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香港科大招生
TheDepartmentofComputerScienceandEngineeringatHongKongUSTisrecruitingPhDstudentstostartinFall2010.WearelookingforoutstandingundergraduatestudentsaswellasoutstandinggraduatestudentswithMastersdegreewithsomeresearchexperience.Wearelookingforpostgraduatestudentsinallareasincomputerscienceandrelatedareas,includingbutnotlimitedto,artificialintelligence,dataandknowledgemanagement,networksandnetworkingsystems,softwaretechnologies,theoreticalcomputerscienceandvisionandgraphics.Wealsoencouragestudentsinterestedinmulti-disciplinaryareassuchasbioinformatics,riskmanagementandbusinessintelligenceandcomputationalfinance.Tofindoutmoreaboutus,pleasevisitourCSEwebsite.
Ourdepartmentconsistsofoutstandingfacultymembersandgraduatestudentswithover40facultymembersandover100PhDstudents.OurmediumofteachingandresearchisEnglish.Besideshavingastrongpublicationtrackrecord,ourfacultyandstudentsareamongthefirsttodevelopadvancedandpopularP2Psystems,industrystandardsonRFIDandsensornetworks,computergraphicsandvisionsystems,large-scaledataminingandmachinelearningsystemsforWebsearch,GPUandparallelcomputingfordatabasequeryprocessing,tonameafew.AftergettingtheirPhDs,ourstudentsfindjobsinworldwideresearchlabssuchasMicrosoftResearch,Google,IBMandtopuniversitiesinCanada,Australia,Singapore,andHongKong.Astudentwhohasamaster'sdegreeisexpectedtograduatewithaPhDin3years,andanundergraduatedegreetograduatein4years.
Startingin2010,weareparticularlyhappytooffertheprestigiousHongKongPHDFellowshipofHK$20,000(~USD2,580)permonth,plusatravelallowanceofHK$10,000(~USD1,290)forthreeyears.ExceptionallyqualifiedPhDapplicants(top10%inclass,>85%GPA,excellentEnglishcommand)arewelcometocontactpotentialfacultysupervisorsandapplybyDec1,2009.ThisfellowshipawardisofferedcentrallybyUniversityGrantCouncilofHongKong.
WealsoofferalargenumberofpostgraduateresearchstudentshipawardsatHK$156,000peryear(~USD20,000/year).OuradmissionrequirementforEnglishisoneofrecentTOEFL(cbt)>=580,IELTS>=7,orTOEFL(ibt)>=92bythetimeyouenterHKUST.TuitionfeeatHKUSTisaroundHK$42,100peryear.
Wearerecruitingintwophases.Ourfirstphase,whichhasalreadystarted,isanearlyrecruitingsessionwhichistargetedforPhDapplicantsthroughtelephoneoronsiteinterviews.Toqualify,pleasesendyourCVtopgrecruit@cse.ust.hkANDALSOfilloutthepreliminaryapplicationformathttp:
//www.cse.ust.hk/pg/admissions/registration/forpreliminaryscreening.Wedon'thaveaspecificdeadline,butwehavealimitedquotaandthereforeapplicantsareconsideredonafirst-come-first-servebasis.Therefore,pleasetryyourbesttoapplyASSOONASPOSSIBLE.
Aftertheearlyrecruitingsession,applicantscanstillsendregularapplicationpackagestoHKUSTPostgraduateAdmissionsatanytimebeforeMarch15,2010.Wealsoacceptalimitednumberofapplicationstoself-financedMPhilprogram.PleaseindicateyourapplicationclearlyifyouareinterestedintheMPhilprogram.
YoucanlearnmoreaboutourPhDprogramthroughourdepartmentwebsiteandespeciallyyoucancheck"WheredoOurPhDGraduatesGo"section.
PGRegistrationForm
Notice
1.FieldsmustbefilledinEnglish.Youmayput"N/A"forfieldsnotapplicable;
2.PleasealsosendyourformalCVtopgrecruit@cse.ust.hk;
3.Formoreonprograminformation,pleaserefertoourPGPrograms.
窗体顶端
*Indicatesarequiredfield.
Application
*DegreeApplying
Self-financedMaster
PhD
Both
PersonalParticulars
*FirstName
*LastName(Surname)
*Gender
Male
Female
*DateofBirth
Format:
yyyy-mm-dd
*EmailAddress
Makesureyouremailaddressiscorrectandvalid,andusethisemailaddresstosendyourCVtopgrecruit@cse.ust.hk.
*TelephoneNo.
e.g.+86-10-12345678
*CorrespondenceAddress
EducationandResearchInterests,etc.
*HighestDegreeCurrentlyinorObtained
Bachelor
Master
*ResearchInterests
ListyourResearchInterestsbytermsseparatedwithsemi-colons.
Publications
ListyourPublicationsbyitemsseparatedwithsemi-colons.
Interns
ListyourInternsbyorganizationnames&positions/projectnames,etc.,separatedwithsemi-colons.
EnglishTests
EnglishRequirement:
oneofthefollowingrecentbythetimeyouenterHKUST.
∙TOEFL(cbt)>=580,
∙IELTS>=7,or
∙TOEFL(ibt)>=92.
