Undergraduate: BS (ABET accredited)
Graduate: MS, PhD

Students must need minimum GPA requirements in engineering as specified by the Dean of Engineering to graduate from the program. See the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Academic Requirements section.

In addition, upon admission, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering writes to inform students of their faculty advisors. Students must see their advisor at least once per semester.

A minimum GPA of 2.5 in technical courses is required. This is the GPA computed over all required courses listed for the major requirements.

Required courses cannot be taken Pass-Fail or Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory.

Prerequisites are satisfied with grade of C- or better.

Departmental Senior Standing is achieved when students complete a minimum of:
2 of CSE3XX-level courses for BA Program in CS and
3 of CSE3XX level course for BS program in CS or CEN

See the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for Acceptance Information.

In addition, freshmen and transfers who meet the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences standards are generally provisionally admitted to the department. Transfer students who have already fulfilled the admission requirements are fully admitted. For those provisionally admitted, the departmental advisor tracks academic progress until successful completion of admission requirements are complete, at which time the student is fully admitted. A 2.5 GPA in specified admission courses is required for full admission to the program, as well as an overall 2.5 GPA among technical courses used in the program.

Note: See also the Acceptance Criteria for Computer Engineering in the degree chart below.

Transfer students must first apply to the university and meet the university transfer admission requirements. For admission of transfer students to engineering, see the School of Engineering and Applied Science Transfer Policy.

In addition, computing courses taken outside the department and offered as substitutes for computer science courses are evaluated individually by the Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Most courses taken from a recognized college-level computer science department are acceptable. Data-processing courses are generally not acceptable as substitutes for any computer science course. Experience has shown that any course with a specific programming language in its title is often a skills course rather than a computer science course. The student must provide evidence to help the department determine whether courses taken at another institution are equivalent to UB courses; course syllabi are generally preferable to catalog descriptions, as catalog descriptions do not provide enough detail for accurate evaluation. Additional information on course equivalencies may be found on the university's transfer and articulation website at: http://taurus.buffalo.edu.