Khoury College in Oakland

A beautiful, 135-acre campus offering collaborative, leading-edge learning opportunities

Discover a green oasis of learning situated in a vibrant city excited to welcome the students of today and the tech talent of tomorrow. As part of the Bay Area’s famous tech ecosystem, Northeastern’s Mills College campus in Oakland is a great place to launch your computer science journey at Khoury College.

A historic campus in a high-tech environment

Khoury College’s mission of “CS for everyone” and Mills College’s historic emphasis of community engagement are strengthened by ready access to the tech industry.

  • 8 degree programs

  • #1 in co-ops and internships*

Programs offered in Oakland

A tech community that needs you

The Bay Area is an enormous tech metropolis of multiple city centers, and Oakland is no exception. As one of the fastest-growing high-tech regions in the United States, Oakland is a dynamic place to learn from colleagues in the classroom and industry partners while completing a co-op or internship.

From big names like Pandora and Square to innovative startups like Fivetran, there are many employers excited about the talent coming out of Khoury College and Northeastern University. You’ll have access to four to eight months of full-time, paid co-op or internship opportunities (depending on employer needs and availability).

Picture yourself at Oakland

  • Faculty committed to your success.
  • Beautiful sprawling campus.
  • Historic clock tower at the center of campus.
  • Undergrad Ben Shaar pursues his musical passion.
  • Students enjoying some down time on the campus green.
  • A classroom ethos of collaboration.

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Social responsibility and a creative environment

With an art museum, library, and concert hall, the campus has creative and engaging activities for students, as well as a variety of clubs and organizations. A community farm on campus provides a place to practice active sustainability, while a network of trails gives you ready access to nature. With a campus culture that prides itself on Mills College’s history of social justice, there are many opportunities to live your values.

Oakland has a thriving arts scene, with a high ratio of creative professionals in the area. Through the BART, you’ll be able to get around the Bay Area and explore all that it has to offer, from museums to monuments to sunsets over the Pacific and the Golden Gate Bridge.

A vibrant and green campus

Join student Megan Helfer as she shows you around the Oakland campus and its many features.

Featured faculty: Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera

Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera is an associate teaching professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Oakland. Before joining Khoury College in 2023, Fuentes-Cabrera built his research career at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where he used computational physics techniques to investigate nanomaterials.

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Address

5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613

Contact

510.430.2255

oakland@northeastern.edu

*Ranking for Northeastern University by U.S. News & World Report, 2024