Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Transportation Engineering

1.Transportation Engineering (Doctor of Engineering)

Objective: The Doctoral Program of Transportation Engineering is organized by the College of Metropolitan Transportation. In this program, we cultivate top-notch innovative talents in the fields of urban transportation, road engineering, transportation information and control, freight traffic, and rail engineering. We nurture good professional ethics, rigorous and down-to-earth work style. Students trained in this program are supposed to master a solid and broad theoretical foundation together with a systematic in-depth expertise of the transportation engineering discipline. What’s more, the students will gain the ability to independently engage in scientific research work, to achieve innovative results in science or expertise, and to conduct international academic exchanges with an international perspective.

Core Curriculum Courses: Transportation System Analysis, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Road Construction Materials, Structure Analysis of Roadbed and Pavement Structure, Urban Transportation, Public Transport System, Traffic Safety, Traffic Behavior Analysis, Information Fusion Theory and Applications, and Intelligent Traffic Control Theory and Applications.

Main Directions:

1).Traffic big data and intelligent control technology;

2). Transportation planning and management;

3). Traffic behavior and safety;

4). Structures and materials of roadbed and pavement;

5). Transportation infrastructure design and maintenance management

Career paths: Students trained in this program have opportunities to work in the government organizations such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Construction, related research institutes, universities, R&D centers of big enterprises. They could have a professional career regarding with conducting cutting-edge scientific research, making technical breakthroughs or develop products for transportation engineering, railway engineering, transportation, and intelligent transportation.

Transportation Engineering (Master of Engineering)

Objective: We aim to produce high-quality innovative talents in the fields of urban transportation, road engineering, transportation information and control, transportation, and rail engineering. Equipped with good professional ethics, rigorous and down-to-earth work style, the students are supposed to master the theory and systematic expertise in transportation engineering. Being innovative, they will have the ability to independently engage in scientific research or technology development, and have the basic ability to use foreign languages to carry out scientific research and academic exchanges.

Core Curriculum Courses: Optimization Methods, Intelligent Optimization Methods, Numerical Analysis, Transportation Engineering, Transportation Planning Model, Traffic Safety, Road Engineering, Pavement Design Principles, Traffic Information and Control Technology, and Road Alignment Design Theory.

Maintraining directions:

1). Traffic big data and intelligentcontroltechnology;

2). Transportation planningand management;

3).Trafficbehavior andsafety;

4). Structures and materials of roadbed and pavement;

5). Transportation infrastructure design and maintenance management

Career paths: Students following this pathway have opportunities to work in major research institutes, colleges and universities, as well as research institutes of enterprises and public institutions that are engaged in road engineering, railway engineering, transportation, and intelligent transportation.

Transportation Engineering (Professional degree)

Objectives:In the Master Program with professional degree of Transportation Engineering, we cultivate multi-background talents with solid foundation, versatile skill, and strong practical innovative ability. Students trained in this program are required to compliance with laws and policies of China, and have good professional ethics and professionalism, as well as scientific, rigorous, realistic and practical attitude for the study. The students are expected to understand the status together with the and developing trend in the discipline of Transportation Engineering, and master the basic knowledge and systematic expertise in the field of Transportation Engineering. After graduating from the program, the students should have the ability to independently engage in planning, design, construction, operation and management in the field of Transportation Engineering, and should be able to solve practical engineering problems with advanced techniques and methodology.

Core Curriculum Courses:Statistical Analysis and Application, Data Analysis Method and R software, Monograph of Traffic Engineering, Monograph of Road Engineering, Traffic Behavior Analysis, Traffic Planning Model, Design Principle of Subgrade and Pavement, Design Theory of Road Alignment, Design Technology of Traffic Engineering, Traffic Planning and Simulation, Monograph of Road Engineering Material, Project Management in Road Engineering, Traffic Impact Analysis, Monograph of Rail Engineering, Pavement Management and Maintenance, etc.

