What will I learn?
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 PhD is an advanced research degree that requires original and substantive contributions to the advancement of our understanding of computer science. Graduates of the PhD program are prepared for careers that involve conducting independent research and teaching in academia, government and industry, as well as for careers in a wide range of fields, in roles such as programmers, software developers, software engineers, business analysts, data scientists, big data developers or data engineers. PhD students may focus their research in:Artificial Intelligence: machine learning, reasoning and algorithmic decision making, intelligent user interfaces, computer visionNetwork Science: graph theory, network analytics, social network analysis, and applications in social media, computational biology, and brain scienceData analytics, data science, big data: business intelligence, data integration, data management, data mining, databases, health analytics, health informatics, learning analyticsHuman-centered technologies: human computer interaction (HCI), visual, haptic and multimodal interfaces, visual analytics, immersive analyticsOptimization, scientific computing: numerical methods and software, modeling, visualizationSoftware Engineering: development tools, software engineering analytics
