School of Information Science and Technology
Sun Yat-sen University
Computer Science and Technology International Undergraduate
Program Taught in English
Admission Guidelines for International Students
General Introduction
Sun Yat-sen University, which is located in Guangzhou, was founded in 1924 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen,
the great pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution. It is a leading comprehensive university in
China. The School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) was set up at the early stage of
the university. In SIST, there are totally 101 faculty members, among which, two are the
1000-plan professors in China, Prof. Adrian Ioinovici and Prof. Hong Shen in addition to 32 full
professors and 42 associate professors. Most of the faculty members have oversea PhD degrees.
The faculties who teach foreigner students are all graduated from the world famous universities
and had worked for a long period in the universities and research institutes abroad.
The students devote great passion to participate in various innovation activities and contests, such
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as the ACM programming and mathematic modeling competition. Among the achievements, the
student teams of SIST have won 15 qualifications to the final of ACM international undergraduate
programming contests.
SIST offers both intensive, cutting-edge research in computer science. SIST has three national labs,
Digital Home Engineering Research Center, Digital Home Interactive Application Lab, and Chips
and Systems Lab for Internet of Things. The labs have contributed to the areas of digital image
and video, Internet of things and Big Data.
SIST has cooperated with several world famous universities
in teaching through English, such as The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, University of Glasgow, The University of
Missouri-Columbia, and University of Queensland. The
students that take the “2+2” undergraduate program, was
taught through English in the first two years in SIST. After
that, they will be admitted by those cooperating universities
to continue the final two years of study, when they pass the
interview of the universities.
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Undergraduate Program of Computer Science and Engineering in English
Computer science and Technology is a practical art. Since it is created, it has brought the society
with revolutionary innovations in entertainment, the humanities, news media, medical care,
business, finance, communications, education, scientific studies, etc. In this information era,
Computer Science is another key to the career of everyone in addition to language. Computer
Science is playing an increasingly important role in everyday life, especially in business.
Our goal of the undergrate program in computer science and technology is to prepare students for
careers in the application of computer science and technlogy in industry and business. Our
students conduct research and study with the experts in computer science to solve the problems in
many real world applications such as the data analysis behind electronic business and digital
home, data sampling and dynamic event detection in Internet of Things. Due to the scale of users
in China, the problems offers great challenges. The achievements of the study will be widely
applied in the business relations between China and other contries in the world.
Students taking this undergraduate program will be taught through English. Students can also
decide to take courses in Chinese themselves, such as the introduction to Chinese Literature,
Chinese Language, etc., as it is a natural idea to study some topics of literal arts in China, when
they come to China. They may also want to particate to the variuos exciting social activities with
Chinese students, such as travelling and sport games.
Length of Study： 4 years.
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Admission
(1) Application:
1) Complete the on-line application procedure (http://www.studyinsysu.com).
2) Mail the paper application materials (including applicants’ signed on-line application form).
(2) Prerequisite:
1) Non-Chinese citizen;
2) High school graduate;
3) 18 – 45 years of age;
4) Healthy.
(3)
Documents:
1) On-line Application Form;
2) Xerox copies of passport;
3) Diploma and transcript for senior high school;
4)English Proficiency Certificate
Notes：
1)
All of these documents should be prepared with two copies for each.
2) Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with the notarized translations
in Chinese or English.
Application Deadline：
June 30, 2014.
Fees for International Students of Sun Yat-sen University (RMB)
1. Academic year’s tuition fee: RMB 33000 per annum.
2. Application fee: RMB 400.
3. Overall Insurance & Benefit Plan for International Students (including Loss of Life Insurance,
Accidental Injury Medical Treatment Insurance and Hospitalization Medical Insurance only):
RMB600/person/year
4. Housing:
Guangzhou East Campus, there is one International Student Dormitory building (No. 3, Gezhi Yuan):
Air-conditioned Double Room :RMB6,000/person per annum
Note: The monthly bills for electricity, the bills for telephone and cable -TV and the deposit are not included
in the room rate.
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For further information about the program, please contact:
Address: Office of International Affairs, School of Information Science and Technology, Sun
Yat-sen University, No.132 Waihuan Road East, Panyu, Guangzhou, P.R. China
Zip: 510006
Tel: 86(20) - 39333629
Fax: 86(20) - 39943315
E-mail: isskeyan@mail.sysu.edu.cn
For further information about application, please contact:
Address: Office of International Students’ Affairs Sun Yat-sen University, No.135 Xingang Road
West, Guangzhou, P.R. China
Zip: 510275
Tel: 86(20) - 84110819、86(20) - 84036465
Fax: 86(20) - 84115621
E-mail: admissions@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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