The basic degrees in computer science are Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc). The major subject in both the degrees is Computer Science. The common ground of the BSc is followed by four separate subprogrammes at the MSc level. Three of these, namely "Algorithmic Bioinformatics", "Algorithms, Data-analytics and Machine Learning" and "Networking and Services" are completely in English; "Software systems" remains to be in Finnish. In addition, there is a separate "Master Programme in Bioinformatics" coordinated at the department; the last admission to this programme was in 2014.

The postgraduate degrees in computer science are Licentiate of Philosophy (Ph.Lic.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Due to the change in the funding system of the Finnish doctoral programmes at the end of 2013, the former programmes do not provide any new funded positions. The new doctoral schools and doctoral programmes of the University of Helsinki were established at the beginning of 2014.

The department has made a long-term investment in teaching and its improvement. In 2012, the department was still one of ten national Centres of Excellence in higher education. After 2012, these CoEs have not been elected nationally or internally at the University of Helsinki. However, the increasing appreciation of instruction at the University of Helsinki is evident with the establishment of the Teachers’ Academy in 2013. University Lecturer Matti Luukkainen of the department was elected as one of the founding members, and University Lecturer, Head of Studies Jaakko Kurhila and Lecturer Heikki Lokki were also members in the Academy in 2014. This means that the Department of Computer Science is very well represented in the Teachers’ Academy.