Chair’s Message

Welcome to the Department of Computer Science at Texas Christian University.

Computer science is no longer just a discipline; it is a catalyst. It is changing how we practice medicine, run businesses, secure infrastructure, and understand the natural world. We are building a department that reflects that: students here do not simply learn to code, they learn to apply computing where it matters.

What makes us distinctive is rigor paired with genuine mentorship. Our classes are small enough that faculty know every student by name, and every senior builds working software for a real client, so graduates leave with professional experience, not just a transcript.

We are also growing quickly. This fall we welcomed our first Ph.D. cohort of nine fully funded students, a milestone for the university as much as for the department. Two new professors joined us this fall and four more have committed for 2026–27, nearly doubling our faculty by 2027 and adding strength in AI for healthcare, cybersecurity, data science, and explainable AI. And through TCU's AI² initiative, our students work on research-grade computing (16 NVIDIA H200 GPUs and more than 300 terabytes of high-performance storage) right here on campus.

Our aim is to graduate students who are AI-native: not students who depend on AI, but students who can build it, direct it, and judge it well. Anyone can prompt a chatbot. Our graduates can build the system behind it and know when to trust it.

None of this changes what has always been at the heart of a TCU education: developing ethical leaders who think critically and serve their communities. We are simply expanding what is possible for students who pursue that mission through computer science.

Come see what we are building.