CSCE - Admission Requirements

All Requirements and deadlines apply to PhD and MS programs

GRE

MS - not required
PhD - 146 verbal, 157 quantitative and 3.5 analytical writing

GPA

3.0 GPA*

*Applicants need to take the following courses during their undergraduate studies and receive A or B grades in:

Computer Engineering:  Operating Systems, System Synthesis & Modeling, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, and Computer Architecture

Computer Science: Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Database Management Systems, Algorithms Analysis, and Formal Languages

English Requirements (for students who didn’t complete degree from a U.S. university whose first language is not English)

550 for TOEFL (paper based), 79 for TOEFL (internet based), or 6.5 for the IELTS, taken within 2 years of application

Other materials

Statement of Purpose, Three letters of recommendation, CV/Resume, show strong computer engineering/science background

Deadlines

Fall admission: August 1, Spring admission: December 1

 

Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Roy McCann: rmccann@uark.edu