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Carnegie Mellon | PortugalDual PhD Program
Faculty: 1,426
Undergraduates: 5,951
Graduate and Doctoral students: 5,420
Carnegie Mellon University
very focused on research...
Winner of theDARPA Urban Challenge
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
Why this PhD Program?
&
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!
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)
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
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
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
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
http://www.cmuportugal.org/
http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/education/phd/portugal.html
Or email me: [email protected]
More information
Start your application now!Deadline December 15
Pittsburgh
Industrial partners