This page contains pointers to information for graduate students and students contemplating graduate study in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Please send comments and suggestions for additional material to Tim Finin, finin@umbc.edu

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• CSEE at a glance -- 1 page flyers on our programs and groups.
• Information on the UMBC graduate programs in Computer and Information Sciences. , including BS/MS, MS and PhD programs in Computer Science, Information Systems and Electrical Engineering.

General advice

• Advice for Undergraduates Considering Graduate School, Phil Agre, University of California, San Diego.

Where should I go?

• CRA Database of CS/CE Departments. This database contains contact information for and web links to Ph.D.-granting computer science and computer engineering departments as well as a few CRA-member undergraduate departments. (aka Forsythe List)
• CS Web and gopher servers from around the world.
• Web pages of colleges and universities from around the world.
• Admission information for graduate programs maintained by the Princeton Review.
• How to apply to grad school - written by a student who went through the process.
• Which are the best graduate programs?
• Rankings and Profiles of PhD Programs in Computer Science done by the National Research Council as part of their study Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change.
• Two useful commercial sites are Gradschools.com, which offers directories of graduate and post-graduate programs listed by curriculum including descriptions, contact information and in some cases links and Studyabroad.com which contains directories of college level study abroad and language immersion programs organized both by subject and by destination.
• Schools which offer programs in software engineering
• A Guide for Applying to Graduate Schools

How do I pay for it?

• The Financial Aid Information page is the most comprehensive collection of financial aid information on the net. It is maintained by Mark Kantrowitz, author of the Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science Students.
• The Signet Bank Student Loan Home Page offers links to a variety of useful tips for those seeking college financing.

What do I do when I get there?

• Survival in the Academy is a subsection in the Indiana University Computer Science Graduate Student HandBook which has general advice on choosing an advisor, survial skills for women and advice for new asistant professors.
• How to do research and how to communicate effectively.
• How to be a good graduate student/advisor , Marie desJardins, mariedj@cs.umbc.edu. March 1994. This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors who wish to help their students be successful.
• An Insider's Guide to Choosing a Graduate Adviser , "An Insider's Guide to Choosing a Graduate Advisor and Research Projects in Laboratory Sciences", Marshall Lev Dermer, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, dermer@convex.csd.uwm.edu. A slightly revised version of this manuscript appears in the _Journal of Chemical Education_, 1993, _70_, 303-306.
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation is a "practical guide" created by S.Joseph Levine (levine@msu.edu) to assist in the crafting, implementing and defending of a graduate school thesis or dissertation.
• Networking on the Network , Phil Agre, Department of Communication, UCSD. pagre@ucsd.edu. A discussion of how to use the Internet to build human professional networks.
• CRA's Effective Teaching Resources will be helpful if you become a TA.
• The Ada Project (TAP) is a Yale WWW site for women in computing. Information includes conferences, projects, discussion groups and organizations, fellowships and grants, notable women in CS, and a substantive bibliography.
• Women and Computer Science , On-line writings about women and computer science.
• Richard Feynman on intellectual honesty
• Richard Feynman on the importance of teaching

What do I do when I graduate?

• CRA Job Announcements lists for faculty positions in computer science and computer engineering at research-oriented universities received by the Computing Research Association
• The CRA Taulbee Surveys are yearly surveys of Ph.D. production and faculty salaries in CS/CE departments.
• International Network of Women in Technology (WITI) is an organization dedicated to increasing the number of women hired and promoted to management and executive level positions, helping women become more financially independent and technologically literate, and encouraging young women to choose careers in science and technology.
• Misc.jobs.offered is just one of several newsgroups offering leads on jobs.
• How to be a Professor: Some Good Books

What organizations can help?

• Association of Computing Machinery
• IEEE Computer Society
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• International Network of Women in Technology (WITI)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• American Mathematical Society
• Computing Research Association
• The Computist Communique

Where do I get still more information?

• The soc.college.grad newsgroup.
• The soc.college.gradinfo newsgroup.
• The soc.college.grad FAQ . (an alternative source is rtfm.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/soc.college.grad .)

Things you were afraid to ask about

• Graduate School(tm): The Game
• Top ten subtle differences between grad school and Hell
• Why worse is better and the significance to Computer Science?
• The How to be a terrible thesis advisor
• The Rabbit, the Fox and the Wolf -- A Fable for Graduate Students
• The Fox, the Wolf and the Lion -- Another Fable for Graduate Students
• The Top Ten Lies Told by Graduate Students
• The Top Five Lies Told by TAs
• You know you are a graduate student if...
• A Day in the Life of a Grad Student
• Should you invest in a PhD or the Lotto?
• Good Thinking Center by Patrick Combs, author of MAJOR IN SUCCESS: Make College Easier, Beat the System and Get a Very Cool Job.
• Should I major in Mathematics or Computer Science?
• What's the best kind of computer these days?
• How to tell if you are an engineer?
• Guy Kawasaki's hindsights