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Fall 2008
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| Domestic | May 31,
2008 |
| International | February 1,
2008 |
| Digital Arts & Sciences | May 31,
2008 |
| *For Fellowships and Assistantships | January 15,
2008 |
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Spring 2009
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| Domestic | September
30, 2008 |
| International | August
1, 2008 |
| Digital Arts & Sciences | September
30, 2008 |
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| We STRONGLY encourage students to apply
6 months prior to the intended semester of enrollment.
For financial offers of the CISE department,
please visit CISE
financial opportunities. For other Financial Aid resources, please visit
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You are required to send two separate packages in order to apply for Graduate School in the CISE Department.
(Note, applying on-line is the preferred method. You will see the link to
on-line application page later.)
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Package #2 |
- Application for Admission
- Official Test Scores (GRE, TOEFL from ETS)
(NOTE: You should also send a copy of your score sheet.)
- Official Transcripts and Degree Certificates
(You must submit these in both the original
language and the English translation)
- Florida Residency Affidavit (U.S. Citizens and U.S. Resident Aliens who seek to qualify as a Florida resident for tuition purposes)
- Certification of Financial Responsibility (required for all international applicants)
- $30 Application Fee The fee will be valid for one calendar year, which means an application may be updated within one year from the original anticipated term of admission without a new application fee being submitted. Requests to update applications beyond one year will require a new application form and the $30.00 application fee. Current and former students will no longer be exempt from the application fee. Therefore, if an applicant attended the university as an undergraduate student, an application fee will be required if they apply to a graduate program.
International students must submit credentials in the original language accompanied by an English translation and degree statement, if applicable.
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- DEPARTMENT COPY of the Application for Admission*
- Copies of Test Scores (GRE, TOEFL)
- Copies of Transcripts and Degree Certificates
- Statement of Purpose
- Assistantship/Fellowship Application
- Three Letters of Recommendation
DO NOT send a $30 application fee to the CISE Department
*If applying on-line, DO NOT send the DEPARTMENT COPY of the Application for Admission
*Applicants
may now submit the statement of purpose and letters
of recommendation on-line
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| Mail to: |
Mail to: |
| OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS |
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS, COMPUTER & INFORMATION
SCIENCE &ENG. DEPARTMENT |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA |
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
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| 201 CRISER HALL |
405 CSE BUILDING |
| P.O. BOX 114000 |
P.O. Box 116120 |
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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32611-4000 |
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32611-6120 |
Note, the University of Florida's school code for submission of GRE scores is
5812; the department code for GRE reports is
0402, the department code for
TOEFL reports is 78.
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- GRADUATE SCHOOL
- GPA: B for all upper-level courses
- GRE: see CISE department requirement below
- TOEFL: 550 on paper-based; (213 on computer-based; 80 on
internet-based) (Countries with TOEFL Exemption).
You may substitute for TOEFL with (a) IELTS (International
English Language Testing System with a minimum score of 6; or
(b) MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with
a minimum score of 77.
- CISE DEPARTMENT
- GRE: GRE scores will be used in the context of a holistic
credential review process. A strong performance is expected.
For Fall 2007, incoming master students have an average
550-560
verbal and 770-780 quantitative; PhD students have an average
530-550 verbal and 790-800 quantitative.
- TOEFL: 600 (250 computer-based; 95 internet-based) (Countries with TOEFL Exemption).
You may substitute for TOEFL with (a) IELTS (International
English Language Testing System with a minimum score of 7; or
(b) MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with
a minimum score of 90.
- Undergraduate Prerequisite Courses or equivalent: (Click
this link
for details.)
- Calculus (MAC 2311 & MAC 2312)
- Statistics (STA 2023 or STA 3032)
- Introduction to CIS(CIS 3020)
- Applied Discrete Structures (COT 3100)
- Introduction to Computer Organization (CDA 3101)
- Data Structures and Algorithms (COP 3530)
- Operating Systems (COP 4600)
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The majority of our accepted students have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, with an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.3/4.0.
Prior to this year, GRE averages were Verbal: 522, Quantitative: 752, Analytical: 660, and Total:
1274 (verbal + quant). This year the averages are: 560 verbal, 760 quantitative, 680 analytical,
and 1320 total (verbal + quant). The university requires TOEFL scores to be >550. Our department
requires a score over 600 (250 computer-based; 95 internet-based) with our average being about 625. (Note, we are accepting
computer-based GRE and TOEFL scores.)
