CUHK-Shenzhen has designed the programme for exceptionally motivated and mathematically talented students who wish to pursue a higher degree in the interdisciplinary research areas of Data Science, Operations Research and Management, Statistics, Computer Science, Optimization and Machine Learning. Admitted students will have opportunities to work in Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data or Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society on machine or artificial intelligence. SDS aims to produce the best trained MPhil-PhD students who will be capable of becoming faculty members at top research universities or working in leading research and development labs in industry.

CUHK-Shenzhen has designed the programme for students who wish to pursue an MPhil -Ph.D. degree in the broad area of Computer Science, with research focus on Computer Theory, AI and Machine Learning, Computer Systems and Networks, Multi-media and Human-computer Interface, Database and Software Engineering, Computer Graphics and Visualization, Could Computing, Computer Security, AI Control and related interdisciplinary areas. Admitted students will have opportunities to work in Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data (SRIBD) or Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS) and collaborated joint labs with industry. SDS aims to produce the best trained MPhil-Ph.D. students who will be capable of becoming faculty members at top research universities or working in leading research and development labs in industry.