Master of Science in Information Technology

Award Requirements

For 2024/25 intake and onwards, students are required to complete 31 credits for MSc in Information Technology. In general, each subject takes place once a week in the evening over a 13-week semester. Full-time students normally take four to five subjects in a semester, whereas part-time students usually take two subjects.  Some subjects might also be offered during the summer to provide greater flexibility to students in designing their study pattern.

Students can choose to study a MScIT degree with stream(s) or without stream by taking the required subjects.

• Programme Core subjects: P-core
• Stream Core subjects: S-core
  
  

*Students can take Master level elective subjects within the MScIT programme to satisfy their elective requirements, subject to the pre-requisite and exclusion requirements.

List of Subjects

While every stream has its own group of core subjects, a range of electives is offered depending on the availability of teaching resources and the number of registered students. Students are allowed to choose from a common pool of electives within the Department of Computing, subject to vacancies available. All subjects are three-credit based unless otherwise stated.

• Programme core subjects: P-core
• Stream core subjects: S-core
• Elective subjects: E

**Students can take either COMP5422 or COMP5425 to satisfy one S-core for the stream in visual computing.

#: Students could take up to 6 credits of Non-COMP electives offered by other Departments of PolyU during the study period.

All subjects are offered at the discretion of subject offering departments, depending on students’ demand and resources available.

Please also visit http://www.polyu.edu.hk/study for other details of the programme and admission.