The Master of Science in Information Technology—Privacy Engineering (MSIT-PE) degree is a one-year program designed for computer scientists and engineers who wish to pursue careers as privacy engineers or technical privacy managers. Designed in close collaboration with industry and government, this program is intended for students who aspire to play a critical role in building privacy into future products, services, and processes.
This first-of-its kind program responds to the rapidly growing need for technical privacy expertise. As organizations develop new products, services, infrastructures and business processes that facilitate the collection and management of an ever-wider range of customer data, they are discovering that privacy issues need to be addressed from the very beginning of the design process. Over the past several years, both industry and government organizations have created positions for people responsible for ensuring that privacy is an integral part of the design process. These people are brought in as in-house consultants who work as part of multi-disciplinary teams. They have to understand technology and be able to integrate perspectives that span product design, software development, cyber security, human computer interaction, as well as business and legal considerations. Today organizations are already reporting a significant shortage of people who are adequately trained to play this increasingly crucial role, while demand is continuing to increase.
卡内基梅隆大学的计算机学院专业排名第一。CMU MSIT-PE项目招生对象一般为计算机科学、计算机工程、软件工程等专业的学生，对学生的专业课成绩要求非常高，且特别注重学生的学术背景和在工业或商业方面的工作经验。对学生的学术成就很看重，要求简历中包括学术研究和工业经验的总结和出版物列表，或者有任何同行评审的研究出版物等要求。对学生的语言成绩包括GRE、TOEFL、雅思的要求都很高。因此申请该项目的难度非常大，在该项目就读的大陆学生绝大多数来源于国内重点高校的高材生，而且每年录取的学生人数也非常少。郭同学的本科专业对她的申请有一定的优势，但郭同学的专业课成绩稍显平淡，而且她在科研方面的优势也不明显。爱祖儿老师根据郭同学的实际情况进行了全面的指导，在背景提升上丰富了郭同学的学术背景和相关的工作经验，在文书的指导上突出郭同学的科研能力以及对该项目领域的深刻见解，巧妙地对郭同学的背景进行扬长避短，凸显出她在学术领域的研究潜力。最后在共同的努力下，成功帮助郭同学成功拿下了她梦寐以求的dream school offer！