Main training directions:

1).Tranportation planning and management

2). Traffic behavior analysis and safety technology

3).Transportation information and intelligent control technology

4). Structures and materials of roadbed and pavement

5). Transportation infrastructure design and maintenance management

Career paths:Students trained in this program have opportunities to work in the institutes, enterprises, and government departments regarding with transportation engineering, road engineering, rail engineering, and intelligent transportation. It’s also possible for the students to continue further study for a doctoral degree.

2.Civil Engineering(Doctor of Engineering)

Objectives: In the talent training process, the College of Architectural and Civil Engineering cultivates students in eight second-level disciplines, namely, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering (National Key Discipline), Municipal Engineering, Heating/Gas Supply, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineering, Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Protection Engineering, Bridge and Tunnel Engineering, Civil Engineering Materials, and Civil Engineering Construction and Management. To meet the needs of high-level technical and management talents in civil engineering, the College cultivates future high-level innovative academic talents with global visions, and provides students with a strong theoretical foundation, systematic and in-depth expertise and professional skills of civil engineering, the ability to use the first foreign language to conduct academic research and communication, and applicable computer skills. The College aims to cultivates students into industry elites and social pillars who have the ability to independently and creatively engage in scientific research in civil engineering disciplines, solve practical problems in complex engineering, and achieve innovative results in science or expertise.

The main directions:

Earthquake resistance and seismic reduction of major engineering structures and comprehensive urban disaster prevention and mitigation;

Design theory and method of new system of high-performance materials and structures;

Frontier scientific problems and new technologies in geotechnical engineering;

Theory and technology of healthy circulation of urban water system;

Green building environment and energy efficiency and emission reduction technology.

Core Curriculum Courses: Elastoplastic Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Engineering Fluid Mechanics,Theories and Analysis Methods ofWave Motion for Engineering, Structural Damage Analysis andItsApplications,Soil Dynamics and Seismic Geotechnical Engineering,Earthquake Engineering, Advanced Theory of Concrete Structures, Advanced Theory of Bridge Structures,Advanced Hydraulics, Advanced WaterAnalyticalChemistry, Advanced Microbiology, History of Architectural Technology, and Theory and Practice of Architectural Heritage Protection.

Career Paths: In recent years, the graduates have been engaged in research, teaching, design and management related to civil engineering in scientific research institutes, colleges and universities, and design institutes.

Civil Engineering(Master of Engineering)

Objectives: The program aims to train high-level applied talents who face the needs of the new era of national strategic development, meet the needs of future social development, and develop all aspects of moral, intellectual, and physical development. These talents have certain humanities and scientific literacy, adapt to the needs of advanced technical and management talents in the field of civil engineering, master the solid basic theory and systematic expertise and professional skills in the field of civil engineering, and have the ability to carry out academic research in the first foreign language. They have the ability to communicate and engage in scientific research in civil engineering disciplines, solve practical engineering problems, and achieve certain innovative results in science or expertise.

Curriculum: Elastoplastic Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Structural Dynamics, Advanced Hydraulics, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Advanced Rock Mechanics, AdvancedTheory ofConcrete Structures, AdvancedTheory ofSteel Structures, Advanced Structural Analysis and Design, Earthquake Engineering, AdvancedTheory ofBridge Structures, Advanced Tunnel Engineering, Water EnvironmentalChemistry, Microbiology, Water Treatment Theory and Technology, Wastewater Treatment Theory and Technology,Theory and Technology of Water Supply and DrainageSystems, Advanced Heat Transfer,Numerical Analysis ofBuiltEnvironment and Energy Saving.

Career Paths: In recent years,the graduates have gone toresearch institutes, design units, construction units, etc., andbeen engaged inengineering investment management, planning, design, survey, scientific research as well as the construction technology development, construction management, engineering testing, engineering quality assessment, construction supervision, professional education of engineering, engineering insurance, public utility managementetc.

