香港科大招生.docx

1、香港科大招生The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Hong Kong UST is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2010. We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students as well as outstanding graduate students with Masters degree with some research experience. We are looking for postgraduat

2、e students in all areas in computer science and related areas, including but not limited to, artificial intelligence, data and knowledge management, networks and networking systems, software technologies, theoretical computer science and vision and graphics. We also encourage students interested in

3、multi-disciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, risk management and business intelligence and computational finance. To find out more about us, please visit our CSE website.Our department consists of outstanding faculty members and graduate students with over 40 faculty members and over 100 PhD stu

4、dents. Our medium of teaching and research is English. Besides having a strong publication track record, our faculty and students are among the first to develop advanced and popular P2P systems, industry standards on RFID and sensor networks, computer graphics and vision systems, large-scale data mi

5、ning and machine learning systems for Web search, GPU and parallel computing for database query processing, to name a few. After getting their PhDs, our students find jobs in worldwide research labs such as Microsoft Research, Google, IBM and top universities in Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hon

6、g Kong. A student who has a masters degree is expected to graduate with a PhD in 3 years, and an undergraduate degree to graduate in 4 years. Starting in 2010, we are particularly happy to offer the prestigious Hong Kong PHD Fellowship of HK$20,000 (USD 2,580) per month, plus a travel allowance of H

7、K$10,000 (USD 1,290) for three years. Exceptionally qualified PhD applicants (top 10% in class, 85% GPA, excellent English command) are welcome to contact potential faculty supervisors and apply by Dec 1, 2009. This fellowship award is offered centrally by University Grant Council of Hong Kong.We al

8、so offer a large number of postgraduate research studentship awards at HK$156,000 per year (USD 20,000/year). Our admission requirement for English is one of recent TOEFL(cbt)=580, IELTS=7, or TOEFL(ibt)=92 by the time you enter HKUST. Tuition fee at HKUST is around HK$42,100 per year. We are recrui

9、ting in two phases. Our first phase, which has already started, is an early recruiting session which is targeted for PhD applicants through telephone or onsite interviews. To qualify, please send your CV to pgrecruitcse.ust.hk AND ALSO fill out the preliminary application form at http:/www.cse.ust.h

10、k/pg/admissions/registration/ for preliminary screening. We dont have a specific deadline, but we have a limited quota and therefore applicants are considered on a first-come-first-serve basis. Therefore, please try your best to apply AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. After the early recruiting session, applican

11、ts can still send regular application packages to HKUST Postgraduate Admissions at any time before March 15, 2010. We also accept a limited number of applications to self-financed MPhil program. Please indicate your application clearly if you are interested in the MPhil program. You can learn more a

12、bout our PhD program through our department website and especially you can check Where do Our PhD Graduates Go section.PG Registration FormNotice1. Fields must be filled in English. You may put N/A for fields not applicable; 2. Please also send your formal CV to pgrecruitcse.ust.hk; 3. For more on p

13、rogram information, please refer to our PG Programs. 窗体顶端* Indicates a required field.Application * Degree ApplyingSelf-financed Master PhD Both Personal Particulars * First Name * Last Name (Surname) * GenderMale Female * Date of Birth Format: yyyy-mm-dd* Email Address Make sure your email address

14、is correct and valid, and use this email address to send your CV to pgrecruitcse.ust.hk.* Telephone No. e.g. +86-10-12345678* Correspondence Address Education and Research Interests, etc. * Highest Degree Currently in or ObtainedBachelor Master * Research Interests List your Research Interests by te

15、rms separated with semi-colons. Publications List your Publications by items separated with semi-colons. Interns List your Interns by organization names & positions/project names, etc., separated with semi-colons. English Tests English Requirement: one of the following recent by the time you enter H

