Computer Science and Technology

1.Introduction
The School of Computer Science and Engineering consists of several teaching and research departments and laboratories, namely the Department of Computer Science and Technology, the Department of Software Engineering, the Department of Intelligent Science and Technology, the Department of Digital Media Theory and Engineering, the Department of Computer Network and Communication Technology, the Computer Science and Engineering Experimental Center, the Computer Application Institute, the Information Processing and Security Technology Institute, and the Intelligent Robotics Institute. The school also boasts the national Key Laboratory of Intelligent Perception and Systems for High-Dimensional Information founded by the Ministry of Education, and the provincial Key Laboratory of Image and Video Understanding for Public Safety of Jiangsu. The school has one national key discipline in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, two Jiangsu provincial key disciplines in Computer Science and Technology, and Software Engineering. We offer primary discipline doctoral programs in Computer Science and Technology and Software Engineering, and secondary discipline doctoral program in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems and the corresponding post-doctoral workstations. We also provide master programs in Computer Science and Technology, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Software Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The school's programs are supported by the National"985" Project Innovation Platform.
2. Research Directions
(1) Pattern recognition and intelligent system 
(2) Computer architecture
(3) Computer software and theory
(4) Computer application technology
(5) Intelligent computing and system
(6) Intelligent robot
(7) Biomedical engineering
(8) Software engineering and methodology
(9) Service science and software architecture
(10)Applied software engineering
3. Duration of studies
Full time master students are expected to complete their studies and earn their degrees in 2.5 to 5 years, and they will be disqualified from the program after 5 years. 
4. Credits requirements
Students are required to complete at least 28 degree credits from courses in Section 5 with a minimum of 26 coursework credits and 2 obligatory courses.

5. Curriculum(Click to enlarge)

6.Thesis Topic and Proposal
A master student is supposed to choose his/her research direction under an advisor’s guidance. The student should actively study, research and survey in the chosen research direction. The student is expected to choose a research topic for the postgraduate thesis and confirm the significance of the topic in a thesis proposal. The thesis proposal should be submitted and defended at the beginning of the second year of study. 
Detailed regulations and requirements on master's thesis can be found in the "NJUST Regulations about the Topic Selection, Research Proposal and Composition of Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations".
7.Publication
Before graduation, each master student should have at least one academic paper published or accepted for publication. Detailed requirements are documented in "NUST regulations on a postgraduate’s publications of their research work".
8. Degree Thesis Requirement
MA Degree thesis is one of the most important parts for graduate education, which provides students with training on academic research or specific technology application, enhances students’ abilities to innovate and to apply the knowledge to their research, and encourages them to discover, analyze and solve problems in their fields.
Detailed regulations and requirements on master's thesis are documented in the “NJUST Regulations about the Topic Selection, Research Proposal and Composition of Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations”, and "NUST Style Sheet for Theses and Dissertations". For a joint effort with others, or a follow-up of previous work, the student should clearly specify his/her contribution to the thesis.