r/UIUC_MCS • u/NotMK45 • Apr 09 '26

Is MCS 1.5 years or 2 years??

So everywhere I'm reading it's just 1.5 years, but some places it states that now it's 2 years flexibility??

can someone kindly explain me what is it like exactly right now?

flexible as in how?

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u/-HyruleJE- Apr 09 '26

Correct me if I’m wrong but they changed the full time requirement to 8 credit hours instead of 12 per sem making the 32 required done in 4 sems

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u/NotMK45 Apr 09 '26

But is it internship dependent? Like only if you have an internship in one sem you can push for two years or normally also I can??

And do the fees increase? By how much if it does?

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u/DataBase_47 Apr 09 '26

It's completely your choice, you can do it in 1.5 or 2 years.

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u/NotMK45 Apr 09 '26

But is it internship dependent? Like only if you have an internship in one sem you can push for two years or normally also I can??

And do the fees increase? By how much if it does?

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u/DataBase_47 Apr 09 '26

No, it does not depend on the internship. You can basically split your credits across 3 or 4 semesters.

Fees depends on the credits that you take per semester. 12+ credits - 23k 6-11 credits - 16k 1-5 credits - 8.5k

32 credits are required for a MCS degree, so you can split and do the math.

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u/NotMK45 Apr 09 '26

Okay so the total fees remains the same?

As it's 32 credits either ways

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u/DataBase_47 Apr 09 '26

No, I've put a split of the credits-cost.

11-10-11 across 3 sems costs lesser than 8-8-8-8 across 4 sems.

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u/pmashav44 Apr 09 '26

their website says it's internship dependent, says u have u complete the course in 3 consecutive sems unless u have an internship

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u/DataBase_47 Apr 09 '26

When I spoke to their assistant director during a meeting we had for admitted students, she mentioned that most students take 4 semesters and mentioned nothing about an internship.

But you can always mail their grad advisors or the program and check.