That does sound quite comfortable Especially if you get paid for it! It's definitely something I will take into consideration!


Ah I see. That would also be an option, and since so many of you guys have been saying not to go to China, I guess I'll have to start looking elsewhere. Language was definitely one of my concerns regarding going to China.


And true, I probably wouldn't read THAT much, but personally I would try to understand what's happening and why, but maybe that's just me. I just believe that it is important to balance theory and practice, as well as being open to look at the existing technologies so that everything is not just theory and studies.


Yeah it's really awesome! I haven't had anyone to discuss all this with, and now I'm even getting advice on possible future choices (PhD)

It is mostly out of interest, but I don't think it will look bad on the CV either. I have a strong interest in security, but I'm still trying to figure out exactly where I'm going and hence I think it's a good idea to try all sorts of things, both theoretical and practical. So far I've had a general introduction to basic security, security in wireless technologies (physical level as well as some protocols) and then a "hacking course" which taught different methods to mess up a machine with x86. Now there are no more courses that I can follow, and rather than wasting my time on useless random courses, I can just as well travel to a different country,learn something there and get some international experiences 


As I've already started my Master Degree at my home university, doing an entire degree in China is not an option right now Which leaves me with an exchange stay as the only option.


Regarding the language proficiency: that makes really good sense! I've read a little about these tests but I still can't figure out how good I have to be at Chinese. However as you implicitly mention I will probably need to know a fair amount

Wait... What? You wanna go to China to complete your postgraduate studies, and you are from Europe? Are you insane? Who would want to go to China, I've never been there but I've known more than one individual who visited China, didn't say anything good about it.

Here's my suggestion, since you are from Europe, then choose another European country that is cheap.

Might be a tad insane, who knows    and well the entire point was to go somewhere outside of Europe    But that aside, money isn't a big issue for me, as long as we're at European tuition levels and not U.S. standards. How come they didn't say anything good? Was that about the country, people or universities?

I agree with axon, everyone i know says china is interesting to visit but theyd never want to live there.

And yes this is people who have been there

The plan was never to stay anyway, I was just seeing as an interesting place to do studying and sightseeing at the same time.

Hey everybody,

I was wondering if any of you guys have experience with taking courses in hacking/security in China? I'm about to apply for an exchange stay in China, and I have to pick some courses, however I feel like the information on the Internet is very limited, and I can't get any help from my university or fellow students. I found these few courses/degree programs:

Peking university:
- Network Hacking and Defense: Technology and Practice
- Network and Information Security

Hunan University of Science and Technology:
- Network Attack and Defense Technology
- Network Security
- Foundations of Cryptography

Huazhong University of Science and Technology:
- Master's Degree in Information Security (can't view the individual courses)


South China University of Technology:
- Master's Degree in Information Security (can't view the individual courses either)

It would also be a great help if any of you knew how much knowledge of the Chinese language that is required. I have gotten mixed information saying everything from fluent to basically nothing :/ (I know a little Chinese already, thank goodness!)

Any information will be a great help and appreciated!