About the department

The Department of Computer Science is part of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science (CIS). It offers CS majors in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Engineering, and it has graduate programs for the degrees of Master of Engineering and Ph.D. The department is considered one of the top five CS departments in the US, with world-class research covering all of computer science.

The Department was organized in 1965 and is one of the oldest departments of its kind in the country. It has a full-time faculty of nearly 40, approximately 110 resident Ph.D. graduate students, 100 M.Eng students, and the undergraduate program graduates about 200 C.S. majors each year.

Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, a city of about 30,000 people in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Both Cornell and Ithaca offer a wide range of cultural activities, sports, and outdoor activities with the pleasures of both city and country close at hand. Ithaca is Gorges!

Information on Visiting Cornell is available from the main Cornell website.

Contact Information:

Department of Computer Science
4130 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7501
Phone: 607-255-0983
Fax: 607-255-4428

Contact information about specific people and projects is available in the department directory.

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