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
| Application Period Begins |
September 1 |
| Application Deadline |
December 15 |
| Acceptance Offers Made |
About March 7 |
| Deadline for Accepting Offers
| April 15 |
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.
Please note that certain extra information (interest
areas, etc.) is required by the Department. Our Supplemental
Application for this purpose is now included with the Graduate School
Application. (This is a change from previous years.)
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.
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