serif standard font may be used. Do not use script or ornamental fonts.
- Your name should appear in the Header or Footer of every page.
It is integral to the admissions process that you write and submit this Personal Statement on your own. Any evidence of plagiarized materials may result in denial or revocation of admission.
A few topics that you may want to address in your Personal Statement include:
- Describe how your background has prepared you to pursue an advanced degree in the field of engineering or applied science at Columbia University.
- Describe the reasons you are interested in this program and discuss any relevant past experience.
- If you have relevant work or research experience, please indicate how it helped you decide on your career path.
- What are your post-graduation plans or career goals?
- What do you hope to gain from this program?
- What about this program excites you?
- If there are any special circumstances that need to be brought to the attention of the Admission Committee, please include that information.
文书思路建议
需要体现足够的数学和计算机背景
We recommend that your Personal Statement be between 250 and 1,000 words. Your application will not be negatively impacted should exceed this recommendation. Please do not email us to request permission to exceed this recommendation, no permission is necessary.
If possible, the following format is preferred:
- All margins should be at least one inch, and the left and right margins should be equal.
- Text should be double spaced.
- The preferred fonts are 10-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman; however, any legible serif or sans-serif standard font may be used. Do not use script or ornamental fonts.
- Your name should appear in the Header or Footer of every page.
It is integral to the admissions process that you write and submit this Personal Statement on your own. Any evidence of plagiarized materials may result in denial or revocation of admission.
A few topics that you may want to address in your Personal Statement include:
- Describe how your background has prepared you to pursue an advanced degree in the field of engineering or applied science at Columbia University.
- Describe the reasons you are interested in this program and discuss any relevant past experience.
- If you have relevant work or research experience, please indicate how it helped you decide on your career path.
- What are your post-graduation plans or career goals?
- What do you hope to gain from this program?
- What about this program excites you?
- If there are any special circumstances that need to be brought to the attention of the Admission Committee, please include that information.
文书思路建议
需要体现足够的数学和计算机背景
Prerequisite
应该拥有计算机科学或相关学科的本科学位。如果本科学位属于其他领域，需要完成至少四门计算机科学课程，涵盖该领域的基础和基础编程，以及两门数学课程。例如，计算机科学入门（COMS W1004或COMS W1007），高级编程（COMS W3157），数据结构和算法（COMS W3134或W3137），这是我们大多数研究生水平课程的先决条件，或/和离散数学（COMS W3203）。
有前置项目可以申请：
CS@CU MS Bridge Program in Computer Science
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/ms-bridge/
有前置项目可以申请：
CS@CU MS Bridge Program in Computer Science
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/ms-bridge/
申请材料
3 Letters of RecommendationOfficial Transcripts
GRE
TOEFL or IELTS
Statement of Purpose
Resume
Writing Sample and Supplemental
语言要求：
Recommend 101 on the TOEFL internet-based test
Recommend 7 on IELTS
Waive条件：在澳大利亚、加拿大、爱尔兰、新西兰、新加坡、英国和美国获得本科学位或硕士学位
GRE OPTIONAL
Code: 2111
面试要求: Video Interview；可能有personal interview
GRE
TOEFL or IELTS
Statement of Purpose
Resume
Writing Sample and Supplemental
语言要求：
Recommend 101 on the TOEFL internet-based test
Recommend 7 on IELTS
Waive条件：在澳大利亚、加拿大、爱尔兰、新西兰、新加坡、英国和美国获得本科学位或硕士学位
GRE OPTIONAL
Code: 2111
面试要求: Video Interview；可能有personal interview
适宜学生
哥伦比亚大学和纽约市的环境为多个行业提供了绝佳的职业机会。该计划提供了一个独特的机会来发展特定计算机科学学科的前沿深入知识。
特点
STEM;专排高（11）+藤校光环；1.5年制；细分track多；class size大
Track分支：
三个学期修10门课，一般是442这么安排。入学前选择细分track，想上哪个就可以选哪个，推荐machine learning track，选课优先级高，更容易选到自己想选的课，可以选研究生/本科课程，workload更灵活。
Computational Biology
Computational Biology track requires:
1. – Breadth courses 4门课
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
2. 2 required courses (6 points): COMS W4761 (Computational Genomics ) and either COMS W4771 or SIEO W4150/IEOR W4150/STAT 4001.
3. 6 elective points at the 6000-level, at least 3 of these 6000-level points must be selected from the list of Elective Track Courses.
