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Prospective Students
Endorsements
"Today's business world demands both deep technical skills
and expansive business acumen. Excellent USF CS graduates
demonstrate both these traits and BEA looks forward to hiring
more outstanding talent."
Alfred S. Chuang
Chairman, co-founder, CEO
BEA Systems
"I wish there had been an entrepreneurship emphasis like USF's when I
was in computer science graduate school; my career has been a
combination of just that: technology and management. I hope USF's MS
students, particularly those taking the emphasis in entrepreneurship,
will consider Adobe upon graduation."
Dr. Charles M. Geschke
co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems
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We offer outstanding graduate and undergraduate programs in computer science:
Graduate students: please review our
Graduate Admission and Fellowship Policy and USF's general graduate school information.
Int'l students: USF is your gateway to the Silicon Valley. As of Spring 2007, the computer science graduate school offers a Practicum Option that allows students to gain practical work experience in the Silicon Valley while going to school. Students typically earn between $20 and $40 per hour, which makes school much easier to afford. Students take internships with companies such as BEA, Adobe, SAP, Intel, Technorati, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and Internet Archive.
Apply online now!
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USF's computer science department is an exciting place to study. For example, in 2004, the department hosted the first ever
"FlashMob Supercomputing"
event, an experiment in democratizing supercomputing. Another group of
students traveled to Tacna, Peru to install and network
computers at two schools -- these schools now have Internet access for
the first time!
The typical day includes attending interactive lab/lecture sessions in the
department's state-of-the-art
multi-media classroom, experimenting with the
department's 128-processor supercomputer,
working directly with professors on exciting research
projects, and traveling to inner-city computing centers to
help bridge the digital divide in our own neighborhoods. Additionally, the USF student chapter of ACM holds
weekly meetings and special events.
Perhaps the best part of the USF experience is the intimacy of the learning
environment -- class sizes range from five to thirty students, almost all
classes are taught by full-time faculty, and students have the opportunity
to work directly with faculty on research projects.
Our students have taken jobs at top companies such as Apple, IBM, Intel,
Sun, Microsoft, and Oracle to name a few. Silicon Valley continues to
provide fantastic jobs and high salaries (not to mention a fabulous climate
and highly desirable place to live). According to Information Week
magazine, application developers in San Francisco made between US$80,000 and
US$115,000 in 2005. A survey of practicing engineers by EETimes magazine
found that two of the most important ways to get the best salary were to
"work for a Silicon Valley employer" and "get an MS or a PhD." USF is your
gateway to exactly this combination.
Student representatives
Prospective students often have questions that are better answered by
their peers. The following is a list of current students that have
agreed to act as student representatives for prospective students from
the indicated countries.
India:
asundaravaradan at cs.usfca.edu
Sri Achutan, sachutan at cs.usfca.edu
Ari Apathi, apathi at cs.usfca.edu
USF Indian newsgroup
China:
Will Chang, william0703 at hotmail.com
Yang Jiang, yang.jiang.z at gmail.com
Suli Xu, sxu2 at cs.usfca.edu
Xue Yin, bearjoeyin at hotmail.com
Erli Ling, el_ling2006 at yahoo.com.cn
Peng Liu, pliu3 at cs.usfca.edu
USF Chinese newsgroup
Spain:
Rai Garcia, voodoorai2000 at gmail.com
Africa:
Papanii Okai, okai at cs.usfca.edu
Saudi Arabia:
Batr Abduljawad, bgabduljawad at usfca.edu
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