1. Program Highlights

Editor Notes: CUST has established long-standing cooperative relationships with Barco, Lenovo, 360 and many other well-known multinational and domestic corporations.

The computer major was established in Changchun University of Science and Technology in 1977, and it became the School of Computer Science and Technology in 1987. The schoolis one of the only 60 schools that were granted the qualification of conferring doctoral degrees in the first-grade discipline of computer science and technology in China. The school was approved to be the key discipline of Jilin Province on computer science and technology.
Currently, the school has three national research and education platforms including the Special Film Technique and Equipment National-Local Joint Engineering Center, the Pilot Computer Teaching Experiment Center and the Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center of Network Security and Network Attach-Defense. Within these centers, there are 13 laboratories being located in the applied research and engineering. The school has also established long-standing cooperative relationships with some corporations and universities, such as Hitachi Medical Corporation in Japan, Okayama University, and meanwhile, the school is one of the joint graduatetraining schools of information technology within University of Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Moreover, the school has established long-standing cooperative relationships with a number of well-known multinational and domestic corporations, such as Barco, Lenovo, 360 and so on, and has made every effort to contribute the compound talents of high-level techniques and management capabilities.

2. About Cultivation Direction

Editor Notes: Students will be proficient in fundamental theories and can be handle the special tasks independently after studying this progam.

Through the cultivation, the master degree candidates would gain the proficiency in fundamental theories of computer science and in development of computer application systems, the capability of independently performing special tasks in the field of computer science and technology, the qualifications for jobs of teaching courses in computer application systems and of designing and developing computer application systems.

3. About Research Specialties

Editor Notes: There are 3 research directions in this program, and their description have also listed for student to learn more details.

Digital media technology and application

Relying on the Special Film Technique and Equipment National-Local Joint Engineering Center, the research topics include the key techniques of filmmaking and play of special films, the solid modeling of graph and image, the generation and rendering of virtual scenes, the man-computer interaction, the intelligent surveillance, the video processing techniques, as well as the applications in the corresponding research field.

Image processing and computer vision

Relying on the Medical imaging computation engineering laboratory of Jilin Province, the research work concretes on the methodologies of computer vision, target tracking, face detection, image retrieval, image understanding, as well as the applications in intelligent robot, Identification between Friend or Foe systems, medical imaging equipment, film and video making, and playback equipment.

Software/ network Engineering and applications

Relying on the network database application software science and technology innovation center of Jilin Province, the research work focuses on the architecture and core composition of cloud-computing servers, the technologies of the virtualization, the cloud computing platform management, the distributed computation, the distributed storage systems, the data management, the internet of things, as well as the applications of these technologies in precision agriculture, smart city, smart campus, and GIS, etc.

4. About Practice and Training

Editor Notes: This program provides professional practices which is conducted in the research centers/platform or companies.

The professional practices are carried out directed by the supervisors within either the research centers/platform or the companies. Generally, the content of the practice is some part of one research project, during which the students participate in the project as team members. Before the practice, the students are demanded to submit their applications and practice plan. After the practice, they are required to submit their practice report. Referring to the performance of the students during the practice process, it is examined by either the supervisor from the university or the co-supervisor in the company. Once the students pass the examination, he would get 10 credit accordingly, which will be filed by the organization providing the practice. Moreover, the students are encouraged to combine their work during the practice with their thesis in order to propose and present their contribution.

5. About Teachers

Editor Notes: Teachers of this program are excellent and qualified, over 60% of them have overseas experience in research work.

Currently, the school has a qualified and responsible teaching team comprised of 52 academic staff including 13 professors (of 25%). There are 36 members having been conferred with doctoral degrees (of 69%), 8 members being entitled with several national- and provincial-level qualifications, such as “The New Century National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project”, “JilinProvince Discipline Outstanding Professor” and so on.
The teaching team assembled plenty of academic and engineering professional talents with international academic vision. There are over 60 percent of members having experienced their research work in the well-known universities at abroad, such as University of Pennsylvania (U.S.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), etc., and 13 members having obtained their Ph.D. from some famous universities at abroad, such as University of Bordeaux (France), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), etc.

6. Introduction of Changchun University of Science and Technology

Editor Notes: The quality of the graduates in CUST always gain well-reputed for employers.

Changchun University of Science and Technology (the original name is Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics) was founded in 1958 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Daheng, a famous scientist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the founder and the first President of CUST. CUST was renamed as Changchun University of Science and Technology in 2002. According to the statistical data, there are 15,863 undergraduates, 4,304 postgraduates and 367 doctoral candidates in March 2014. Now there are more than 300 foreign students from about 50 countries studying in CUST every year, Among them, there are 200 degree students. Learn More>>

7. Colorful Activities

Editor Notes: All the students are willing to take part in the activities organized by CUST.

Graduation & Degree Awarding Ceremony

Student Associations

1. Non-Chinese citizen, in good health and under the age of 35. 
2. Bachelor degree or above, with a GPA of 2.6/4.0 or above. 
3. Applicants from non-native English speaking countries must have an IELTS of 5.5 or a TOEFL (IBT) of 80 or above.

"*" means necessary documents that you must provide in your application.

*1. Application Form

Please upload your finished application form here.

*2. A photo consistent with the passport of the applicant.

*3. Photocopy of valid passport

With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included.

*4. Two recommendation letters in Chinese or English issued by professors or associate professors.

*5. A notarized certificate of the highest academic qualification.

If the applicant is a student at school, he/she must additionally submit a certificate of attendance issued by his/her school of study. A notarized copy is also required if it is in a text other than Chinese or English.

*6. Academic transcripts

Transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized Chinese or English translations.

*7. English proficiency test certificate

Certificate of English proficiency, IELTS or TOEFL, only for Non-English Native speakers.

*8. A Study Plan or Research Proposal in Chinese or English (A minimum of 500 words ).

*9. A copy of the Physical Examination Form for Foreigners within its validity period of 6 months.

*10. A life photo of the full body taken within 3 months and a full-body video in 10 seconds.

*11. A certificate of no criminal record within its validity period of 6 months.

12. Copy of visa

Indicate whether you are or not in China. If in China, please provide a copy of visa.

13. Supporting Documents: Certificate of Good Conduct

Provided by your current/previous school/company in Chinese/English to improve your success rate.

14. Talents in art, sports, and other fields are preferred. Please provide certificates or performance videos.

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