Carnegie Mellon | Portugal Dual PhD Program

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27 October 2009 Carnegie Mellon | Portugal Dual PhD Program

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These slides, intended for PhD candidates, describe the dual PhD Program in Computer Science between Carnegie Mellon and Universities in Portugal. The slides include a brief description of the benefits of the program, application process and program overview.

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Carnegie Mellon | PortugalDual PhD Program

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Faculty: 1,426

Undergraduates: 5,951

Graduate and Doctoral students: 5,420

Carnegie Mellon University

very focused on research...

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Winner of theDARPA Urban Challenge

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School of Computer ScienceComputer Science Department

Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Institute for Software Research

Lane Center for Computational Biology

Language Technologies Institute

Machine Learning Department

Robotics Institute

Entertainment Technology Center

Computer Science Department brand new building

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Why this PhD Program?

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2 PhDs for the price of... 0!

Fully funded – don’t worry!Excellent professors and research

Tom Mitchell

Strong connection with industry

You’re expected to intern

in companies as these!

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Dual PhD in CS: who is involved?

School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon

Department of Computer Science (CSD)

Language Technologies Institute (LTI)

Institute for Software Research (ISR)

Portuguese Universities

Universidade do Minho (UM)

Universidade do Porto (UP)

Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

Universidade de Lisbon (UL)

Universidade Técnica de Lisbon (IST)

Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

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How does it work?

Apply by Dec 15

Co-advised from CMU, UC

8 courses on first 2 years

5 years overall

~2 years @ CMU

~5 years @ Coimbra

Written, oral, teaching requirements

Selected by Portugal and CMU

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Application Checklist

Program selection: (CS or SE) @ UC

Biographical information

Test scores (GRE and TOEFL)

Colleges/Universities transcripts

Resume Statement of Purpose

Three letters of recommendation received by Dec 20

Evidence of involvement in research

Supplemental information

Application Fee - $75

Application form online:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/prospectivestudents/doctoral/application.html

Students typically don’t

pay enough attention to

these areas

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Acceptance

Program is very competitive

Must be good in all areas Grades

GRE, TOEFL

Motivation letter

Recommendation letter

Past experience and research

But excellence in one area can make up for something not so good in other areas E.g., good research might make up for lower GRE grades

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Exams

TOEFL

It is “easy”, pratice 4 ou 5 times

GRE

Bad news: GRE is hard.

Good news: GRE gets much easier with practice.

Bad news: 700 in 800 is low

Good news: 800 in 800 is doable

Pratice as much as you can

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http://www.cmuportugal.org/

http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/education/phd/portugal.html

Or email me: [email protected]

More information

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Start your application now!Deadline December 15

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Pittsburgh

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Industrial partners