You will study at a university with the top-ranked mathematics discipline in Hebei Province, which holds a first-level doctoral degree authorisation in mathematics. In the fifth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, it ranked among the top in the country. The computer science discipline offers two first-level master’s degree programmes and four provincial-level research platforms, including the Hebei Engineering Research Centre for Supply Chain Big Data Analytics and Data Security and three other platforms, while the education discipline holds a doctoral degree authorisation and three provincial key research centres, including the Hebei Digital Education Collaborative Innovation Centre and two other centres.

You will have opportunities to engage with cutting-edge research projects supported by these high-level platforms. In 2025, the University joined the 'Tiange Project' to collaborate with Tsinghua University and other leading institutions on satellite development and high-energy astrophysics research. In March 2026, the University’s independently developed 'Hebei Normal University · Zhenzhi' satellite payload was completed, and will be launched for in-orbit testing.

△ March 2026: Completion of the 'Hebei Normal University · Zhenzhi' satellite payload

△ Students from Northeastern State University, USA, experience the AR key laboratory of the School of Mathematical Sciences

You will also benefit from the academic strengths of the University of Stirling, where mathematics and computer science programmes rank in the top 20 in the UK, with 95 per cent of research in these fields rated as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. The University holds a QS Five Star overall rating, and its School of Education is ranked second in the UK.

  From your first day, you will have the same access as University of Stirling students to the Canvas learning platform, library resources, online learning environments and high-quality online courses.

△Students studying at the University of Stirling