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The University Office of Admissions will not send notification to you upon receipt
of your application materials. Please realize that the Office of Admissions will not
start processing your application until the application fee has cleared. Also the Office
of Admissions takes three to four weeks to review your application materials and if anything
is missing they will wait to see if it comes in. So having all materials sent at the same time
except for official scores from ETS will help speed the processing of your application
(NOTE: You should also send a copy of your score sheet.).
To check on any material you sent to the Admissions Office, you should contact them
at 352-392-1365 between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST weekdays or write to them at: PO Box 114000,
201 Criser Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611. International
students may email urgent questions to: international@ufl.edu. Please note that the Admissions Office
handles large number of applications. Please allow enough time for
processing your application.
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Once you have applied, it takes a MINIMUM of 2 months for your application
to be processed after ALL application materials have arrived on campus. The
department does not have access to the materials that you send to the Office of Admissions.
This is why we ask for you to send us SEPARATE copies.
Because of the large number
of applications that we receive each year, we are unable to provide information about the
status of your application via phone or email. However, we do have a
link to a site (Graduate Applicant Information Tool or GAIT) where you can check to see whether all your application
materials have arrived at the CISE department: https://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/gradoffice/gradapp/new_prospective.php.
You will need your UFID# to access this site. NOTE: the GAIT system will
be updated as often as is possible, but NOT on a daily basis. Please
allow two weeks for processing. The same site will also
tell you the date your application was sent to the admission committee
and after decisions have been made, whether your application has been
accepted or denied.
Final decisions will be emailed to each applicant.
If your application has been accepted, you will receive, in addition, a
formal letter attached to an email. In case of some truly urgent
question or emergency, you may send an email inquiry to:
gadvisors@cise.ufl.edu.
If you would like for anyone other than yourself to have access to the information in your application
file, you must provide written consent with the names of those whom you wish to have access. This includes
inquiries pertaining to the status of your application. This cannot be sent through e-mail or fax. We
strongly encourage you to also send written consent to the Office of Admissions as well as our department.
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We regret that we are unable to evaluate your chances for admission, assistantships,
and/or fellowships in our graduate program prior to receiving your completed application
packet. Our admissions decisions are made by a committee that receives hundreds of complete
applications each semester. Therefore, it is departmental policy not to give "pre-evaluations".
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With regard to the Advanced GRE Subject Test, although we do not require that this
test be taken, we will certainly take it into account when evaluating your application file.
In order to be an unrestricted Teaching Assistant at the University of Florida, a TSE score of
55 or above is required of international students. Although a TSE score is not required in our
evaluation for admission, we do consider it when making selections for Teaching Assistantships.
The University of Florida's school code for submission of GRE scores is 5812.
The code for the department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
(CISE) is 0402.
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The Statement of Purpose is an IMPORTANT piece of information that should provide
a personal statement on your purpose for graduate studies. The committee will carefully read
the Statement of Purpose.
You are also required to have three professors and/or employers (past or
present) who can
attest to your academic ability fill out a Letter of Recommendation form.
Your file will not be considered by our admissions
committee without three Letters of Recommendation.
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You have two options when applying to the CISE Graduate Program at the University of Florida.
- Apply On-line (Preferred Method)
Applying on-line allows the applicant to electronically file the Application for Graduate
Admission with the UF Office of Admissions. After being notified of your electronic application,
the CISE Department will then have access to your electronic application. Therefore, NO
DEPARTMENT COPY of the application is required to be mailed to the CISE Department.
Also, the statement of purpose and letters of recommendation can now
be submitted on-line. However, the CISE still requires you to submit
transcripts and GRE/TOEFL scores directly to the department.
- Download Required Forms and Applications
The required applications and forms can be downloaded for printing from the following links:
- Application for Graduate Admission - Domestic (PDF)
- Application for Graduate Admission - International (PDF)
- Fellowship/Assistantship Application (PDF)
- Letter of Recommendation Form (PDF)
- Certification of Financial Responsibility (PDF)(required for all international students)
If you download the Application for Graduate Admission, then you
must send the DEPARTMENT COPY of the application to the CISE department.
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If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our graduate program secretary.
Electronic mail is usually the most convenient method of contact. The graduate program secretary's
e-mail address is gadvisors@cise.ufl.edu.
You may also contact Ms. Wendi Decker-Miller ( wldecker@cise.ufl.edu
) for any admission questions, or visit on-line:
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CISE Student Services Center
E405 CSE Building
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