The main objective of this study was to assess the English language needs of computerrnscience students.rnFive groups of respondents were identified as suhjects of this study: computer sciencernstudents, computer science instructors and English instmctors who were taken .IiÂ·omrnGondaI' University and on-the:iob graduates and their employers ,li-lJI'n IIhyssiniarncomputer center, North Gondar Finance Of/ice and GondaI' Uni versity (Ii-olll nOJlleachingrnsta.lJ) places where compUler system application was available. From eachrngroup, respondents were selected using pWjJose/it! and random sampling techniques. Asrna result, 75 students, J 3 computer science instructors, J J English instructors, 12 on- thejobrngraduates and 2 employers were taken as sources oOn/ormation.rnThe ins/rumenls used fO gather dala were mainly questionnaire (lnd WI inlerviel l'.rnQuestionnaires were distributed to the .lour groups of samples other than ellll'loyers.rnInterview questions also were presented to employers. Questionnaires .lor students,rncompUler science instructors and English instructors were il1fended to elicit in/ornwtionrnabout the academic situation where as, the questionnaire for on-job graduates andrnemployers' interview were designed to dig out inFormation concerning the occupationalrnsituations.rnEnglish language skills and variety of acti vities which were thought to he widely used inrnthe academic and proFessional situations l"ere selected and presented to respondents tornrate Iheir importance level and students ' respective abilities in perjiJ/'ming thelll.rnStudents ' attitudes and language learning preferences were also presented lind laterrnrated. The.lindings indicated a considerohle gal' he/ween the type and the extent Ic'nglishrnlanguage students are expected to use in both academic and occupmional coreers and thernEnglish language being ofFered There/IJre, tuking this ,~afJ in til ({CWI/l'lt.rnrecommendations have been made.rnIX