4. 6 credits of general elective graduate courses, at 4000 level or above; at least 3 of these points must be CS graduate courses.
5. At least 3 elective points must be selected from courses in biological departments.
6. Students, who waive track requirements using previous courses, may complete the 30 graduate credits by expanding their electives selected from (a) the list of required track courses; (b) the list of elective track courses; or (c) other graduate courses.
Computer Security
Security Track requires:
1. – Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (15pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
2. 5 required courses (15 pts): COMS W4118 (OS), COMS W4156 (Adv. Software Engineering), COMS W4181 (Computer Security I), COMS W4182 (Computer Security II), and either COMS W4261 (Introduction to Cryptography) or COMS E6185 (Intrusion Detection).
3. 2 elective courses (6 pts) selected from the list of Elective Track Courses; at least 1 of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.
4. 1 general elective graduate CS course (3 pts), at 4000-level or above.
5. Must have 6 points at the 6000-level, at least 3 of these 6000-level points must be selected from the list of Elective Track Courses.
Foundations of Computer Science
Foundations track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives I (3pts)
– Track Electives II (9 pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 2 required courses: CSOR W4231 and COMS W4236.
2. 1 course chosen from the “Electives I” list: COMS W4203, COMS W4205, COMS W4241, COMS W4252, COMS W4261, or COMS W4281.
3. At least 9 additional points from the “Electives II” list, excluding the course chosen from the “Electives I” list to satisfy above. At least 6 of the points must be 6000-level courses.
4. Remaining points from any qualifying graduate course (4000- and 6000-level).
Machine Learning
Machine Learning track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
1. Students must take at least 6 points of technical courses at the 6000-level overall. One of the Track Electives courses has to be a 3pt 6000-level course from the Track Electives list.
2. If the number of points used to fulfill the above requirements is less than 30, then General Elective graduate courses at 4000-level or above must be taken so that the total number of credits taken is 30.
3. Students using previous courses to fulfill track requirements may complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives selected from (a) the list of required track courses; (b) the list of Track Elective courses; or (c) other graduate courses.
Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing Learning track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (9pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 3 courses (9 points) are required for the track: COMS W4705 (NLP), COMS W4706 (Spoken Language Processing), and COMS E6998 (Advanced NLP Topics).
2. 2 track elective courses (6 points); at least one of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.
3. 1 general elective graduate CS course (3 points) at 4000-level or above.
Network Systems
Network Systems track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (9pts): COMS W4115, COMS W4118, and CSEE W4119
– Track Electives I (3pts)
– Track Electives II (9 pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 4 elective courses (12 points) selected from the list of Elective Track Courses; at least 2 of these courses must be 6000-level CS courses.
2. 1 general elective. One Columbia Computer Science graduate course (3 points) at 4000-level or above.
Software Systems
Required track courses: COMS W4115, COMS W4118 and COMS 4156. (COMS W4995 Engineering Software as a Service can be substituted for COMS W4156 Advanced Software Engineering.)
1. Four breadth courses, two of which can be covered by the track requirements, plus one course chosen from Theory and the other from AI and Apps.
2. Two 4000-level elective track courses (6 points) selected from the list of section 3.
3. Two 6000-level elective track courses (6 points) selected from the list of section 4.
4. Three points of general elective graduate courses.
5. Students using previously taken courses to waive one or more of the required track courses may complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives, selected either from the track or from other graduate courses; at most three points overall may be “non-track” graduate courses. Waived courses cannot be used to fulfill the breadth requirement nor the track electives.
Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics
The Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
1. Two Required Track courses (6 points), selected from the Required Track Course list.
2. Two Elective Track courses (6 points), selected from the Elective Track Course list; at least one of these courses must be 6000-level.
3. Six points of appropriate General Elective graduate courses, 3 at the 6000 level and 3 at the 4000-level or above.
4. Students could use waivers to complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives beyond the base track requirements above.
MS Personalized
MS Thesis
Info sheets【class size】
Class size 200+，中国学生（包括陆本/美本）占60%-70%左右。除了中国同学之外，印度人、韩国人以及美国人的比例相对较高，其余国家的同学人数就很少了。
职业发展方向
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/career/student-resources/
Track分支：
三个学期修10门课，一般是442这么安排。入学前选择细分track，想上哪个就可以选哪个，推荐machine learning track，选课优先级高，更容易选到自己想选的课，可以选研究生/本科课程，workload更灵活。
Computational Biology
Computational Biology track requires:
1. – Breadth courses 4门课
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
2. 2 required courses (6 points): COMS W4761 (Computational Genomics ) and either COMS W4771 or SIEO W4150/IEOR W4150/STAT 4001.
