• University of Calgary offers 4 years of a PhD program in Computer Science.
  • This program is a thesis-based. Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend in an open oral defense.
  • The program is delivered on-campus.
  • Students are required to complete nine courses.
  • Computer Science program aims to give students the skills they need for careers ranging from private industry to academic positions at advanced research centres and universities.
  • It helps students build skills and novel ideas for designing and implementing software, as well as find new ways to use computers, develop effective algorithms to solve computing problems, and plan and manage organizational technology infrastructure.
  • As a program that usually takes about four years for an MSc graduate to complete, the degree requires course work, a single-authored scientific paper, and an oral candidacy exam, as well as submission and successful defense of a thesis.
  • Additional courses include:
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Databases
    • Computer Graphics
    • Scientific Computing
    • HCI
    • Visualization 
  • Students will conduct a department seminar presentation based on their research.
  • The University of Calgary ranked 6th by Research Infosource in 2018 and in Top 5 for research performance in Canada.
  • The Faculty of the department have received global recognition by winning awards like federal awards, Provincial awards, Indigenous awards, etc.
  • The average salary after this program goes to 146,881 USD.