3.Urban Planning (Urban and Rural Planning)(Doctor of Engineering)

Objective: The main purpose is to cultivate academic innovative talents in the field of urban and rural planning. The degree winner shall master solid and broad basic theories and systematic and in-depth expertise; have an international vision and fully understand the latest academic development trend of the discipline; have the ability to carry out international academic cooperation and innovation; be able to independently engage in high-level scientific research and urban and rural planning and design and management in the field.

Curriculum:Core courses: Theoretical frontier of urban and rural planning, historical theory of urban and rural planning thoughts, review of contemporary urban and rural planning, frontier of human settlements science, urban and architectural research methods

Featured courses: Thematic design of urban and rural planning, planning and design of urban physical environment, theory and practice of housing and residential area planning, protection and utilization of urban and rural historical and cultural heritage, principles of urban and rural security and disaster reduction, frontier of village and town planning, housing and urban renewal, eco city and sustainable planning.

Careerpaths:After graduation, students can enter planning and Design Institute, engineering design company, professional research institute, government agencies and real estate enterprises to engage in urban and rural planning and design, research, management, engineering consulting and other related work.

Urban Planning (Urban and Rural Planning) (Master of Engineering)

Objectives: We provide students with positive moral values, physical and mental health, strong knowledge foundation, overall competency, along with skills in urban and rural planning theory, knowledge, technologies and methods, including further theoretical and practical development in related subjects such as urban sociology, urban economics, urban geography, and urban ecology and environment. We also support students with global visions to make them better suited for academic and scientific work. We aim to develop future inter-disciplinary professionals who can contribute to fields such as urban and rural planning research, design, and management. We provide students with global visions to make them better suited for academic and scientific work.

Curriculum:

Core courses: Urban Design Theory and Methods, Modern Urban Planning Theory, Regulatory Planning Theory and Methods, Architecture and Urban Research Methods, Urban and Rural Planning Research.

Featured courses: Urban Design Theory and Methods, Regulatory Planning Theory and Methods, Urban Forms Environmental Planning and Design, Theory and Practice of Housing and Residential Planning, Urban and Rural Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection and Utilization, Urban and Rural Safety and Disaster Risk Reduction Guiding Principles, and Architecture Landscape Planning and Design.

Careerpaths:Students following this pathway have all the career choices as described for urban and rural planning theory research, urban and rural planning design, urban and rural planning management, and urban and rural development.

4.Hydraulic Engineering (Master of Engineering)

Objectives: This discipline cultivates students who have rigorous attitudes and practical minds for studying, positive moral characters,strong knowledge foundation,overall competency, physical and mental health and strong practice ability. We aim to develop future high-level applied professionals with certain ability to innovate who may be engaged in the research on new theories, new technologies, new methods, new equipment, new processes, new materials and new management models in fields such as the hydraulic engineering, urban drainage engineering, agricultural water and soil engineering, environmental water conservancy, and hydrogeology. The students are expected to have a strong theoretical foundation and systematic expertise of Hydraulic Engineering and may be engaged in scientific research,engineeringdesign, engineering management and relevant technical works.

Curriculum: Optimization Methods, Finite Element Method, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Hydraulic Structures, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Advanced Rock Mechanics, Water Resources Planning and Management, Irrigation and Drainage Theory and Technology, Engineering Project Management (bilingual). Computational Fluid Mechanics, Water Environment Chemistry, Water-Saving Irrigation Theory and Technology, Watershed Hydrological Models, Mathematical Model and Simulation of Water Environment, Ecological Restoration of Water and Soil Pollution (bilingual), Water Information Technology and System Development, Principles and Applications of Finite Element Software, Soil Dynamics, Engineering Seepage Analysis and Control, Reliability Analysis of Hydraulic Structure, Structure and Engineering System Optimization, Safety Monitoring and Health Diagnosis of Hydraulic Buildings, and Hydraulic Engineering Economics.

