The College of Materials was established in May, 2007. It consists of two departments, i.e., Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering and Dept. of Biological Materials. The Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering dates from the Dept. Materials Chemistry which was initiated across the country in 1986, the Dept. of Material Science was established in 1997 and renamed itself the Dept. of Materials Science &Engineering in 2001. The predecessor of the Dept. of Biological Material is the Research Center of Biomedical Engineering at Xiamen University, established in 2002.
The College of Materials is strong in the materials discipline. The Materials Science &Engineering discipline is the national 985 project and 211 project key discipline. Now, the college has a first-level discipline of Material Science and Engineering to award the doctoral degree and seven second-level discipline of doctoral authorized locations; it also has the right to grant master’s degree, which includes two first-level disciplines—material science and engineering and biomedical engineering, and eight second-level disciplines. It has a post-doctoral station of material science and engineering. Biomedical Engineering discipline and Materials Physics &Chemistry were rated as key subjects at the provincial level; Materials science and engineering discipline was listed in the national characteristic specialty. Materials discipline of Xiamen University has become the top 1% material science ESI research institutions across the world.
The college has established a strong contingent of high-quality teachers.There are 54 full-time teachers, 21 professors (including 18 doctoral supervisors) and 18 associate professors. there are 1 academician of Chinese academy of sciences, 1 Chinese academy of engineering, 2 winners of national outstanding youth science funding,four of them are distinguished professors of “Min-Jiang Scholar”, and another two received Xiamen University Distinguished Professorship; there are also 4 professors who are members of the Ministry of Education's training program for the Leading Figure for the New Century and 6 professors who are members of the training program for the Leading Figure of Fujian Province for the New Century.
The college has established inter-school cooperation with over 30 universities and research institutes in United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The construction of the Cross-strait New Material Technology Development Center by Material Society of both sides has settled down in our college, promoting the further development of the mainland-Taiwan communication .The college has undertaken more than 20 important international academic seminars and national conferences.
At present, the college is striding towards the world famous high level research institute.
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