The CSC and affiliated departments/schools are actively seeking highly motivated graduate students to participate in computational science. Prospective degree students will apply to a CSC-affiliated department/school with their computational science interest noted on the application. Each department/school will then review the applications consistent with its admission policies.

Qualifications:
At the time of admission, a typical CSC graduate student will have an undergraduate degree in a science-oriented discipline with a significant mathematical component. Examples include but are not limited to applied mathematics, chemistry, computer science, engineering and physics. In addition, significant prior experience with computer programming in a high-level language will be expected.

Curriculum Requirements:
PhD students will have their plan of study approved by the Executive Committee of the CSC. They will be expected to take at least three courses outside of their home department, at least two of which will be chosen from a list of approved courses provided by each department. For example, a student in the physics department might select two computational science courses from the list of approved courses offered by the computer science department and two elective courses offered by the applied science department.

MS students will also have their plan of study approved by the Executive Committee. They will be expected to take at least two courses outside of their home department, one from the approved list and one elective.

Thesis Requirements:
The PhD thesis must incorporate computation in a creative way, either by developing an enabling computational technology, or by using such technologies to obtain a significant scientific result. The thesis plan must be approved by the student's thesis committee, at least one member of which must be outside of the student's department. The director of the CSC will serve on all such committees. In addition, the thesis advisor must be a member of the CSC's affiliated faculty. All other thesis requirements will be consistent with the student's department.