Outcome figures are institution wide, from the US Department of Education College Scorecard.
GRENot required
Optional, considered if submitted
English test (TOEFL or IELTS)Required
iBT Internet-based TOEFL of 80, with subscores of Reading 19, Listening 17, Speaking 20, and Writing 21; New Paper-Based TOEFL (after August 2018) of 60, with subscores of Reading 19, Listening 17, Writing 21; Institutional Testing Paper-Based TOEFL (prior to August 2018) of 550; IELTS of 6.5, with all four subsections of at least 6.0; or PTE-Academic of 54, with subscores of Reading 51, Listening 47, Speaking 53, and Writing 56
Minimum GPARequired
3.5 GPA or equivalent
Recommendation lettersRequired
3 letters
Prior degreeRequired
Bachelor's and/or master's degree
Statement of purposeRequired
“We guarantee funding to all of our Computer Science Ph.D. students from day one.”
“Doctoral applicants applying for Fall ’25 admission to the computer science PhD graduate program are not required to submit GRE scores.”
“Grade point average: at least 3.5 on a scale of 4.0 for the final 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of undergraduate study.”
Extracted from cs.uic.edu (opens in new tab) · verified 2026-09-08
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