Information for New CIS/MSE & MCIT Students

Welcome!

Welcome to the Graduate Programs of the Department of Computer and Information Science. We look forward to working with you and hope that your graduate career here will be productive and enjoyable.

We wish you the best in your graduate studies.

Dr. Arvind Bhusnurmath
MCIT Program Director
Email: bhusnur4@seas.upenn.edu

Dr. Swapneel Sheth,
CIS/MSE Program Chair
Email: swapneel@cis.upenn.edu

Mike Felker
CIS Graduate Coordinator
Email: mfelker@cis.upenn.edu

Orientation for new graduate students is Monday, August 27:
1 PM: School of Engineering Orientation, Zellerbach Auditorium, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St.
3:45 PM: MCIT & CIS/MSE Orientation, Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall 101, 3330 Walnut St.
Click here for a detailed orientation schedule.

Resources

• Academics
  • Fall course schedule
  • University Academic Calendar
  • CIS/MSE Curriculum
  • MCIT Curriculum
  • CIS Graduate Handbook
  • School of Engineering Graduate Handbook
• Logistics and Computing
  • PennKey Setup
  • Computer/Email Accounts
  • Student's Guide to Computing @ Penn Engineering
  • PennCard (Student ID)
• Location and Directions
  • Directions & Philadelphia Airport
  • University of Pennsylvania Map
  • School of Engineering Map
  • Philadelphia Map & Philadelphia Info & Philadelphia Weather
• Student Services
• Student Health Services & Student Health Insurance
• International Students
• Housing
• Campus Security
• Office of Student Disabilities Services
• Weingarten Learning Resources Center
• Counseling & Psychological Services
• Social and Student Groups
  • Graduate Students Engineering Group (GSEG)
  • School of Engineering Graduate Student Organizations
  • Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA)
  • Office of Multicultural Programs
  • Advancing Women in Engineering
  • UPenn Student Veteran Association (UPSVA)
  • Rangoli - Indian Association at Penn
  • Chinese Students Association
  • Korean Graduate Students Association
  • LGBT Center
  • Graduate Student Center & orientation information
  • Penn Student Groups

Information re: orientation will be available later in the summer.

The current students listed below can be contacted re: queries what it’s like to be a graduate student at Penn, etc.: Kaushik Visvanathan kaushikv@seas.upenn.edu MCIT Naomi Pohl npohl@seas.upenn.edu MCIT Digvijaysinh Chauhan dchauhan@seas.upenn.edu CIS/MSE Nidhi Sridhar nidhi16@seas.upenn.edu CIS/MSE Ryan Hub ryanhub@seas.upenn.edu CIS/MSE Angela Patini apatini@sas.upenn.edu MCIT Nanthini Balasubramanian nanthini@seas.upenn.edu CIS/MSE Anant Maheshwari anantm95@seas.upenn.edu CIS/MSE Matt Surka msurka@seas.upenn.edu MCIT