Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science is responsible for teaching and research in computer science at the University of Helsinki. As its basic tasks, the department has listed the following: * Research: the department carries out cutting-edge research in its key areas as well as quality research in new fields. * Teaching: the department offers an extensive basic scientific education in its Bachelor's degree programme, expert education in its key areas of research in its Master's degree programmes, and researcher education based on its key areas in its Doctoral degrees. * Societal interaction: the department actively interacts with the rest of society through both research and teaching.

The Head and Deputy Head(s) of the Department are in charge of operations at the department.

The Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science has a uniform content. This programme is offered only in Finnish.

The Master's Degree in Computer Science can be completed in three different focus areas: Algorithms, Networking and Services, and Software Systems. In addition, there are two other Master's Degree Programmes offered in English, i.e., the Master's Degree Programme in Data Science, and the Master's Degree Programme in Life Science Informatics.

The postgraduate degrees in computer science offered by the department are the Licentiate (PhLic) and the Doctoral (PhD) Degrees.

The main research fields at the Department of Computer Science are artificial intelligence, big data frameworks, bioinformatics, data analysis, data science, discrete and machine learning algorithms, distributed, intelligent, and interactive systems, networks, security, and software and database systems.

The research groups at the Department of Computer Science are divided roughly by their main research methods into four research areas: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Networks, and Software. Some groups work actively on many of these areas.