Build a successful career in tech with the Align program—no matter your background
Northeastern University's Align programs, offered by the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, are designed to prepare students for a variety of tech careers, no matter their prior experience. Align students come from 150+ undergraduate disciplines.
The Align program provides a pathway to a master’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or data science.
- Two semesters of bridge courses prepare Align students for success in the same core master’s curriculum as direct-entry students.
- Gain four to eight months of full-time paid work experience in a co-op or internship at top companies, including Amazon, Spotify, Blockchain.com, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft, Chewy, Lululemon and more.
Explore Northeastern’s Align programs
“There aren’t a lot of programs like Align for somebody who has a nontraditional background. … I’d really love to build products that will, across the board, improve the lives of everyone, regardless of race, class, or creed. If done correctly, technology has the ability to do that.”—Bethlehem “Betty” Mesfin, Align MSCS’23
Choose the program that’s right for you:
Align Master of Science in Computer Science
Learn computer science with a diverse group of peers, all with no prior tech experience.
- Program length: 2.5 years
- Course formats: Full time or part time, in person or online
- Locations: Boston; Portland, ME; Arlington, VA; Miami; Vancouver; Seattle; Oakland, CA; Silicon Valley, online
About Northeastern University
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.