Program Spotlight 2022: Columbia's Dual M.S. in Journalism and Computer Science

Would you like to build cutting-edge new tools and software to revolutionize how we gather and present the news? With the application for admission for the 2023-24 academic year now open, Columbia Journalism School is featuring the Dual Master of Science in Journalism and Computer Science, which prepares students for robust opportunities in both fields, including designing and building platforms, algorithms and applications for journalism or pursuing research and development work in computer science related to journalism, natural language processing and the digital humanities.

Please click below to watch our admissions webinar, which featured Professor Dhrumil Mehta and 2020 Dual M.S. in Journalism & Computer Science graduates Aaron Brezel and Eugene Joseph. 



Administered by Columbia Journalism School and the Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Dual M.S. in Journalism and Computer Science offers the highest caliber of computer science and journalism training at Columbia University. Students enroll for a total of four semesters at the Journalism and Engineering schools, learning the fundamentals of reporting and writing while developing a working background in computer science and software design.  

The two-year program aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of how particular fields of computer science relate to journalism practice. The goal is to train a new generation of computationally literate journalists - or journalistically literate computer scientists - who will redefine journalism as we know it.

"This is definitely a great program if you want to become an engineer. The dual-degree program prepares you to slide into a big journalism organization's research and development department, where they are experimenting with different tools.  You'll have the knowledge of both journalism and computer science, so you'll know that whatever you're creating is going to really help the journalists."
- Aaron Brezel ('20 Dual M.S. in Journalism and Computer Science)