The Ph.D. in Computer Application Technology (Natural Science) at Lanzhou University is a research‑oriented doctoral program offered through the School of Information Science and Engineering within the Computer Science and Technology first‑level discipline. This doctoral track focuses on fundamental and cutting‑edge research in computing and information technologies, grounding advanced theoretical study in mathematics and natural sciences while addressing complex problems in intelligent systems and computational science.
NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.
Extra Notes
Requirements Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental diseases that may affect the normal study, have a master’s degree and be under the age of 45 (Age limit is flexible for healthy applicants with certain work experience and high academic ability).
Language proficiency requirements:
1. Applicants for Chinese-taught programs of literature, history, philosophy, education and law should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 210,or HSK certificate of level 5 or above; applicants for other Chinese-taught programs should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 190.
2. There are no Chinese language proficiency requirements for the applicants of English-taught programs, but they (except for English native speakers) must have an internet-based TOEFL test score 90 or IELTS test score 6.5 (or above).