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Admission

Master’s Admissiom for the academic year 2024-2025


Applications for registration begin through the Department of Post-Graduate Studies at HIAST from:

8/9/2024 until  3/10/2024.

In person at:

The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology

Damascus, Barzeh Prefabricated Housing, Qasioun Road,

 or by Fax No. 011-5140761.

HIAST announces the registration dates for the master’s programs for the academic year 2023-2024 in one of the following specializations:

1-      Communication Systems (in one of the specializations: Radio and Mobile Communication, Communications Networks, Signal Processing). The candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering in one of the following specializations: (communications, electronics, informatics, or equivalent).

 

2-      Materials Science and Engineering (specialty in Polymer Science and Technology):  The candidate must hold a university degree in one of the following specializations: (Materials Engineering, Physical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Bachelor’s in Physics, Bachelor’s in Chemistry, or equivalent).

 

 

3-      Informatics (in one of the two specializations: Big Data Systems, Information and Decision Support Systems): The candidate must hold an engineering degree in one of the following two specializations: (Informatics Engineering, Computers’ Engineering) or its equivalent for the Big Data systems specialization. As for the specializing of Information and Decision Support Systems, the candidate must have a university degree in Informatics or an equivalent.

 

4-      Automatic Control and Robotics (in one of the two specializations (Automatic Control, Robotics). The candidate must hold an engineering degree in one of the following specializations: (Electronic Systems Engineering, Automatic Control Engineering, Industrial Automation, Mechatronics Engineering, or an equivalent).

 

 

5-      Optical Science and Engineering (in one of the two specializations (Laser Systems, Optical Systems). The candidate must hold a university bachelor’s degree in one of the following specializations or its equivalent: (Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Physical Engineering, Medical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electronic Systems Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Communications Engineering).

 

Required Documents:

- A certified copy of the graduation certificate with at least a GOOD grade.

 - A copy of your personal ID.

 - University transcripts.

- Fill out a master’s registration application form at the Department of Post-Graduate Studies at HIAST, or it can be downloaded from our website; each according to his specialty.

 - A certificate for the English language level, if available, to consider exempting the applicant from the language test at HIAST, according to the opinion of the appropriate committee.

The specialization will be opened if the minimum number of admitted students is met.

The scientific exam will be conducted in two parts, the first of which is common to all majors for critical thinking and problem solving, similar to what is found in the ETS-GRE Quantitative Reasoning available at the link: https://hiast.edu.sy/ar/postgraduate-studies

 And a specialized section for the required master’s degree (for more details, please refer to the link to the master’s program page).

- The student must pass the English language test that will be conducted at HIAST or submit a document of success in the master’s test from the Higher Institute of Languages.

 - Admitted students are selected based on the results of the academic admission test, graduation rate, and source of the certificate.