3. 6 elective points at the 6000-level, at least 3 of these 6000-level points must be selected from the list of Elective Track Courses.
4. 6 credits of general elective graduate courses, at 4000 level or above; at least 3 of these points must be CS graduate courses.
5. At least 3 elective points must be selected from courses in biological departments.
6. Students, who waive track requirements using previous courses, may complete the 30 graduate credits by expanding their electives selected from (a) the list of required track courses; (b) the list of elective track courses; or (c) other graduate courses.
Computer Security
Security Track requires:
1. – Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (15pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
2. 5 required courses (15 pts): COMS W4118 (OS), COMS W4156 (Adv. Software Engineering), COMS W4181 (Computer Security I), COMS W4182 (Computer Security II), and either COMS W4261 (Introduction to Cryptography) or COMS E6185 (Intrusion Detection).
3. 2 elective courses (6 pts) selected from the list of Elective Track Courses; at least 1 of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.
4. 1 general elective graduate CS course (3 pts), at 4000-level or above.
5. Must have 6 points at the 6000-level, at least 3 of these 6000-level points must be selected from the list of Elective Track Courses.
Foundations of Computer Science
Foundations track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives I (3pts)
– Track Electives II (9 pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 2 required courses: CSOR W4231 and COMS W4236.
2. 1 course chosen from the “Electives I” list: COMS W4203, COMS W4205, COMS W4241, COMS W4252, COMS W4261, or COMS W4281.
3. At least 9 additional points from the “Electives II” list, excluding the course chosen from the “Electives I” list to satisfy above. At least 6 of the points must be 6000-level courses.
4. Remaining points from any qualifying graduate course (4000- and 6000-level).
Machine Learning
Machine Learning track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
1. Students must take at least 6 points of technical courses at the 6000-level overall. One of the Track Electives courses has to be a 3pt 6000-level course from the Track Electives list.
2. If the number of points used to fulfill the above requirements is less than 30, then General Elective graduate courses at 4000-level or above must be taken so that the total number of credits taken is 30.
3. Students using previous courses to fulfill track requirements may complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives selected from (a) the list of required track courses; (b) the list of Track Elective courses; or (c) other graduate courses.
Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing Learning track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (9pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 3 courses (9 points) are required for the track: COMS W4705 (NLP), COMS W4706 (Spoken Language Processing), and COMS E6998 (Advanced NLP Topics).
2. 2 track elective courses (6 points); at least one of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.
3. 1 general elective graduate CS course (3 points) at 4000-level or above.
Network Systems
Network Systems track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (9pts): COMS W4115, COMS W4118, and CSEE W4119
– Track Electives I (3pts)
– Track Electives II (9 pts)
– General Electives (3pts)
1. 4 elective courses (12 points) selected from the list of Elective Track Courses; at least 2 of these courses must be 6000-level CS courses.
2. 1 general elective. One Columbia Computer Science graduate course (3 points) at 4000-level or above.
Software Systems
Required track courses: COMS W4115, COMS W4118 and COMS 4156. (COMS W4995 Engineering Software as a Service can be substituted for COMS W4156 Advanced Software Engineering.)
1. Four breadth courses, two of which can be covered by the track requirements, plus one course chosen from Theory and the other from AI and Apps.
2. Two 4000-level elective track courses (6 points) selected from the list of section 3.
3. Two 6000-level elective track courses (6 points) selected from the list of section 4.
4. Three points of general elective graduate courses.
5. Students using previously taken courses to waive one or more of the required track courses may complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives, selected either from the track or from other graduate courses; at most three points overall may be “non-track” graduate courses. Waived courses cannot be used to fulfill the breadth requirement nor the track electives.
Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics
The Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts)
1. Two Required Track courses (6 points), selected from the Required Track Course list.
2. Two Elective Track courses (6 points), selected from the Elective Track Course list; at least one of these courses must be 6000-level.
3. Six points of appropriate General Elective graduate courses, 3 at the 6000 level and 3 at the 4000-level or above.
4. Students could use waivers to complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives beyond the base track requirements above.
MS Personalized
MS Thesis
Info sheets【class size】
Class size 200+，中国学生（包括陆本/美本）占60%-70%左右。除了中国同学之外，印度人、韩国人以及美国人的比例相对较高，其余国家的同学人数就很少了。
职业发展方向
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/career/student-resources/
