The UVa Department of Computer Science is a nationally-recognized leader in undergraduate CS education, and one of the top departments in experimental systems, its main research thrust. Since becoming an independent department in 1984, we have grown to 25 faculty, 15 professional support staff, 73 graduate students and 220 undergraduate majors.
The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT) aims at moulding the future leaders of the Indian IT industry by imparting world class IT education to them. The school formally started operation with the first batch of M.Tech students on July 19, 1999. The Indian IT industry is expanding rapidly and is expected to grow tremendously over the next few years. While the current education in India has been producing high quality 'workers' for the IT industry.