For the MS degree, the program provides

  • an academic track designed for those who would continue to pursue further studies, with a thesis option requiring a mandatory thesis and a non-thesis option of taking a comprehensive exit exam instead
  • a professional track with a mandatory internship for those planning to join the workforce immediately upon graduation.

    • The Computational Science program, launched in 2008, has currently over 30 faculty and staff members from different disciplines in the Colleges of Science and Engineering; they contribute to this program by designing and teaching courses, leading research and curriculum development efforts, establishing computational and experimental facilities, and mentoring students. Along with new developing technologies, computational science has been growing fast in the past decades, providing increasingly important problem-solving tools for these research endeavors.