To be considered for admission, an applicant must meet the AUA general admission requirements and the CIS and IESM specific requirements. Hold an undergraduate degree in fields including mathematics, science and engineering. Students with degrees in non-science disciplines may be admitted, depending on their completed course work. The undergraduate degree must include, as a minimum, two years of college-level mathematics covering calculus, linear algebra and differential equations, and a course in physical sciences (physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, etc).
The admitted students are expected to either take the following courses or to prove the knowledge by taking waiver exams:
| CS108 | Statistics | |
| IESM 106 | Probability and Statistics | IESM106 Syllabus IESM106 Waiver |
| CS 111 | Discrete Mathematics | CS111 Syllabus |
| CS 120 | Intro to OOP | CS120 Syllabus (Spring2020) |
| CS 121 | Data Structures | CS121 Syllabus (Fall2019) |
| CS 130 | Computer Organization | CS130 Syllabus |
| CS 211 | Intro to Algorithms | CS211 Syllabus (Spring2018) |
Students with degrees in non-science disciplines may be admitted, depending on their completed course work, which may be fulfilled by taking the above mentioned courses as Non-degree students before applying to CIS Masters Program.