The Department of Computer Science is one of the six departments that make up the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Jamia Millia Islamia. It was established in the year 1999 with the objective of producing IT professionals of international standard. The Department offers MCA (2 years), PGDCA(1 Year) and M.Sc. (Bioinformatics)(2 years) courses through a well-designed industry-oriented curriculum. The Department has two modern air-conditioned computing labs, an air-conditioned seminar room, a departmental library, six class rooms and offices for faculty and staff. These are connected through a LAN in order to provide modern teaching and learning environment and fast access to the Internet. The Department has established linkages with other universities and research centres such as JNU , IIT from where it draws most of the visiting faculties to teach additional specialized courses. MCA is a professional course and is going to create a niche in Indian scenario. We offer our students modern theory courses and labs such as Deep Learning, Linux lab, Multimedia and Networking lab, Embedded System Design Lab. Our curriculum include languages like Python, C, C++, Java(J2EE, J2ME), XML, Perl, Windows Programming, Shell programming etc. Our labs provide strong foundation to our students in the field of Information Technology and Bio-Informatics.
The curriculum of Masters of Computer Applications is regularly updated after every 3 years’ time period to include most recent and demanding skills with the aim to increase the quality of its contribution to the industry. Our students have excelled in a multitude of fields like Java, .Net, Big Data, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Security, Python, MATLAB, and Web Development (J2EE/ASP.Net), etc.
A significant number of alumni of the department are serving as Data Scientists, Software Engineers, IT consultants, Full stack developers, etc. in reputed firms.