UBC Computer Science Information

The department strives for excellence in research, teaching, recruitment, resources, collaboration, diversity and inclusivity. As one of the top-rated computer science departments in Canada's higher education system (and consistently in the top 50 globally), our offerings and outcomes meet and further the world's ever-expanding technical needs. We are innovative and visionary. We are interdisciplinary and collaborative. We are inclusive and diverse. We sit at the forefront of the artificial intelligence and machine learning revolution, the explosion of data science, the acceleration of human-computer interaction, and computer systems research. Our department also has one of the strongest graphics groups in the world. It's the most exciting of times to be studying, researching, and teaching computer science at UBC. As for our students, we guarantee funding support to all research-track MSc and PhD students. They emerge with world-class skills, and are often immediately employable at the world's top research universities, including Stanford, Princeton, Toronto, and ETH Zurich, as well as by companies like Google and Amazon. Some go on to have great success with spin-off companies. They have won scientific and technical awards. Our department also consistently fields a top team to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. We are located in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, at the edge of ocean and forest. Studying and researching here is enhanced by the mesmerizing surroundings and temperate climate.