General Information • How to Apply

Admissions FAQ • Application

HOW TO APPLY

I. Background

The Computer Sciences Department admits graduate students once a year, for the Fall semester. The application is made online, through the Graduate School. If you are re-applying to the department, you must submit a new application.

Important Dates

We schedule a Visit Weekend for admitted students toward the end of March.

Fall semester usually begins during the last week of August.

II. Application Process

Please review the Graduate School Admission Requirements given here.

Please fill out the Graduate School Application which you can find here.

Note that your application is not considered complete until the Graduate School's application fee is paid.

III. Some Details

We require three electronic letters of recommendation. Directions for these can be found with the Graduate School Application.

We require the GRE Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing tests, but not the subject GRE. Please arrange for test scores to be sent electronically (no paper copies) to the Graduate School, by using the UW-Madison institution code (1846).

Official transcripts from each university and college you have attended must be mailed to the Department. (This and the application fee are the only parts that are not electronic.) Please arrange for your transcripts to be sent to

    Graduate Admissions Coordinator
    Department of Computer Sciences
    1210 W. Dayton St.
    University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Madison, WI 53706.