The College of Applied Sciences

The College of Applied Sciences of Beijing University of Technology (Beijing Tech) was set up in January 2000 based on the department of applied mathematics and the department of applied physics. The mission of the college is to promote not only the research of mathematics and physics but also many interdisciplines, and to enhance both the mathematical and physical basis of undergraduate students of Beijing Tech.

The history of the departments of mathematics and physics may be traced back to 1960, when the university was founded. During the past 50 years, the two departments has made remarkable contributions to the development of Beijing Tech. Especially, since the college was built, the departments have been seeing fast progress in the past 10 years, along with the great achievement of the university wide.

The scientific research in the college involves various fields of mathematics and physics. The college has 16 doctoral advisers, 30 professors, 46 associate professors. Mathematical research areas range from pure mathematics to applied mathematics, including algebra, complex analysis, functional analysis, geometry and topology, wavelet, PDE and ODE, probability and statistics, biomathematics, operation research, fuzzy mathematics, information theory and computational mathematics; Physics research areas include cosmology, particle physics, string theory, ultrafast optics and ultrashort laser pulse, optic information storage and optic communication, nanophysics and film materials, light scattering, condensed matter physics，quantum information, computational physics. The research of faculties focuses on not only fundamental topics in mathematics and physics but also their multiplicate applications. College has established extensive corporations and academic relations with United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, Russia and many other countries.

The college has been devoted into the promotion of education. There are two undergraduate programs in the college: information and computational science, applied physics (majoring in optical communications and optoelectronic technologies). Both are accredited as brand programs of Beijing. The college also provides abundant graduate education programs, many of them have been keeping good reputations. A summary of the graduate programs are listed in the following table.

Programs    Degree    Honor

Pure mathematics    Msc., Ph.D

Computational mathematics    Msc

Probability and Statistics    Msc., Ph.D    Key discipline of Beijing

Applied mathematics    Msc., Ph.D    Key discipline of Beijing

Operation research and

Cybernetics Msc.

Theoretical physics    Msc., Ph.D

Optics    Msc., Ph.D    National key discipline

Condensed matter physics    Msc., Ph.D    Key discipline of Beijing

These programs provide about 200 courses for students to choose, including not only theoretical courses but also various courses with emphasis on practices, so that the students could make a suitable program for their study under the guidance of teachers. A lot of teaching groups won national prizes or the metropolis prizes.

The college has just celebrated her 10th anniversary, and stepped into the second decades. We, all the teachers and the students in the college, are looking forward to more brilliant success in both education and research in the future.