PhD Chemical Engineering and Technology

Chemical Engineering and Technology

(Discipline Code: 0817)

I. Discipline Overview

Chemical Engineering and Technology is an engineering technology discipline that studies the common laws of material transformation, material composition change, material properties and their changes in the chemical industry and other process industries, as well as the key technologies for the design, operation and optimization of related process and equipment. It takes the basic theories of chemistry, physics, mathematics, chemical engineering thermodynamics, transfer process principles, chemical reaction engineering, separation engineering, process system engineering, etc. as the basic knowledge system, and experimental research, theoretical research and computer simulation as the research methods, and serves various fields of economy and society through engineering applications.

Chemical Engineering and Technology of Nanjing Tech University is among the earliest batch of disciplines established by China, ranked A grade in the fourth round of discipline evaluation, and is a preponderant discipline ranking first in Jiangsu Province. It has the State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Special Separation Membrane. It has a well-structured and energetic faculty with academicians, outstanding youth and chief scientists of the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) as the leaders, middle-aged and young doctoral supervisors as the backbone, and young doctors returning from overseas as the main body. The development of chemical engineering and technology is closely linked and crossed with mathematics, physics, chemistry, material science, environmental science, biology and other disciplines, forming six secondary disciplines of chemical engineering, chemical process, industrial catalysis, biochemistry, applied chemistry and material chemical engineering.

II. Cultivation 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 doctoral degree in chemical engineering and technology is to cultivate highly qualified and high-level international chemical talents who can adapt to the requirements of modern chemical industry. Doctoral students are required to: master a solid and broad basic theory and systematic and in-depth expertise in the discipline. Be able to conduct scientific research independently and creatively, and have the ability to lead larger scientific research and technology development projects or to solve and explore China's economic and social development problems. Make creative achievements in fields and industries such as modern chemistry. Master a foreign language. Students in chemical engineering and technology should be able to read general and popular foreign international scientific and technical references. They should have strong ability to read foreign references and communicate with foreigners in terms of their own research direction.

III. Cultivation Direction

1. Chemical engineering:Molecular and interfacial chemical engineering, chemical separation theory and technology, chemical reaction engineering.

2. Chemical process:Molecular design and atomic economy reaction, fine chemical synthesis process, chemical process integration and optimization, green chemical process, new chemical process.

3. Industrial catalysis:Nanocatalysis technology, membrane catalysis technology, design and preparation of new catalytic materials, petroleum and fine chemical catalytic processes.

4. Biochemical:Bioreaction engineering, bio-separation engineering, biomass chemical engineering, bioreactor engineering.

5. Applied chemistry:Fine organic synthesis, new surfactant synthesis and surface chemistry research, organic and macromolecular structure determination and characterization, research of trace substance testing methods, coordination chemistry, applied electrochemistry.

6. Materials chemical engineering:Nanomaterials and technology, membrane materials and separation technology, molecular sieve and composite materials.

IV. Study Period and Credits

1. The study period of full-time doctoral students is generally 4 years. If an extension is necessary, one must file an application, which should be agreed by the supervisor or supervisory group, reviewed by the college, and then reported to the Graduate School for approval. The maximum study period should be implemented in accordance with the Regulations on the Management of Academic Registration of Graduate Studies of Nanjing Tech University, and within the extended period, doctoral students should no longer enjoy relevant financial support from the state and the university.

2. The study period for students in the full-time combined master and doctor degree program is generally 6-7 years (including the master's stage).

The minimum total credits required for doctoral students is 12 credits, including 6 credits for courses and 6 credits for compulsory links.

V. Curriculum Setting

(I) Curriculum Setting and Credits

(II) Course requirements and study methods

1. Public degree courses

Chinese Marxism in the Contemporary Era (2 credits), which is taught by teachers by giving lectures and organizing seminars.

Foreign language (2 credits), usually English, taught by teachers by giving lectures.

2. Those who have been admitted to doctoral programs with the same academic ability are required to take make-up courses of the Research on the Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (2 credits), Introduction to Natural Dialectics (1 credit), and public and professional degree courses for master's degree (6-8 credits).

VI. Compulsory Links Management

1. Academic report training (2 credits)

Doctoral students must make special reports at academic seminars as required. During the academic period, each doctoral student must make no less than 4 reports, and meet the needs of at least 4 reports in total to obtain 2 credits for academic report training.

