Admission Route

Prospective students may apply for the Science (Group A) program (JS5102) from the School of Science, or the Engineering with an Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence program (JS5282) from the School of Engineering, through direct choices in the JUPAS / Non-JUPAS admissions scheme.

Upon completion of the major pre-requisite courses at the end of the first year, students can declare major in Data Science and Technology.

For admission via JUPAS, please visit:  https://join.hkust.edu.hk/admissions/jupas

For DSCT program leaflet, please click: https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/dsct/dsct_program_leaflet.pdf

Selection Criteria of DSCT

No. of Credits Ranking Requirements
#Best 24 Credits

Complete and pass :

  • (MATH1012/MATH1013/MATH1023 AND MATH1014/MATH1024) OR MATH1020; AND
  • COMP1023

Notes:

# The best 24 credits earned in HKUST with the following courses must be included

  • MATH1014 / MATH1024 / MATH1020*; AND

  • COMP1023^

    * If credits are transferred for the above courses, other course grades would be used in the calculation. 

    ^ If credits are transferred for the above courses, the best grades of COMP2011/COMP2012/COMP2012H would be used in the calculation.

Admission route