Materials and Chemical Engineering

(Professional category code: 0856)

I. Professional Category Overview

Materials and Chemical Engineering focuses on applied research in the field of chemical engineering, materials, and the intersection of materials and chemical engineering. The field of materials engineering is mainly based on natural disciplines such as physics and chemistry, and studies the four basic elements of materials: composition and structure, preparation and processing, properties and service performance, and their interrelationships and governing laws, as well as the production and preparation technologies and processing processes of materials and construction, and the impact and protection of materials on the environment. The field of chemical engineering is an engineering field that studies the common laws and applied technologies of chemical and physical processes carried out in the chemical industry and other industrial processes. It is guided by the discipline of chemical engineering and combines basic theory with engineering applications, involving product development, process development, process design, system simulation, equipment strengthening, operation control, environmental protection, production management, etc.

The disciplines of Chemical Engineering and Technology and Materials Science and Engineering of Nanjing Tech University are among the earliest batch of disciplines established by China, ranked A and B+ in the fourth round of discipline evaluation, and both are superior disciplines ranking first in Jiangsu Province. Relying on two first-level doctoral programs in chemical engineering and technology and materials science and engineering, and two professional master's degree programs in materials and chemical engineering and light industry technology and engineering, taking 5 national-level platforms as bases, namely the State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, National Biochemical Engineering Technology Research Center, the Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, and the "Construction of Public Service Platform for Industrialization of Innovation Achievements in Industrial Catalysis" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, The doctoral program in materials and chemical engineering serves the needs of society and regional development, and gives full play to its strengths in application translation and solving key major technology problems.

II. Cultivation Orientation and Goals

Guided by Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, the discipline comprehensively implements the Party's education policy, takes establishing moral values and educating people as the fundamental, and the all-round moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic development as the main line, deeply promotes the construction of course ideology and politics, and cultivates high-level talents with firm political stance, noble ideological character, rigorous academic attitude and innovative spirit.

The cultivation goal of masters in materials and chemical engineering is to cultivate high-level applied and compound engineering technical and engineering management talents. Professional master students are required to: uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, love the motherland, obey the disciplines and law, have a high sense of social responsibility to serve the country and the people, good professional ethics and entrepreneurial spirit, scientific, rigorous, truth-seeking and pragmatic learning attitude and work style, and be physically and mentally healthy. Master the solid basic theories and broad professional knowledge of materials and chemical industry, be familiar with the relevant norms in the fields of the industry, and have the ability to independently undertake engineering planning, engineering design, engineering implementation, engineering research, engineering development, engineering management and other specialized technical work in a certain direction of the industry, and have good professional quality. Master a foreign language.

III. Study Period and Credits

The courses for masters in Materials and Chemical Engineering can be divided into full-time and part-time modes. The study period for full-time professional master students is generally 3 years, with a maximum of 5 years. The maximum study period for part-time professional master students is not more than 6 years.

The minimum total credits required for professional master students is 32 credits, including 24 credits for courses (12 credits for public degree courses, 6 credits for professional degree courses, 2 credits for professional elective courses and 4 credits for public elective courses), 2 credits for attending academic lectures/reports (at least 15 times) and 6 credits for professional practice.

For professional master students who enter the University with the same academic degree or change their majors, they must take the main undergraduate courses of their current majors or the main courses (no less than two courses) of the graduate students in this discipline. The make-up courses will only be recorded with grades and no credits, but they should be included in the personal cultivation plan.

In principle, the study of courses for professional master stuents should be completed within the first semester.

IV. Curriculum Setting

V. Compulsory Links Management

1. Academic lectures/reports/ sports (2 credits)

Professional master students must attend at least fifteen academic seminars on and off campus (at least two lectures of humanities and aesthetics quality) during their study period, at least five of which are arranged by the Graduate School, and also participate in activities such as sunshine run on campus and sports meeting in order to obtain 2 credits.

2. Professional practice (6 credits)

Professional master students must participate in professional practice. The time of professional practice should be not less than 6 months for professional master students with 2 years or more working experience in enterprises, and should be not less than 1 year for professional master students without 2 years working experience in enterprises. The professional practice of part-time professional master students can be carried out in conjunction with the tasks of their own jobs. The organization of professional practice should implement and embody the principles of combining "centralized practice and sectional practice", "on-campus practice and on-site practice", and "professional practice and thesis work". A total of 6 credits is for professional practice sessions.

Professional practice should have clear task requirements and assessment indexes. Before the defense, graduate students should write a professional practice report of not less than 5,000 words, which will be assessed by experts inside and outside the university and the person in charge of the professional practice unit. Those who pass the assessment will be given 6 credits; and those who fail to pass assessment cannot participate in the defense. Requirements are detailed in the "Measures for Management of Professional Practice for Professional Master Students of Nanjing Tech University" (Nan Gong Yan (2019) No. 12).

VI. Thesis

1. Basic requirements for thesis

The topic of the thesis should come from the actual engineering or have a clear engineering application background, can be the design or research topic of a complete engineering technology project, can be a special topic of technological tackling and technical transformation topics, and can be about the research and development of new process, new equipment, new materials, new product, etc.

The thesis must be completed independently by graduate students with master's degree in engineering under the guidance of the supervisory group (including enterprise supervisors) oriented to the cultivation of engineering ability, meet corresponding technical requirements and involve sufficient workload, reflect the author's ability to comprehensively apply scientific theories, methods and technical means to solve engineering and technological problems, be advanced and practical, and achieve good results.

The thesis may take the form of product development, engineering planning, engineering design, applied research, engineering/project management, research reports, etc.

2. Thesis proposal

The topic should come from an applied topic or a practical problem, and must have a clear professional background and application value. Graduate students should write a proposal based on their topic selection and practical research.

The proposal report should be publicly conducted within the field at the end of the third semester or the beginning of the fourth semester, and should be validated by 3-5 experts in the relevant fields, including at least 2 enterprise experts represented by industrial professors. Students may not apply for defense at least half a year after their proposal report passes assessment, as as detailed in the Requirements for the Proposal Report of Graduate Students of Nanjing Tech University (Nan Gong (2014) Yan Zi No. 17).

3. Thesis review and defense

Professional master students can apply for defense after completing all the links and credits stipulated in the cultivation plan. Thesis reviewers and members of the defense committee should include experts holding senior professional and technical positions in relevant industrial practice fields. Requirements for thesis review and defense are detailed in the Detailed Rules for the Master's Thesis Defense and Review and Degree Application of Nanjing Tech University.

4. Academic achievement requirements

The academic achievements of professional master students in materials and chemical engineering are required to be implemented in accordance with the Measures for Assessment of Scientific Research Achievements of Master's Degree Applicants of Nanjing Tech University.

VII.Criteria for Graduation and Degree Awarding

The criteria for graduation and awarding degrees are in accordance with the relevant regulations of the university and the college.