Applied Informatics
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSc | On-Campus | Full-time | 18 | September | ¥90000 in total | ¥90000 in total |
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.
About Applied Informatics, MSc - at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Computer systems affect every part of our daily lives and are used in every conceivable type of organisation. These systems are highly interdisciplinary with historical roots in mathematics, physics and electronics.
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 today's IT industry and research
- practical skills in research, analysis, realisation and evaluation of IT systems including the write-up of technical or research documents
- key tools enabling you to enhance and apply your skills in management, design and the implementation of IT-based solutions to 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
- Data mining and Big Data analytics
- Project management
- Research methods
- Software architectures
- Dissertation.
Elective modules
- Computational methods in finance
- Computer systems security
- Image and video processing
- Interactive systems
- Mobile communications
- Object-oriented programming
- Social network analysis
- Social web programming.
Additional learning activities
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, and developers or project leaders. Some students choose to continue as PhD candidates.
Entry requirements for this course
Contact Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) to find course entry requirements.
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