Your computer science career awaits
Align Master of Computer Science
Northeastern University has been a leader in combining classroom instruction with career-focused, real-world experience since its founding in 1898. With programs that incorporate internships and curriculums designed around real-world problems, you’ll build the necessary foundation for success in today’s fastest-growing sectors.
The Align MSCS program provides a pathway to a master’s degree in computer science, no matter your background. Align students come from 150-plus disciplines and earn their MS in Computer Science in as little as 2.5 years. The program begins with two semesters of bridge courses to help you build foundational knowledge, prepare you to study alongside direct-entry students, and cultivate deep expertise and specialized skills in emerging domains like artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, game design, security, and more.
The Align MSCS program equips students to pursue exciting, meaningful careers across the full spectrum of computer science applications and industries. While the top employers of our MSCS graduates are Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple, our graduates also work for a wide variety of other companies, including Capital One, McKinsey, Robinhood, the U.S. Air Force, Carfax, and Verizon.
Take the next step in your career
Credits Required
36 to 44
Commitment
2.5 to 3 years
Format
On campus
About the Arlington Campus
- Study at the intersection of technical innovation, security, defense, and policy.
- Gain in-demand skills and employer partnerships across government, nonprofits, and startups, among other critical industries and sectors.
- Learn from faculty who are seasoned veterans in their field, giving you the insights and best practices necessary to help you become an industry leader.
- Gain up to eight months of full-time industry experience through the co-op program, a unique aspect of Northeastern's curriculum that gives you a competitive edge upon graduation.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.