Programs
- In Fall 2024, CSEE enrolled 2145 undergraduate students and 1028 graduate students.
- CSEE programs are available to both full-time and part-time students and include several accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s degree program options. In addition, selected programs are offered both on Main Campus (Catonsville, MD) and at the Universities at Shady Grove (Rockville, MD) in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- CSEE maintains strong, active industry partnerships with global firms, regional and national companies, and many emerging technology companies in UMBC’s Research Park.
- CSEE’s alumni are employed by prestigious national technology innovators as well as major local and national employers.
- For over 20 years, UMBC has been a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CD) and Research (CAE-R) based on our undergraduate and graduate computer science programs with tracks and research in cybersecurity.
- Computer Science was the largest degree program at UMBC in terms of the number of undergraduate degrees awarded at UMBC in the 2023-2024 academic year.
- UMBC named Top Game Design School in Maryland by the 2025 Animation Career Review.
Faculty
- 16 of our faculty received the NSF CAREER Award, which NSF describes as its “most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty.” Approximately 30 percent of all UMBC NSF CAREER awardees are from our department.
- Eight of our faculty are on the 2023 Stanford’s List of World’s Top 2% Scientists.
- Of the top 10 UMBC researchers on Google Scholar, five are from our department with a combined h-index of 405 as of March 2024.
- Ten of our faculty members are Fellows of professional organizations such as the IEEE, ACM, SIAM, SPIE, APS, ASI, AAAI, NSBP, ACCS, and Optica with a cumulative total of 27 such recognitions.
- Our faculty members regularly deliver plenary talks and tutorials in top venues, organize flagship conferences and workshops, and receive notable awards. For a current list, please visit our Recent News page.
View highlights about our department as published in the Computing Research Association (CRA) Member Books in the 2024 overview and 2023 overview. Also view the CSEE Department Fall 2023 newsletter for additional highlights.