I Introduction
The College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, now the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (SCCE), of Yangzhou University was founded in 1952 as a section of Yangzhou Normal College. At present, SCCE offers six undergraduate majors, including Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Polymer Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering & Processing, Medicinal Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. Both Chemistry and Materials Science disciplines rank among the top 1% worldwide by the essential scientific index (ESI). Moreover, SSCE boasts its primary Chemistry discipline doctoral programs covering Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Environmental Chemistry, Food Chemistry. Notably, both Chemistry and Applied Chemistry subjects are elected to the ‘Jiangsu Provincial Key Subjects’, while its Polymer Material Science & Engineering is elected to the ‘Excellence Engineers Education Programs’ by the Chinese Education Ministry and ‘Specially Supported Majors’ in Jiangsu Province.
SCCE offers three Master’s programs for primary-level disciplines in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Technology and Materials Science & Engineering, and 13 subordinate discipline Master’s programs covering Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology, Biochemistry, Applied Chemistry, Industrial Catalysis, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Materials Science, Materials Processing, and Teaching of Chemistry. SCCE currently has a provincial key laboratory of "Environmental Materials and Environmental Engineering". It also has three ‘National Excellent Courses’, namely Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and General Chemistry; one ‘National bilingual education demo course’ (Organic Chemistry); one ‘National-level teaching team’ (teaching team of Physical Chemistry); and 4 provincial-level ‘Distinctive Majors’.
SCCE hosts a provincial experimental teaching model center with state-of-the-art instruments and management model. It has also established a testing center for large-scale instruments, providing a strong support for scientific research and technical/social services, which has passed national metrology accreditation and laboratory accreditation. In collaboration with local enterprises, SCCE has established three provincial engineering technological research centers.
SCCE is home to more than 1500 undergraduate and graduate students and has high-quality teaching staff, with 120 full-time teachers, including 47 professors and 46 associate professors. 98 faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees. In the past three years, SCCE has managed to run more than 100 provincial (ministerial)-level scientific research projects, including about 40 National Natural Science Foundation projects.
Here at SCCE, we attach great importance to the strengthening of students’ abilities to practice what they have learnt from courses and encourage them to innovate. Exchange and collaborative research initiatives with top-tier foreign universities are also strongly supported.
II Training objectives
√ To understand the core problems relevant to the subdisciplines of chemistry and chemical engineering through extensive training in theory, lab experiments and, optionally but preferably, industrial practice
√ To acquire the capability, including communication and other soft and interpersonal skills, to conduct independent and collaborative academic research in a field related to chemistry, chemical engineering or other relevant disciplines
√ To acquire the essential knowledge and capability to deal with real-world problems
√ To become into a person with great work ethics, global vision, a strong sense of social and societal responsibility and a set of core values that will help shape a more equitable and inclusive community and society
III Research fields
Three research fields are offered in this joint program:
Bioengineering
√ Develop and produce useful biological products or cultivate valuable plants and new varieties (lines) through genetic manipulation and cell and tissue culture at the cellular level;
√ Develop bioreactors that transform and produce specific substances using enzymes or microorganisms, animal and plant cells or organelles
Food Engineering
√ Develop the studies on food nutrition and health, new processing, quality and safety and other scientific issues;
√ Develop novel products and technologies based on the combination of actual needs of processing technology and equipment innovation, traditional food standards and industrialization, intensive processing of agricultural (water) products, biological transformation and comprehensive utilization, natural products and functional foods, food safety testing and risk assessment, as well as food quality and safety supervision and management
Pharmaceutical Engineering
√ Focus on chemical synthesis pharmaceutical, drug preparation research, drug analysis and testing and quality standard research, biopharmaceutical, as well as drug production quality management.
Ⅳ Duration
A full-time graduate student should expect to study a minimum of six semesters to complete the degree requirements. The maximum of ten semesters is also allowed to complete the degree requirements.
Ⅴ Degree
Master of Engineering (Yangzhou University)
Ⅵ Main training process and assessment requirements
1. Course study
The course study is conducted in strict accordance with the training plan, among which public courses, professional basic courses and elective courses are mainly concentrated on campus, and school-enterprise joint courses, case courses and professional literacy courses can be carried out on campus or in enterprises.
2. Academic activities
Postgraduates should take an active part in various academic exchange activities and encourage them to conduct academic exchanges with their counterparts at home and abroad. Postgraduate students shall participate in academic reports and thematic discussions for no less than 20 times. After participating in academic activities, students should fill in the《Record Form of Academic Activities for Postgraduates of Yangzhou University》to make comments on academic activities. The graduate students who make academic reports should fill in the《Registration Form for Graduate Academic Reports of Yangzhou University》, and attach the written materials or copies of the reports. The above forms will be collected by the graduate secretary of the school after being reviewed and signed by the supervisor, and submitted to the school for review and archiving. Only those who have completed the relevant regulations of the《Opinions of Yangzhou University on the Establishment of Postgraduate Academic Lecture System》(Yang Dayan [2004] No.14) can get 2 credits.
3. Professional practice
Engineering master degree students should carry out professional practice, which can be combined with concentrated practice and segmented practice. The professional practice time of engineering master's degree graduates with 2 years or more working experience in enterprises should not be less than 6 months, and the professional practice time of engineering master's degree graduates without 2 years working experience in enterprises should not be less than 1 year. The professional practice of part-time engineering master degree graduates can be carried out in combination with their own job tasks.
4. Thesis proposal
Dissertation research is an important means for engineering master's students to master the research ability of engineering practical problems based on practical experience by comprehensively applying the basic theories and professional knowledge they have learned. The topic should derive from engineering practice or have a clear engineering application background. The dissertation research work should generally be combined with professional practice, and be completed on campus or off campus according to the actual topic, with a time of not less than 1 year.
5. Joint Training Initiative of Government, Industry, Academia, and Research
The joint training initiative of government, industry, academia, and research is an effective way to improve the training quality of engineering master's graduates. We should actively carry out school-enterprise joint training, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of enterprises, absorb high-quality educational resources from enterprises to participate in the postgraduate education system, give play to the important role of enterprises in personnel training, promote the combination of production and learning, and cooperate in education, and improve the quality of school-enterprise joint training. Encourage joint training bases with enterprises to explore long-term guarantee mechanisms and efficient operation and management systems for win-win cooperation. Make full use of provincial enterprises' graduate workplaces and industry-university-research bases, and closely link the training process with scientific research, and promote economic and social development.
6. Mentorship
Tutor guidance is an important guarantee to ensure the quality of engineering master's degree. It is necessary to establish the guidance system of the tutor group guided by the training of engineering ability, and strengthen the guidance of the whole process of training engineering master's degree students. The tutor group should include teachers from educational institutions with high academic level and rich teaching experience, as well as experts from enterprises with rich practical engineering experience. Implement the dual tutoring system. The implementation of the internal and external guidance of the two mentors, with the internal mentor as the main and overall responsibility. External tutors mainly participate in the guidance of graduate students' practice, topic selection, project research, thesis writing and other links.
7. Dissertation
The defense of master's thesis shall be organized by the school, and the specific defense shall be taken charge of by the Defense Committee, which shall be composed of no less than 5 experts related to the field. The chairman of the Defense Committee shall be a professor with deep academic attainments in the discipline or an external expert entrusted by the principal of the discipline. It shall be implemented in accordance with the《Rules for Awarding Doctoral and Master Degrees of Yangzhou University》([2014] No. 36 of Graduate Institute of Yang University).