TOEFL
IELTS
CET-6
CET-4
Others
University-Undergraduate
*UniversityName
*Major
*Department/School
*GPA
e.g.3.5/4
*GPA(inpercentage)
GPARanking
e.g.3/125
University-Postgraduate
UniversityName
Major
Department/School
GPA
e.g.3.5/4
GPA(inpercentage)
GPARanking
e.g.3/125
Referee
FirstName
LastName(Surname)
Position
InstitutionorOrganization
EmailAddress
AdmissionRequirementsforPGProgramsinComputerScienceandEngineering
Applicantsforadmissiontothepostgraduateprogramsarerequiredtohavecompleted,bythetimetheyenterHKUST,abachelor'sdegreeincomputerscienceorarelatedscienceorengineeringfield.Studentsadmittedtoapostgraduateprogrammustdemonstratecompetenceinthefollowingcorecomputerscienceareas:
∙ComputerOrganization
∙PrinciplesofProgrammingLanguages
∙OperatingSystems
∙DesignandAnalysisofAlgorithms
Inaddition,studentsadmittedintothePhDprogrammustdemonstratecompetencein:
∙TheoryofComputation
Competenceintheseareasisappraisedduringtheadmissionprocess.AstudentwhoseformalcomputersciencebackgroundisdeemedinadequateinanyoftheaboveareasmaybeadmittedonaprovisionalbasisandwillberequiredtotakeremedialcoursesprescribedbythePostgraduateStudiesCommitteeandobtainagradeofatleastBinthesecourses.Suchadditionalrequirementswillbestipulatedintheindividualofferofadmission.Deficienciesinanycorecomputerscienceareacanbemadeupconcurrentlywithpostgraduatework.
Applicantsarerequiredtosubmit:
∙officiallycertifiedacademictranscriptsofundergraduatestudies(andpostgraduatestudies,ifany);
∙resultsofanEnglishproficiencytest(seebelow);
∙twolettersofrecommendation;aone-pagestatementofplanforthepostgraduatestudy;and
∙acompletedapplicationformforpostgraduateadmission.
AllstudentsadmittedintoapostgraduateprogrammustdemonstratesufficientcompetenceinEnglish.StudentswhosepreviousdegreesarefromaninstitutionwheretheprimarylanguageofinstructionisotherthanEnglishshouldsubmittheresultsofanEnglishproficiencytest(suchasTOEFL)togetherwiththeirapplication.TheEnglishproficiencytestmusthavebeentakenwithintwoyearsofthetimeofapplication.Notwithstandingtheabove,theDepartmentmayrequirenewlyadmittedstudentstoundergolanguageproficiencyassessmentand,ifdeemednecessary,totakeEnglishlanguageenhancementcourses.
AdmissiontotheDepartment'spostgraduateprogramswillbebasedontheapplicant'sacademicrecordaswellastheresearchneedsoftheDepartment.
Q1.WherecanIgetanapplicationform?
ApplicationformsareavailablefromtheARRAdmissionoffice.Thiswebsitealsoprovidesmoredetailedinformationabouthowtofilloutandsubmittheapplication.
Q2.Whatistheapplicationdeadline?
ApplicationsforadmissiontopostgraduateprogramsinSeptemberoftheyearareinvitedfromJanuaryonwards.TheofficialapplicationdeadlineforallCSprogramswillbeinMarch.
MPhilapplicationwillbeprocessedinabatchimmediatelyafterthedeadlinepasses.So,aslongastheyaresubmittedafterthedeadline,allMPhilapplicationwillbetreatedequally.PhDapplicationswillbeprocessedonacontinuousbasisastheyarriveatARR;qualifiedapplicantswillbeacceptedonlyuntilallplacesarefilled.So,ifyouareapplyingforthePhDprogram,applyassoonaspossible.
Q3.CanIapplydirectlytothePhDprogram,skippingtheMasters?
Youmay,butpreferencewillbegiventostudentswhoalreadyhavecompleted,orarecompleting,aMPhilorMEngdegree.WedooccasionallyadmitexceptionallyqualifiedstudentsdirectlyfromtheUGprogramtoPhDstudies.IfyouareinterestedinpursuingthisoptionfurtherpleasecontactthePGcoordinatorforfurtherinformation.
Q4.HowgooddoIneedtobetobeacceptedasaMPhilstudent?
Therearenohard-and-fastrulesforadmissiontotheMPhilprogram.Werankapplicantsbasedonourjudgmentoftheirbackgroundandgeneralabilitytodoaresearchthesis.InpracticethisusuallymeansthatthetwomostimportantcriteriaareyourCGAandyourlettersofrecommendation.
Goodlettersofrecommendationareessential.Aletterfromafacultymemberthatstateshe/sheiswillingtobeyourresearchsupervisorisevenbetter(butuncommon);onethatstatesthatshe/heiswillingtosuperviseyouANDfundyourstudentshipdirectlyoutofhis/herresearchgrantsisevenbetter(butevenrarer).WewanttoemphasizethattheCGAisnoteverything.AnapplicantwithaverystrongletterofrecommendationmightbeadmittedoveronewithaslightlyhigherCGAbutweakerletters.
InthepastmoststudentswithB+/A-CGAorabove(theexactCGAvariedfromyeartoyear)andgoodletterswereaccepted.Theexactnumberofstudentsaccepteddependsuponmanyfactorsincludingnumberofstudentshipsavailabletothedepartmentandaforecastofthenumberofstudentsexpectedtograduatethatyear.
Q5.WhomshouldIasktowritemytwolettersofrecommendation?
ThelettersofrecommendationareusedtojudgeyourabilityandfitnesstobeaM