The Graduate Comprehensive Examination (GCE) is offered to students enrolled in a graduate degree program, in the fall and spring semesters of each year. The GCE seeks to assess the graduate students’ mastery of a range of computer science fundamental topics, beyond that of the undergraduate level. Students will be allowed two (2) attempts at passing the GCE; any request for additional sitting of the examination must be by way of a petition to the Department of Computer Science Graduate Program Committee. There is a single sitting of the examination each semester, which will last for three (3) hours with a 15-minute break.

Students will select four (4) of the six (6) areas of computer science to be examined on:

1. Algorithms and Data Structures
2. Artificial Intelligence
3. Communications Systems
4. Database Systems
5. Software Development
6. Theoretical Foundation

A list of selected textbooks and published articles, which constitutes the recommended review material for the GCE, will be available.