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GPU-Accelerated Computing & Visualization

Admissions Requirements

To apply, you must have:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S. or its equivalent from a foreign institution
  • Intermediate/advanced programming experience and proficiency with C/C++
  • Familiarity with using current Microsoft Visual Studio IDE for creating solutions/projects, building/compiling, and debugging with C/C++ packages.
  • Undergraduate mathematics coursework covering applied matrix analysis and linear algebra and numerical analysis, eigensystems, eigenvalue problems and solutions, vector calculus and partial differential equations (PDEs)
  • Undergraduate electromagnetics coursework covering Maxwell’s Equations, the wave equation, and the dispersion equation

No previous professional experience is required.

To enroll, international students must have a visa that permits study in the United States. This program does not enable students to obtain or maintain F-1 visa status.

How to Apply

Applications will open in late Spring/ early Summer quarter. Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, or until the program fills, whichever comes first.

Required Materials

  • A letter (500-word maximum) that describes your relevant experience, transferable skills, knowledge of the field and interest in taking this program
  • A resume that highlights how your education and any applicable experience fulfill the program’s admission requirements
  • One set of transcripts for each school indicated on your resume

Application

Part 1: Complete your application and submit it along with your $50 nonrefundable application fee on the UW PCE online portal.

Part 2: After you submit your application to UW PCE, email all materials in one PDF to pmp@ece.uw.edu.


Questions? email pmp@ece.uw.edu