PhD in Materials Science and Technology

This university major of materials science and engineering was founded in 1952, offering bachelor's degree. From 1955, this major started to offer the master's degree. It was authorized to offer the Doctor's degree in 1981 and was granted the permission to recruit post-doctors from 1985. Material Science and Engineering was listed as a key academic major of Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry in 1988, Ministry of Weaponry Industry Department in 1991, and National Defense Science and Technology Committee in 2001. It is one of national "211 Project", national "985 Project key academic majors, being incorporated into "Advanced Material Science and Technology Innovation Platform" in the second stage of "985". In 2005, the Materials Science and Engineering became a Level-I discipline. After more than 50 years of construction, this academic major has built a research platform, which can support various research fields of material science and engineering and combine materials design, fabrication, analysis, characterization, and performance assessment. The total assets of the equipment amounted to over 90 million yuan. This major has the abilities of solving the critical problems of material science and engineering in the construction of national economy, and has been leading a large number of national key projects, making tremendous achievements in a large number of applications of materials science and engineering.