The School of Computing within the College of Engineering at WSU offers master's degrees in Computer Science, Computing and Data Science, as well as four graduate certificates.
Information for Prospective and Current Students
Information for prospective students, such as student fees, application procedure
and deadlines, TOEFL/IELTS requirements for international students and more is available
from the WSU Graduate School's webpage. All questions about these issues should be sent only to the Graduate School and
not to the department. The department does not receive any admission applications
or supporting documents directly from students seeking admission into these programs.
Applicants who do not have the minimum required TOEFL/IELTS score but who satisfy all other admission requirements of the program they wish to be admitted into can be simultaneously admitted into the WSU Intensive English Program. More details about this option are available only from the WSU Office of International Education and the WSU Graduate School.
Occasionally, admitted international students who have an I-20 from the Wichita State University, are unable to arrive in Wichita for the semester of their admission. This may happen due to various reasons, such as inability to obtain a US visa on time. Such students need to defer their admission to a later semester and obtain a new I-20 for that semester. A new I-20 can be requested by online submission of the Readmission Request Form.
(Reduced Course Load, I-20 extension, exception forms, etc.)
- Please fill in the form. Please be sure to include your name, mywsu ID, and any information that is neccessary for our office to approve the form.
- If you are a project or thesis student, please be sure to have your project or thesis adviser sign the form if approiate.
- Submit the form to your graduate coordinator,
All master's degree and doctoral students need to complete PSIT before graduation, preferably within the first year of study.
Detailed, step-by-step instructions for completing this requirement are available at this link.
By law, all international students are required to register for at least nine credit hours of courses each semester. However, sometimes students need or want to register for fewer credit hours. As an example, students left with less than nine credit-hours to complete their degree need only to register for those remaining hours in their last semester. As another example, students with graduate assistantships are allowed to register for as little as six credit-hours. All such students need to complete the Full Course Load Certification Form. Students with graduate assistantships must attach a copy of their assistantship offer with this form. After completing and signing this form, please submit it, along with any supporting documents, to their coordinator for verification, approval and further processing.
All master's degree thesis students, by the date of their defense, are required to submit or have ready to submit (with the approval of their advisor) one paper that is based on their thesis to an external peer-reviewed conference or journal.
This requirement is checked at the time thesis students schedule a date for their Oral Defense. To schedule this date, all thesis students need to complete the following two forms:
After completing and signing these forms, please submit them to the graduate coordinator for verification, approval and further processing.
Helpful Documents and Links
Contact Information
MSCS Graduate Coordinator
Cody Farlow
Phone: (316) 978-3918
Email: cody.farlow@wichita.edu
Location: Jabara Hall, Room 249
MSCP Graduate Coordinator
Rong Li
Phone: (316) 978-6070
Email: rong.li@wichita.edu
Location: Jabara Hall, Room 253
MSDS Graduate Coordinator
Dr. Shruti Kshirsagar
Phone: (316) 978-3053
Email: shruti.kshirsagar@wichita.edu
Location: Jabara Hall, Room 210
Did You Know?
School of Computing graduate students may also pursue a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with a Computer Science concentration.