Graduate Program

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Graduate Program

• Department of Computer Science
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Xiao-Chuan Cai

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About the Department

• Faculty 25
• PhD students 106
• Masters 95
• Undergraduate 232

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PhD Program

• Current students 106
• International students 44
• Chinese students 10 (male5, female5)
• Years to receive a PhD 5-6
• Basic requirements
• Minimum breadth courses (at least 5 covering
  5 different areas)
• Depth courses (one prelim exam, which
  requires one or a few courses in a single area)
• Total courses 10 regular 10 thesis courses

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PhD Recruiting

• Students apply directly
• Faculty recommendations
• Recruiting by faculty at conferences
• Some faculty members take recruiting trips to
  China and India
• Requirements TOEFL/GRE, GPA, reference letters,
  personal statement, school ranking
• Campus visit (domestic applicants), phone
  interview (some international applicants)
• Applications around 125/year, admit 20-25/year
• with 5-7 international

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Joint PhD Program with China

• New this year
• Students are supported by NSFC
• Spend 1-2 years in US
• PhD degree will be awarded by a Chinese
  university
• Only top students receive NSFC fellowship to go
  to the US (or other countries)
• Funding level seems to be low. Shall we provide
  additional funding to encourage the new program?
  Tuition waiver?
• We have a similar joint program with a German
  university (Master level)

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US Student to China

• 2030 -Initiative of University of Colorado at
  Boulder
• Globalization of education Student study abroad
  program (mostly undergraduate)
• One of our PhD students has been visiting and
  working in China every summer in the
  Supercomputer Center of CAS (partially supported
  by US NSF)

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Job Market

• Most go to IT industry (Google, Intel, IBM, MS,
  etc)
• A small number of graduates go to universities
• Chinese students some try to look for jobs in
  China, but most (probably all) stay in US