DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

MS in Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is an emerging profession aiming to protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information and information systems from digital attacks, theft, damage, or unauthorized access. It involves various strategies and tools to safeguard information and ensure the privacy, integrity, and availability of systems and data. Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. The field offers a wide range of career paths, from technical roles and security architects to managerial roles and security consultants.

Our department offers MS Cybersecurity degree and the Scholarship For Service (SFS) program.

MS in Computer Systems and Network Administration

Our department offers an MS program in Computer Systems and Network Administration. This program emphasizes knowledge and technical skills needed for the workforce. It prepares graduates for jobs like network administrator, network specialist, network design engineer, system software developer, and system administrator.

Data Science

The Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences and the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, Scientific Computing, and Statistics offer a Master’s of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Data Science (MS-IDS) that provides students a unique and broad educational experience across the four foundational areas of Data Science.

The MS-IDS graduate program appeals directly to students with undergraduate degrees in math, computer science, or statistics, but will also attract students with less traditional backgrounds, e.g., physics or engineering.

Women In Computer Science

This organization is a social and professional group geared at helping to advance women in the department and the field at large through a departmental mentorship program, creating a network to connect students to alumni, and hosting monthly guest speaker and student social events designed to help support and connect students.

Recent Highlights

FSU students from Dr. Gubanov’s lab presented at the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE)August 10, 2025
A paper led by FSU students from Dr. Gubanov’s lab was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), one of the leading venues in Data Science. The… Read more: FSU students from Dr. Gubanov’s lab presented at the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE)
FSU Computer Science Ph.D. Student Awarded Mentoring ScholarshipJuly 11, 2025
Daniel Riley, a PhD student under Dr. Grigory Fedyukovich, has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW) at PLDI 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. PLDI,… Read more: FSU Computer Science Ph.D. Student Awarded Mentoring Scholarship

Recent Events

ReAD: Reinforcement-Guided Capability Distillation (Feb 24)February 20, 2026
Speaker: Xueqi Cheng Date: Feb 24, 11:45 – 12:45 pm Abstract: Knowledge distillation (KD) compresses a large model into a smaller one that preserves the capabilities needed for a downstream task, yet existing methods assume that capabilities can be optimized independently…
Deep Learning for 3D Scene Modeling & AI-Enhanced Healthcare (Feb 20)February 17, 2026
Speaker: Andy Duan Date: Feb 20, 11:45 – 12:45 pm Abstract: 3D scene modeling is fundamental in many applications including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Autonomous Driving, Robotics, Telehealth, etc. In… Read more: Deep Learning for 3D Scene Modeling & AI-Enhanced Healthcare (Feb 20)

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

The department offers the following undergraduate programs:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Programming and Applications
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science-Math/FSU-Teach
Bachelor of Science in Computational Biology
Bachelor of Science in Cyber Criminology
Combined Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degree

For more information about our undergraduate programs, admissions, and financial aid, please READ MORE HERE

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The department offers the following graduate programs:

Master of Science in Computer Science
Master of Science in Cyber Criminology
Master of Science in Cybersecurity
Master of Science in Computer and Network Administration
Master of Science in Data Science
Combined BS/MS Pathways
Ph.D. in Computer Science

For more information about our graduate degree programs, admissions, scholarships and financial aid, please READ MORE HERE

GIVING TO THE DEPARTMENT

Show your support for the Department of Computer Science by contributing to the Computer Science Fund managed by FSU Foundation. Your donations fund our students activities such as refreshments for programming competitions, annual “CS Expo” students awards, and other department initiatives.Thank you.

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