Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
Bachelor in Data Science and Big Data Technology
Hangzhou, China
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
29 Jan 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2026
TUITION FEES
CNY 18,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for autumn semester
Key Summary
Focus on Computer Technology, Artificial Intelligence methods, and Statistical theory to solve Big Data intelligent analysis, processing and decision-making problems in industrial applications.
Related English-taught Master Program
Supported by the 4 master's degree programs in Mathematics Physics, Applied Statistics, Simulation Calculation and Statistics, we have established researching institutes for “Data Science and Artificial Intelligence” laboratory, focusing on areas such as “Machine Learning and Big Data Processing”, “Big Data Processing and Statistical Analysis”, “Big Data Analysis and Applications” and “Big Data Intelligent Processing."
Enrollment Advantage
At present, less than 10% of the total colleges and universities with majors and directions related to big data have been opened. The colleges and universities specialized in training international big data professionals are still blank. It is difficult to meet the needs of society in a short period of time, and the needs of international big data talents are huge.
This program is supported by the 4 master's degree programs. Students can continue to study for a master's degree in a relevant major after successfully completing this program. There is 1 school running an experimental center, 7 research institutes, 1 research center, and 1 innovation base in the school.
Students are assigned their personal mentors to guide in course selection, to suggest career path, to provide additional resources and laboratory access, to supervise after-class hands-on projects and competitions, to arrange on-campus part-time positions and industry internship opportunities. Our graduates have achieved excellent GPA performance and numerous competition awards, scholarships and honors.
Chinese Government Scholarship
Include High-Level Postgraduate Study Program and Silk Road Scholarship Program
Covering tuition, accommodation, insurance, and living allowance
International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship
Previously known as Confucius Institute Scholarship
Covering tuition, accommodation, insurance, and living allowance
Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students
- Master's Degree - CNY 30,000
Master applicants should be under the age of 35
- Bachelor's Degree - CNY 20,000
Bachelor applicants should be under the age of 30
Scholarship for Outstanding New Students of ZUST
- First prize - 100% of the first year's tuition fee
- Second prize - 70% of the first year's tuition fee
- Third prize - 50% of the first year's tuition fee
- Fourth prize - 30% of the first year's tuition fee
Promotion Scholarship no more than CNY 5000
Master applicants should be under the age of 30
Bachelor applicants should be under the age of 25
Notes: International students are eligible to apply for the scholarships above. To fill in scholarship form doesn't mean the applicants will get the scholarship 100%! The scholarship committee will review their documents and give final result.
Main courses
Core courses
- Database;
- Optimization Methods;
- Multivariate Statistical Analysis;
- Machine learning;
- Computer Organization and Architecture;
- Data Warehouse;
- Data Mining;
- Programming and Algorithm, etc.
Internship and practice
- Cognition Practice;
- Integrated Course Design;
- Special Experiments on Machine Learning Algorithms;
- Technology Practice;
- Undergraduate Design/Thesis
With the rapid development of AI technology, big data technical talents have a wide range of needs worldwide. From the world's top 500 companies such as BAT to small startups, they all need data talent.
After four years of study in Data Science and Big Data Technology, Most students can start their career in the following three directions:
- Big data development direction; the occupations involved are: big data engineer, big data maintenance engineer, big data R & D engineer, big data architect, etc .;
- Data mining, data analysis, and machine learning; the occupations involved are: big data analysts, big data senior engineers, big data analyst experts, big data miners, big data algorithm engineers, etc .;
- Big data operation and maintenance and cloud computing direction; corresponding positions: big data operation and maintenance engineer.
The other graduates continue to pursue postgraduate studies, in universities around China and overseas e.g. in Canada. Their excellent academic performance and extra-curriculum activity gives them an overwhelming advantage in scholarship applications. Many graduates proceed to pursue master’s degree at our own school with familiar supervisors.