Materials Science and Engineering (Doctor of Engineering)
Objective:Through the doctoral programs, students of this major are supposed to be cultivated into high-quality and high-level talent who master the thorough and extensive basic theories as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge in Materials Science and Engineering, gain the capability to independently engage in scientific research, acquire good experimental skills and scientific literacy, and carry out innovations and practice in the emerging, interdisciplinary and new technology fields related to materials.
Curriculum:
Core courses（Provided by College of Materials Science): Physico-Chemistry of Materials, Solid-State Physics and Other Specialized Courses for Four Majors, including Eco-Material, Functional Materials, Materials Process Engineer and Physico-Chemistry of Materials.
Core courses（Provided by Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials，IMPAM):Materials Physics，Practice of Materials Analysis , Creep of Materials, Thin Films Deposition and Analysis, Electron Diffraction Theory and Imaging Contrast Analysis，The Physical Base of the Material Properties, Space Group in Crystallography, etc.
Featured courses（IMPAM）: Physical Fundamentals of Materials Properties, Electron Diffraction and Diffraction Contrast Analysis and Space Group in Crystallography, etc.
Career:There are many career options for doctoral students, working either for state-owned enterprises and government-sponsored institutions, foreign-funded enterprises, or for listed companies in China and Beijing. Doctoral students can work in widely different industries. They can be engaged in industrial planning, technology development, process and equipment design, cleaner production evaluation and consultation in the fields of eco-materials and environmental life-cycle assessment of materials, refractory metals, nanotechnology and functional materials, green joining new materials and technologies, advanced structural materials, photoelectric functional materials, and efficient energy materials. They also can be engaged in scientific research in national materials research institutes.The Ph.D. students of the IMPAM excel at scientific research practice, especially the characterization techniques using microscopy, researching on the relationship between microstructure and performance of advanced materials, R&D of new materials, new devices and new applications. Therefore, they are capable of various jobs and widely praised by the employers after graduation, including large-scale scientific research institutes such as Chinese Academy of Sciences, universities, large enterprises and government-sponsored institutions, international companies and internationally renowned universities in the role of post-doctorates to give full play to their professional skills.
Materials Science and Engineering (Academic Master of Engineering)
Objective:Aims to cultivate high-level application-oriented talents with good morality, thorough basis, all-around development, physical and mental soundness, strong practical ability, dominant competitiveness and advanced innovations in the field of basic research or high-tech R&D of Material Science and Engineering. Besides, students should master the thorough and extensive basic theories as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge in major of Materials Science and Engineering, gain the concept of eco-materials, good experimental skills, scientific literacy and be capable of conducting scientific research or undertaking specialized technical work independently.
Curriculum:
Core courses (Materials Science): Principles of Structural Chemistry, X-Ray Crystallography, Physical Metallurgy of Materials, Thermodynamics and Phase Change of Materials, Advanced Metal Science, Life Cycle and Eco-Materials Assessment, the Theoretical Basis of Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials, the Theoretical Basis of Material Processing, Physico-Chemistry of Inorganic Materials.
Core courses (IMPAM):Nano-structure and Nano-Materials, Functional Metals, Physicals of Materials, Analysis and Experiment of Modern Material, Diffraction Physics and High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, Metal Texture and Its Analysis Method, Chemical and Biological Properties of Materials, Scanning Electron Microscopy.
Featured courses (Materials Science): Nanostructure and Nanomaterials, Semiconductor Physics, Advanced Ceramic Materials, Powder Engineering, Dielectric Materials, Testing Technology of Physical Property, Advanced Preparation Technology For Cement, Polymer Science, Functional Materials--Metal, Introduction to Composite Materials, Computational Materials Science, Fundamentals of Magnetic Principles and Magnetic Materials, Single Crystal Growth Theory and Technology, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Organic Silicon Materials and Applications, Joining Theory and Technology of Materials, Microelectronic Packaging Technology and Materials, Surface Engineering and Technology of Materials, The Soft Chemical Preparation Method of Material, The Principle of Liquid Metal Forming, Characterization and Application of Material Surface Performance, Metal Texture and Its analysis Method as well as Chemical and Biological Properties of Materials.
Featured courses (IMPAM): Nano-structure and Nano-Materials, Chemical and Biological Properties of Materials, Scanning Electron Microscopy.
Career:There are many career options for students with academic master's degree, working either for state-owned enterprises, government-sponsored institutions, foreign-funded enterprises or listed companies in China and Beijing. Graduates from this major can be engaged in industrial planning, technology development, process and equipment design, cleaner production evaluation and consultation in the fields of eco-materials and environmental life-cycle assessment of materials, refractory metals, nanotechnology and functional materials, green joining new materials, advanced structural materials, photoelectric functional materials and efficient energy materials. They also can be engaged in scientific research in national materials research institutes. The postgraduate students of the IMPAM excel at scientific research practice, especially the characterization techniques using microscopy, research on the relationship between microstructure and performance of advanced materials, R&D of new materials, new devices and new applications. Therefore, they are capable of various jobs and widely praised by the employers after graduation, including large-scale scientific research institutes such as Chinese Academy of Sciences, universities, large enterprises and government-sponsored institutions, international companies etc.
