Master of Science in Computer Science

University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus

Multiply your creativity, problem solving and innovation skills, and expand your impact on our increasingly digital world. The computer science graduate program at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna, BC offers tier-one research-based degrees to students in a collegial, close-knit setting.Our dynamic faculty and students are engaged in a variety of research projects, many in collaboration with partners in government, non-profit agencies or industry. Our research-based MSc and PhD degrees in computer science provide students with theoretical, practical and analytical expertise, as well as experience in the application of scientific results to real-world problems. The MSc degree is centred on conducting research in computer science for the thesis-based option or on completing a significant project for the project-based option.The MSc in computer science has three clusters, including: general computer science, data science and optimization.Research interests of computing science faculty members and associates include:general computer science topics (algorithms, artificial intelligence, computer science education, databases, human-computer interaction, social networks models, etc.)optimization (nonlinear programming, convex, non-convex and variational analysis, modelling, numerical simulations)data science (computational statistics, databases, design and analysis of experiments)

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science