Program Overview

MS-CEI Program Overview

The MS-CEI program is a Master's degree in Computing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, combining computer science courses from the Courant Institute and business courses from the Stern School of Business.

Located in the heart of one of the world's most inspiring and influential cities, NYU's MS-CEI is a great environment to turn ideas into business realities. Designed to train future generations of technology entrepreneurs in the fundamentals of computer science and entrepreneurship, this one and a half year immersive program aims to help meet the changing technological challenges of today and motivate students to reshape their thinking for tomorrow.

Specifically, the MS-CEI is designed for computer science students and technology professionals interested in pursuing entrepreneurship or assuming leadership roles in innovative technology-based organizations. By providing strong fundamentals in rigorous computer science applications, systems engineering, and entrepreneurship, the MS-CEI program will train students to become the next CTOs and CEOs of high-tech startups. Throughout the program, students will go through various stages of technological entrepreneurship, including problem conceptualization, idea incubation, product development, pilot deployment, and effectiveness evaluation towards nurturing them to pursue their concepts into realities.

MS-CEI students will take business courses alongside MBA students, as well as draw the same courses as Courant Computer Science graduate programs, providing a unique opportunity of combining outstanding technical preparation with business sense. Students will develop their startup ideas through the program's core courses, specifically designed for it: from the ideation phase in Design & Innovation, to persevering or pivoting in Lean Launchpad, to building it in the Entrepreneurship Capstone.

This program is a great fit for students who wish to become software engineers, product designers, product managers, program managers, and technical leads in organizations. While the program inculcates the key attributes of entrepreneurship, not every student in the program may launch a startup from the program. In fact, many students in the program have developed a combination of strong technical skills combined with strong design and entrepreneurship thinking, which make them pursue a broad spectrum of jobs in the industry across both well-established companies and startups.

Requirements

The MS-CEI degree requires 13 courses for a total of 33 credits. Six of these credits are through the Stern School of Business, while the remaining credits are from Computer Science at Courant. Students must also maintain good standing by sustaining a minimum GPA of at least 3.0 (B) each semester.

Sample Courses

Below is an incomplete list of classes that MS-CEI students may take:

• Computer Science Courses
  • CSCI-GA.2810 Design and Innovation
  • CSCI-GA.2630 Foundations of Networks and Mobile Systems
  • CSCI-GA.2820 DevOps and Agile Methodologies
  • CSCI-GA.2830 Lean Launch Pad
  • CSCI-GA.2840 Entrepreneurship Capstone
  • CSCI-GA.1180 Mathematical Techniques for Computer Science Applications
  • CSCI-GA.2565 Machine Learning
  • CSCI-GA.2566 Foundations of Machine Learning
  • CSCI-GA.2945 Advanced Topics in Numerical Analysis (Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization)
  • CSCI-GA.2945 Advanced Topics in Numerical Analysis (Numerical Optimization)
  • CSCI-GA.2621 Distributed Systems
  • CSCI-GA.2436 Realtime and Big Data Analytics
  • CSCI-GA.2434 Advanced Database Systems
  • CSCI-GA.2270 Computer Graphics
  • CSCI-GA.2271 Computer Vision
  • CSCI-GA.2590 Natural Language Processing
  • CSCI-GA.3033 Special Topics in Computer Science
  • CSCI-GA.3110 Honors Programming Languages
  • CSCI-GA.3205 Applied Cryptography and Network Security
  • CSCI-GA.3210 Introduction to Cryptography
  • CSCI-GA.3220 Advanced Cryptography
  • CSCI-GA.3250 Honors Operating Systems
• Stern Business School Courses
  • MGMT-GB 2129 Entrepreneurship
  • COR1-GB 2103 Strategy
  • COR1-GB 1102 Leadership in Organizations
  • MCOM-GB 2105 Business Communication