Scholarship Information

• Scholarship Coverage：part of tuition
• Estimate Scholarship Amount (RMB): 0-93,334
• Success Rate：80%
• Deadline for payment: May 31, 2024
• Deadline for document:May 31, 2024
• Scholarship Service Fee:$500

You Need Pay After Got Scholarship (RMB)

Tuition: 60,000-93,3340-93,334

Accommodation: 48-78RMB per day

Living Expense: around 1,500 RMB/ month

Scholarship Detail

1. ALUMNI DISCOUNT: Graduate of XJTLU will receive a discount of 20% tuition fee.
2. MASTERS ENTRY SCHOLARSHIP: 30%-50% tuition off.
3.MASTERS ‘FRIENDSHIP’ SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM RUSSIA/ THAILAND/ INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ NIGERIA/ GHANA: up to 30% of total tuition fee.
4. CHINESE GOVERNMENT TSP (Talent Selection Program) scholarship: waive full tuition fee for students applying for MSc. Sustainable Construction.

Eligibility

1. Academic requirement: UK upper second class honors known as 2:1 (60%-69%) or equivalent.
2. English language requirements: Depending on program, IELTS score required is either 6 or 6.5 or 7
*If you miss the English requirements by 0.5 to 1.0 of an IELTS band, or a similar number for other English language exams, you still can be admitted to the program after successful completion of a summer Pre-sessional English course.

Documents You Need to Provide

Personal statement

Full academic transcripts of university studies and grading system

University degree certificate or enrolment statement (if you are a graduating student)

Certificates of English language qualifications (IELTS，TOEFL or equivalent)

Two letters of academic reference

CV (optional, but recommended )

A copy of your passport (for international students only)

1. Academic requirement: UK upper second class honors known as 2:1 (60%-69%) or equivalent.
2. English language requirements: Depending on program, IELTS score required is either 6 or 6.5 or 7
*If you miss the English requirements by 0.5 to 1.0 of an IELTS band, or a similar number for other English language exams, you still can be admitted to the program after successful completion of a summer Pre-sessional English course.

• Learn in-depth knowledge about the development of quality computer-assisted solutions to problems, the design and management of efficient and effective problem-solving processes, based on the modern methods and frameworks of informatics
• Gain skills and knowledge for working across a wide range of industries in a rich interdisciplinary environment
• Engage in research under the supervision of staff with the possibility of presenting your results at international conferences and publishing in leading journals
• Take advantage of placement opportunities for career development and practical experience to complement your theoretical studies
• Earn a University of Liverpool degree that is recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education

OVERVIEW

Computer Systems have become an increasingly important part of our society and our working lives. Virtually all modern organisations rely heavily on computer systems and there is a great need for suitably qualified computing professionals.

The MSc Applied Informatics programme will train you for advanced technical or managerial roles in computing areas such as finance informatics, information systems or telecommunications.

Graduates of this programme, as with all XJTLU masters degrees, earn a University of Liverpool degree that is recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Studying the MSc Applied Informatics programme will equip you with:

theoretical and practical knowledge of key technological and business areas in the IT industry
practical skills in research, analysis, realisation and evaluation of IT systems including the write-up of technical and research documents
key tools enabling you to enhance and apply your skills in management, design and the implementation of IT-based solutions in different application domains

MODULES

You will undertake four required modules, a dissertation project and three optional modules from areas such as financial mathematics, telecommunications, interactive systems, social computing or information security.

Core modules
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Data Mining and Big Data Analytics
Fundamentals of Project Management
Research Methods
Software Architectures
MSc Dissertation Project

Elective modules
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Computational Methods in Finance I
Computer Systems Security
Image and Video Processing
Interactive Systems
Mobile Communications
Object Oriented Programming
Social Network Analysis
Social Web Programming

Additional learning activities
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The completion of additional learning activities is required to complete your masters degree. Normally, required ALA hours will be distributed evenly across each semester, amounting to 200 hours per semester. Part-time programmes will normally require 100 to 150 hours per semester.

CAREERS

MSc Applied Informatics graduates will find employment in the IT sector as systems analysts, managers, software engineers, application architects, developers and project leaders. Some students choose to continue as PhD candidates.

FEES

Fees
RMB 90,000 for the entire 18 month full-time programme.
University tuition fees cover the cost of your study with us.

Alumni discount
If you are a graduate of XJTLU, the University of Liverpool or Xi’an Jiaotong University, you will automatically receive a discount of 20 percent of the tuition fee.

Payment options
Masters students have the option to pay tuition fees in instalments each semester. You can also choose to pay the fees upfront at the time of registration, in this case a discount of five percent of the total fees will be offered.

You will be asked to indicate how you would like to pay the fees when you confirm your acceptance of the unconditional offer.