{"674284":{"#nid":"674284","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTSI Offers Study Abroad Opportunities for MSA Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Shelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocated in the city of Shenzhen \u2014 known as \u201cChina\u2019s Silicon Valley\u201d \u2014 is Georgia Tech\u2019s newest international instructional site. The GT-Shenzhen campus offers some of the same courses taught at the Institute\u2019s Atlanta campus, while also providing students with language and cultural immersion activities and opportunities to see real-world analytics applications in this vital part of the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am excited about the international opportunities GT-Shenzhen will provide for our students,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/xiaoming-huo\/\u0022\u003EXiaoming Huo\u003C\/a\u003E, A. Russell Chandler III professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and an associate director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.analytics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMaster of Science in Analytics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E(MSA) program. Huo oversees the MSA program at the Shenzhen campus, which opened its doors to the first cohort of China-based students in Fall 2021. The MSA is one of five master\u2019s degrees offered at Shenzhen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MSA students at GT-Shenzhen study the same curriculum that their Stateside counterparts encounter as part of the MSA or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/analytics\u0022\u003EOMSA (Online Master of Analytics)\u003C\/a\u003E program. Because of this, U.S. students will soon be able to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.shenzhen.gatech.edu\/gt-shenzhen-exchange\/\u0022\u003Ecome to Shenzhen for a semester-long study abroad experience\u003C\/a\u003E, similar to Georgia Tech-Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic focus areas is to \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/strategicplan.gatech.edu\/focus\/global#:~:text=Be%20a%20hub%20of%20a,education%2C%20research%2C%20and%20service.\u0022\u003Econnect globally,\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d particularly in the areas of research, collaboration, industry, and education. The Shenzhen campus, Huo noted, is perfectly placed to help the Institute \u2014 and its students \u2014 accomplish this.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EForty years ago, Shenzhen was little more than a fishing village. Today, with a population of about 18 million, it is one of China\u2019s fastest-growing technology centers, with the third-highest GDP in the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Huo has received numerous inquiries from students about studying abroad at GT-Shenzhen, because of the pandemic, it been difficult to send U.S.-based students before this year. MSA and OMSA students are now encouraged to spend a semester at GT-Shenzhen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn Shenzhen, the technology sector is quite developed, and it\u2019s also close to Hong Kong, which itself is a highly international city,\u201d Huo said. \u201cThis will not only give our MSA students the chance to see how industry in China works; they will also be able to explore this very dynamic part of the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMSA and OMSA students who are interested in study abroad opportunities can visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.shenzhen.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGT-Shenzhen website\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for more information. Some study abroad scholarships are available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs with Georgia Tech-Europe in France, the Shenzhen campus welcomes MSA students for a semester abroad in China.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As with Georgia Tech-Europe in France, the Shenzhen campus welcomes MSA students for a semester abroad in China."}],"uid":"36359","created_gmt":"2024-04-19 17:44:21","changed_gmt":"2024-04-19 17:45:16","author":"ecalhoun8","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673778":{"id":"673778","type":"image","title":"image-90-b7b6692138eb524d.png","body":null,"created":"1713548666","gmt_created":"2024-04-19 17:44:26","changed":"1713548666","gmt_changed":"2024-04-19 17:44:26","alt":"GT-Shenzhen Students","file":{"fid":"257214","name":"image-90-b7b6692138eb524d.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/image-90-b7b6692138eb524d.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/image-90-b7b6692138eb524d.png","mime":"image\/png","size":143866,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/19\/image-90-b7b6692138eb524d.png?itok=RcVzw9HF"}}},"media_ids":["673778"],"groups":[{"id":"660346","name":"Master of Science in Analytics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"117311","name":"MSA"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}