2. Academic lectures/reports (2 credits)

Doctoral 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, sports meeting, voluntary work and public welfare activities in order to obtain 2 credits.

Students in the full-time combined master and doctor degree program must attend no less than twenty academic seminars (at least two lectures of humanities and aesthetics quality), at least seven of which are academic seminars arranged by the Graduate School, and also, they must also participate in the sunshine run on campus, sports meeting, voluntary work and public welfare activities, etc. in order to obtain 2 credits.

3. Attending international academic conferences or overseas exchange visits (2 credits)

Doctoral students must attend one important international academic conference with high academic influence organized by authoritative academic institutions, or attend two academic conferences or participate in overseas exchange visits for more than 3 months during their study period in order to obtain 2 credits for the session.

VII. Thesis

1. Basic requirements for thesis

The doctoral thesis is a centralized reflection of the quality and academic level of doctoral students cultivated, and should be completed independently by doctoral students under the guidance of their supervisors. The doctoral thesis should be a systematic and complete academic thesis, which should make creative academic achievements in science or special technology, and should reflect that doctoral students have mastered solid and broad basic theories and systematic and in-depth expertise, and have the ability to independently engage in teaching or scientific research.

Doctoral students should have excellent academic style and research ethics. The thesis should reflect doctoral students' own research results, and doctoral students must not falsify, copy or plagiarize the results of others.

The basic requirements for doctoral thesis are detailed in the Basic Requirements for Doctoral and Master's Degrees in First-Level Disciplines (published by Higher Education Press, edited by the Sixth Discipline Review Group of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council). The requirements for thesis defense, review and degree application are detailed in the Detailed Rules for the Doctoral Thesis Defense and Review and Degree Application of Nanjing Tech University.

2. Thesis proposal

After admission, doctoral students should review literature, conduct in-depth research, identify specific topics and complete the proposal as early as possible under the guidance of their supervisors.

The proposal should be conducted in a relatively centralized and open manner within the first-level discipline, and reviewed by an assessment team composed of experts from the discipline or related disciplines. The proposal meeting should be attended by relevant teachers and graduate students. For the selection of topics for interdisciplinary theses, supervisors of relevant disciplines should be invited to attend the meeting. For any significant changes in the thesis topic, the proposal should be reorganized to ensure the frontier and innovation of the topic. The proposal should be completed before the end of the third semester in principle.

The requirements on the topic selection and proposal of the thesis for doctoral students are detailed in the Requirements for the Proposal of Graduate Students of Nanjing Tech University.

3. Mid-term assessment

The mid-term assessment of doctoral students is carried out in accordance with the "Measures for Implementation of Mid-term Assessment of Doctoral Students of Nanjing Tech University (Trial)".

4. Pre-defense (pre-review)

A pre-defense (pre-review) session must be scheduled for the academic thesis of doctoral students. Doctoral students should apply for the pre-defense (pre-review) of the thesis at the time point specified by the college or the discipline. The pre-defense (pre-review) should be conducted publicly within the scope of the discipline, and the thesis is reviewed by an assessment panel composed of (at least three) experts in the discipline or other related disciplines. Doctoral students should send the first draft of the thesis to the pre-defense (pre-review) experts and post a pre-defense notice according to the time points and requirements stipulated by the college or discipline. Graduate students who have passed the pre-defense (pre-review) should submit the relevant materials of the pre-defense (pre-review) to the college for record. Those who fail to pass the pre-defense must apply for the pre-defense (pre-review) of the thesis again according to the time specified by the college or discipline after making substantial adjustments and improvements under the guidance of the supervisor (team) in response to the problems in the research work of the subject and the writing of the thesis in accordance with the comments made by the assessment team. The implementation rules of the pre-defense (pre-review) will be formulated by the College.

5. Thesis review and defense

Doctoral students can apply for defense after completing all the links and credits stipulated in the cultivation plan. The specific requirements for thesis review and defense are detailed in the Detailed Rules for the Doctoral Thesis Defense and Review and Degree Application of Nanjing Tech University.

6. Academic achievement requirements

The requirements for doctoral students' academic achievements are detailed in the Measures for Assessment of Scientific Research Achievements of Doctor's Degree Applicants of Nanjing Tech University.

VIII. 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.