16、KUST. TOEFL (cbt) = 580, IELTS = 7, or TOEFL (ibt) = 92. TOEFL IELTS CET-6 CET-4 Others University - Undergraduate * University Name * Major * Department/School * GPA e.g. 3.5/4* GPA (in percentage) GPA Ranking e.g. 3/125University - Postgraduate University Name Major Department/School GPA e.g. 3.5/

17、4GPA (in percentage) GPA Ranking e.g. 3/125Referee First Name Last Name (Surname) Position Institution or Organization Email Address Admission Requirements for PG Programs in Computer Science and EngineeringApplicants for admission to the postgraduate programs are required to have completed, by the

18、time they enter HKUST, a bachelors degree in computer science or a related science or engineering field. Students admitted to a postgraduate program must demonstrate competence in the following core computer science areas: Computer Organization Principles of Programming Languages Operating Systems D

19、esign and Analysis of Algorithms In addition, students admitted into the PhD program must demonstrate competence in: Theory of Computation Competence in these areas is appraised during the admission process. A student whose formal computer science background is deemed inadequate in any of the above

20、areas may be admitted on a provisional basis and will be required to take remedial courses prescribed by the Postgraduate Studies Committee and obtain a grade of at least B in these courses. Such additional requirements will be stipulated in the individual offer of admission. Deficiencies in any cor

21、e computer science area can be made up concurrently with postgraduate work.Applicants are required to submit: officially certified academic transcripts of undergraduate studies (and postgraduate studies, if any); results of an English proficiency test (see below); two letters of recommendation; a on

22、e-page statement of plan for the postgraduate study; and a completed application form for postgraduate admission. All students admitted into a postgraduate program must demonstrate sufficient competence in English. Students whose previous degrees are from an institution where the primary language of

23、 instruction is other than English should submit the results of an English proficiency test (such as TOEFL) together with their application. The English proficiency test must have been taken within two years of the time of application. Notwithstanding the above, the Department may require newly admi

24、tted students to undergo language proficiency assessment and, if deemed necessary, to take English language enhancement courses.Admission to the Departments postgraduate programs will be based on the applicants academic record as well as the research needs of the Department.Q1. Where can I get an ap

25、plication form?Application forms are available from the ARR Admission office. This web site also provides more detailed information about how to fill out and submit the application.Q2. What is the application deadline?Applications for admission to postgraduate programs in September of the year are i

26、nvited from January onwards. The official application deadline for all CS programs will be in March.MPhil application will be processed in a batch immediately after the deadline passes. So, as long as they are submitted after the deadline, all MPhil application will be treated equally. PhD applicati

27、ons will be processed on a continuous basis as they arrive at ARR; qualified applicants will be accepted only until all places are filled. So, if you are applying for the PhD program, apply as soon as possible.Q3. Can I apply directly to the PhD program, skipping the Masters?You may, but preference

28、will be given to students who already have completed, or are completing, a MPhil or MEng degree. We do occasionally admit exceptionally qualified students directly from the UG program to PhD studies. If you are interested in pursuing this option further please contact the PG coordinator for further

29、information.Q4. How good do I need to be to be accepted as a MPhil student?There are no hard-and-fast rules for admission to the MPhil program. We rank applicants based on our judgment of their background and general ability to do a research thesis. In practice this usually means that the two most i

30、mportant criteria are your CGA and your letters of recommendation.Good letters of recommendation are essential. A letter from a faculty member that states he/she is willing to be your research supervisor is even better (but uncommon); one that states that she/he is willing to supervise you AND fund

31、your studentship directly out of his/her research grants is even better (but even rarer). We want to emphasize that the CGA is not everything. An applicant with a very strong letter of recommendation might be admitted over one with a slightly higher CGA but weaker letters.In the past most students w

32、ith B+/A- CGA or above (the exact CGA varied from year to year)and good letters were accepted. The exact number of students accepted depends upon many factors including number of studentships available to the department and a forecast of the number of students expected to graduate that year.Q5. Whom should I ask to write my two letters of recommendation?The letters of recommendation are used to judge your ability and fitness to be a M