Computer Science

Degrees offered

Application Deadlines

December 15 for Fall admission (Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis route)
January 15 for Fall admission (M.Sc. course/project route)
May 15 for Winter admission (M.Sc. course/project route)

Departmental Website

Why Computer Science at Memorial?

The Computer Science department at Memorial is committed to research and its graduate students. Faculty members' interests touch on the following areas:

Algorithm design (complexity analysis, computational geometry)

Artificial intelligence (autonomous robotics, fuzzy logic, data mining, expert systems)

Bioinformatics (computational biology, computational network analysis)

Bio-inspired computing (neural networks, evolutionary computing, genetic algorithms and genetic programming)

Computational science (numeric computing, modelling, and simulation)

Computer graphics, vision and image processing

Computer languages

Databases and web services

Parallel and distributed computing

Performance measurement and modelling

Software systems and software engineering

VLSI design and FPGAs

Wireless and sensor networks

Funding

Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to eligible Canadian and International graduate students. Below is an approximate value of funding packages recently offered to graduate students in Computer Science. For more information, refer to Fees and Funding.

MSc: $12,000

PhD: $14,000

Tuition

We are proud to offer some of the lowest graduate tuition rates in Canada. The following are general program fees for graduate programs in Computer Science. For more information on special fees, continuance fees, and related charges, refer to Graduate Tuition and Cost of Living.

Program	Program fee per semester		# of semesters
Program	Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents	International Students	# of semesters
Master’s program
Plan A	$733	$953	6
Plan B	$486	$632	9
PhD	$683	$887	12

Duration (for full-time students)

Master’s: 2 years | PhD: 4 years

Find a supervisor that meets your research needs

Visit the Department of Computer Science website for areas of research, or search Yaffle to find a supervisor you may wish to work with (for research programs).

Description of programs

The Department of Computer Science has approximately 20 faculty and 7 technical support staff members skilled in a diverse range of fields in computer science. Graduate supervision is available in areas such as theoretical computer science, parallel and distributed computing, scientific computing, software systems, and artificial intelligence. The Department is also active in the interdisciplinary computational science program.

Minimum admissions requirements

For MSc: Bachelor's degree (major in Computer Science or Computer Engineering) with a minimum average of 75% overall.
For PhD: Master's degree from an appropriate area of study
- Submitted evidence, usually in the form of letters of reference from qualified referees, of the student's ability to undertake graduate work in the area of interest

Important Note: The information provided on this website is subject to change. The University Calendar is the final authority on university regulations.