Admissions Review | MSc in Data Science Programme 2021 Admissions Review
New Student Composition
A total of 55 new students were admitted to MSc in Data Science Programme in Class 2021, with 62% and 38% of male and female students respectively.
Among them, 78% are from 985/211 universities, 15% are from Sino-foreign joint universities, and 4% are from foreign universities, including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Institute of Technology, Nankai University, Tongji University, Xiamen University, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Wuhan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan University, Chongqing University, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong and other well-known universities at home and abroad.
Academic Background
Average GPA 3.55/4.0, TOEFL: 98 IELTS: 7
70% of the admitted students have science and technology backgrounds, including computer science and technology, software engineering, biomedical engineering, financial engineering, automation, physics, electrical and information engineering, mathematics and applied mathematics, etc. 30% have business backgrounds, including finance, accounting, economics, etc.
Past Experience
More than 70% of the students have received different kinds of scholarships during their undergraduate studies, 82% of them have relevant research or competition experience, nearly ten of them have published papers, and 84% of them have more than two months of internship experience. The internship companies include internet technology-based companies (Tencent, Kuaishou, Didi, Meituan, etc.), financial institutions (China Merchants Bank, HSBC, Ping An Bank, CITIC Securities, Haitong Securities, GF Securities, etc.), research institutions (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society, etc.), Big four accounting firms, FMCG companies, and government departments, etc.
