1、This major aims at cultivating innovative and versatile talents specializing in computer science and technology who are able to play an active role in the construction of national economy, development of science and technology and social progress. Students are required to master solid and extensive basic theory and systematic and in-depth professional technology, and make groundbreaking research achievements in the field of computer application technology.

2、Length of Schooling: 3.5 years

3、Main Research Areas: 01. Study of Artificial Intelligence and Machine; 02. Cognitive Science and Simulation of Thinking in Images; 03.Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Graphics (CG); 04. Contemporary Integrated Manufacturing Technology; 05. Intelligence Design; 06. Intellisense; 07. Information Intelligence and Decision Support; 08. Computer Vision and Intelligent Robot; 09. Network Multimedia Technology; 10. Engineering Database; 11. Intelligent Control; 12. Computer Network and Information Communication System; 13. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 14. Information Safety; 15. E-commerce and E-government; 16. Middleware; 17. Digital Library Technology

4、Learning Requirements of Program
Credit system is applied for the setting of program. The doctoral candidates of this major should obtain the minimum credit of 14, of which the credit of public degree course is 4, professional degree course 6, elective course 2 and book reading report 2.

5、Requirements of Training Link
（1）、Requirements of Book Reading Report: The doctoral candidate is required to finish 6 times of book reading report during his study and publicly make at least 1to2 times of book reading report at the academic forum of subject or college. 6 credits shall be given if 2 times of book reading reports are finished.
（2）、Requirements of Thesis Proposal:enough literatures should be read before starting the thesis proposal. The doctoral candidate should fill in the thesis proposal with specified format, which should be carried out publicly and in a centralized way in the institute (or the major) and then be jointly examined and approved by tutor group and other teachers of the major. The time for thesis proposal can be determined according to the research progress of the doctoral candidate, but the latest time is the end of the second academic year after enrollment.
（3）、Requirements of Professional Foreign Language:literature reading should focus on foreign literature; able to write academic thesis in foreign language and take part in symposium of relevant subjects made by foreign experts.
（4）、Requirements of Thesis Publication:the doctoral candidate should publish several pieces of high-quality thesis during his study, which is the condition for applying for the defense of doctoral thesis. The requirements of thesis publication to doctoral candidates, defense of doctoral thesis and degree conferral should be implemented in accordance with relevant provisions of Graduate School of Zhejiang University.

6、Others
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