Career paths: In recent years, students of this pathway are ideally placed to work in colleges and universities, research institutes, enterprises and institutions related to the hydraulic industry as well as the management departments of the government, and have all the career choices as described for hydrology and water resources, hydraulics and river dynamics, hydraulic structure engineering, hydraulic and hydropower engineering and other related works.

5.Architecture(Master of Engineering)

Objectives:We aim to develop future inter-disciplinary professionals who master major architectural theories and are competitive in research, development and innovation, performing high-potentially in architectural theory research and engineering,in the five research areas of metropolitan architecture and its environmental design, historical architecture and its environmental protection and renewal design, residential architectural design, architecture and urban green environmental technology, urban design

Curriculum :Modern Architectural Theory, Architectural Design Methods, Architectural and Urban Research Methods, Research-based Design, and Architectural Thematic Design (including architecture and environmental design, history of architecture and theory and heritage protection thematic design, residential architecture and environmental design, technical thematic design, green construction thematic design, and urban design).

Featured courses: Including Modern Architectural Theory and Architecture and Urban Research Methods.

Career paths: Students following this pathway have all the career choices as described for architectural design, urban design, research, planning, management and engineering consulting. Also, students of this pathway are ideally placed to work in survey and design institutes, engineering design companies, professional research institutes, government agencies, and real estate companies.

6.Architecture and Civil Engineering (Professional Master's Degree)

Objectives: This program aims tocultivate future high-level professionals in engineering technology and engineering management with positive moral characters,strongknowledgefoundation, overall competency, physical and mental health, strong engineering practice ability, and a certain ability to innovate. We provide students with a strong theoretical foundation and broad expertise inarchitecture andcivilengineering, the necessary management knowledge, and the advanced methods and modern technologies to solve engineering problems inarchitecture andcivilengineering. We aim tocultivatestudentsinto professionals that canbe engaged in scientific research, project development, engineering design, and engineering managementandsolve practical engineering problems in architecture and civil engineering and related technologies.

The main training directions: Earthquake resistance and seismic reduction of major engineering structures;

 Comprehensive urban disaster prevention and mitigation;

Design theory and method of new system of high-performance materials and structures;

Frontier scientific problems and new technologies in geotechnical engineering;

Theory and technology of healthy circulation of urban water system;

Green building environment and energy efficiency and emission reduction technology

Core Curriculum Courses: Fundamentals and Software Applications of Finite Element, Structural Experiment and Engineering Test Technology, Basic Theory of Elastoplastic Mechanics, Basic Theory of Structural Dynamics, Introduction to Earthquake Engineering,Theory and Technology of Structural SeismicEnergy Dissipation and Seismic Isolation, In-SituGeotechnicalTestingand Monitoring Techniques,Construction MaterialsTestingTechnology, Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, Advanced Concrete Structures, Modern Steel Construction and Design, Advanced Structural Analysis and Engineering Design Review, AdvancedTheory ofBridge Structures, Foundation Treatment Technology, Water EnvironmentalChemistry, Advanced Hydraulics, Microbiology, Water Treatment Theory and Technology, Wastewater Treatment Theory and Technology,Theory and Technology ofWater Supply and Drainage Systems, Biochemistry, Advanced Heat Transfer, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysisof Built Environment and Energy Saving, Building Physics and Building Energy-Saving Technology, Application of Mathematical and Physical Methodsin HVACSystems, Prestressed Steel Structure Technology, Advanced Tunnel Engineering, Advanced Subgrade and Pavement Engineering, Modern Tunnel Structure Theory, Engineering Structure Reinforcement Technology, Urban Underground Construction Technology.

Career Paths: In recent years,graduates have gone toscientific research institutes, design units and construction units, andbeen engaged inengineering investment management, planning, design, survey, scientific research as well as the construction technology development, construction management, engineering testing, engineering quality assessment, construction supervision, professional education of engineering, engineering insurance,andpublic utility management.