Offered by University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, MA/MS in Computer Science is a master's degree in Computer Sciences programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 14,373 per total (CAD 6,533 per total for local students).
Also offered as: Bachelor's Degree
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Computer Sciences
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 6,533 / total
International tuition: CAD 14,373 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: umanitoba.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This thesis-based Master of Science in Computer Science is a research-intensive, two-year program requiring 12 credit hours of coursework at the 7000 level or higher, including a three-credit-hour Research Methodologies course, followed by a thesis and oral defence. The department's research areas span autonomous agents, bioinformatics, computational finance, data security and privacy, databases and data mining, geometric, approximation and distributed algorithms, and human-computer interaction, giving students several directions in which to focus their thesis work. Applicants require a four-year bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science with an appropriate selection of courses, and must secure a letter of support from a faculty member willing to act as supervisor before applying. The program is delivered on campus at Fort Garry in Winnipeg, with separate application deadlines for Canadian/US and international applicants for both Fall and Winter term entry. It suits students who have completed an undergraduate computer science degree and want to pursue supervised, thesis-based research in an emerging area of the field rather than further coursework alone.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Department of Computer Science requires a four-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science with a suitable selection of courses. Before applying, candidates must secure a letter of support from a faculty member willing to act as their supervisor, and submit two letters of recommendation, transcripts and degree certificates. The programme page states no numeric GPA of its own; admission instead follows the University of Manitoba's general graduate requirement of a four-year bachelor's degree with a minimum B average (3.0) in the last 60 credit hours. English language proficiency, unless exempt, is met by IELTS Academic 6.5 overall, TOEFL iBT 86 overall with a minimum of 20 per section, PTE Academic 61, Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 180, or Duolingo English Test 120 overall with a minimum of 100 per skill, all valid for two years, per the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' general admission requirements.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to the University of Manitoba. As of this September 2026 fetch, the Direct Entry deadlines page shows only the Fall 2026 cycle in full - University 1 and the Diploma in Agriculture at May 1, 2026 domestic / March 1, 2026 international, other Direct Entry programs at March 1, 2026 - a cycle that has already closed, alongside minor Winter 2027 (Dec 1, 2026) and Summer 2027 (Apr 1, 2027) intake deadlines. No Fall 2027 Direct Entry deadline has been published yet, so specific 2027 dates cannot be stated for the university's main intake. The Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Jazz Studies deadline (January 15, applying equally to domestic and international applicants) is likewise confirmed only for the 2026-27 cycle, also closed, with no 2027-28 bulletin posted. These are described as fixed deadlines rather than rolling admission, and the university opens each new cycle's applications on October 1. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
