{"id":1100,"date":"2016-07-29T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T14:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=1100"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:00:10","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/future-students\/graduate-studies\/masters-program\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Frequently Asked Questions\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#general-admissions\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        General Admissions\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#computer-science-specific\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Computer Science-Specific\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Below is a list of topics of frequently asked questions (FAQs) we hear from future students regarding their admissions process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"general-admissions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Admissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component\">\n                                    <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19087-1\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            Is a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) required?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19087-1\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"Is a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) required?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No, a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19086-2\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            Is an application fee waiver option available?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19086-2\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"Is an application fee waiver option available?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No application fee waiver option&nbsp;is&nbsp;available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19090-3\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            Should I contact a supervisor before applying for the program?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19090-3\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"Should I contact a supervisor before applying for the program?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have specific faculty members with whom you wish to work then we will first forward your file to the faculty members that you have indicated. If you did not specify any faculty members, then your file will be opened to all faculty members. Note that if the faculty members that you have indicated have decided not to accept you as their student, then your file will be open to all faculty members.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We recommend that you also contact the potential supervisor(s) and discuss possible research work with them. If you are applying to the master\u2019s program, then having a supervisor increases your chances of being accepted. If you are applying to the Ph.D. program, you must have a supervisor before you are admitted to the school.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19088-4\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            What type of funding is available?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19088-4\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"What type of funding is available?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please visit the awards and funding section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/awards-and-funding\/\">Graduate Studies<\/a> website and the <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.carleton.ca\/financial-assistance\/\">financial assistance<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19091-5\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            Will there be a winter intake?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19091-5\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"Will there be a winter intake?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is no winter admission for the CS program.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/dl>\n\n    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"computer-science-specific\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Computer Science-Specific<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component\">\n                                    <div class=\"grid py-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:py-4 first:border-t\">\n    <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-center w-full accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-19092-1\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n            I have been working for several years. Can I submit a reference from the industry?\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m8.25 4.5 7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"accordion__content !p-0 md:p-0 mt-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-19092-1\">\n        <!-- wp:cu-block\/page-header {\"title\":\"I have been working for several years. Can I submit a reference from the industry?\",\"isFirstBlock\":true} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We require 2 academic references. Sometimes depending on the years of experience (usually more than 10 years), we may make an exception and accept one academic reference and one non-academic. Preferably someone from the industry who&nbsp;has a Ph.D.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Applicants applying to a non-thesis master&#8217;s program who are unable to provide an academic reference may substitute a professional reference who can speak to your research, analytical and\/or writing abilities.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are including a non-academic reference, please include an explanation in your statement of intent to explain why you&#8217;ve substituted an academic referee for a professional once. The Admissions committee will, and accept, alternate references on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/dl>\n\n    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of topics of frequently asked questions (FAQs) we hear from future students regarding their admissions process. 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