College of Information and Computer Sciences

Top Public Program in the Northeast

In the new U.S. News & World Report rankings, CICS is in the top 15 of the nation's public computer science undergraduate programs—and the top public program in the Northeast.

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Educating the Future Cybersecurity Workforce

The UMass Amherst Cybersecurity Institute, led by CICS Professor Brian Levine, has received a $4.4M NSF grant to provide 31 students with scholarships and career opportunities in national service.

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A Solution for Zoom Burnout

CICS Professor Ramesh Sitaraman is part of a team of researchers working on miVirtualSeat—an immersive meeting environment that better simulates the real-life feeling of in-person get-togethers.

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$5M Gift Establishes Seed Fund for Quantum Information Systems Research

The gift from an anonymous donor will support Distinguished Professor Don Towsley's "passion to bring the quantum internet to life."

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Online M.S. Program Now Available

Expand your career opportunities with an online master's degree in computer science. Apply by July 15 to join our Fall 2021 cohort.

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Bachelor's

Apply for an undergraduate degree in computer science or informatics and join an exciting community of students preparing to be the next generation of innovators.

Master's

Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply to one of our top-ranked, on-campus or online Master's programs to gain new skills for research or industry.

Doctoral

Our highly-ranked Ph.D. program features world-renowned faculty, interdisciplinary research, and a spirit of collaboration.

Recent News

Learned-Miller to Give Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Regulating Face Recognition Technology

October 07, 2021

Professor Erik Learned-Miller will give one of UMass Amherst's Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series talks on November 15 at 4:00 p.m. His lecture will present a regulatory path to managing the trade-offs between the risks and benefits of face... Read more »

UMass Amherst Announces Creation of Seed Fund To Support Quantum Information Systems Research

September 29, 2021

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to announce the creation of a seed fund by anonymous donors to support research of quantum information systems, including an anonymous lead gift in the amount of $5 million. The fund aims to bolster... Read more »

Zuckerman, O’Connor, Colleagues to Study Racially Targeted Misinformation

September 28, 2021

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UMass Amherst, including College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Associate Professors Ethan Zuckerman and Brendan O’Connor, has received a $129,000 National Science Foundation Convergence... Read more »

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A Solution for ‘Zoom Burnout’: Sitaraman and Zink To Build an Augmented Reality System for Virtual Meetings

September 28, 2021

A team of researchers, including the College of Computer and Information Science’s Ramesh Sitaraman, and Michael Zink, College of Engineering, are working on the next generation of teleconferencing, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the National... Read more »

Computer Science Undergraduate Program Ranks Top 15 Public, #1 in the Northeast According to U.S. News & World Report

September 24, 2021

In the U.S. News & World Report rankings published last week, the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) is ranked in the top 15 of the nation's public computer science undergraduate programs, maintaining its spot at #... Read more »

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Welcome

The College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) offers a world-class curriculum in support of BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees. CICS is internationally recognized for its research activities and has one of the highest ranked and most competitive graduate programs in the nation. The College is distinguished by its culture of collaboration and leadership in multi-disciplinary research.