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Yale MSCS 2 year

Program Overview​

Fully funded -- full tuition waiver, but you need to TA throughout. Annual enrollment is around 15 students. Yale MSCS 2 year is a research-based program that requires strong publications and connections.

However, even for the 2-year program, CPT is not approved, so you cannot count on interning externally over the summer. The only way to intern is by using pre-completion OPT.

One BU CS graduate attended the two-year MSCS in 2024–2026, worked as a Yale Graduate Teaching Fellow and a SWE contractor at a small company, then joined MATS Research as a full-time Research Manager in 2026.

Admission Data Points​

Annual enrollment is 15. Can be treated as a PhD application.

  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CS undergrad: 3.92/4.00
  2. US undergrad, top 30, GPA 3.97, CVPR publication
  3. US undergrad, GPA 3.94, two research experiences totaling 1 year, one paper under review at time of application, recommendation letter from a Yale alumnus professor
  4. Florida CS undergrad, GPA 4.0, one year TA, one and a half years of research experience, no publications or internships