The College of Sciences

The College of Sciences consists of the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Physics, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Engineering Mechanics and Technology, and the Institute of Acoustics. The College has a state key discipline - Engineering Mechanics, two key disciplines of Shanghai � Condensed State Physics and Solid Mechanics, a Solid Mechanics Key Laboratory of the State Ministry of Education, a National Teaching Base for Engineering Physics and a Tongji University Teaching Base for Engineering Mathematics. In the College there are also the Institute of Mathematics, the Bole Solid Physics Institute, the Nano Material Technology Centre, the Precise Optical Engineering Technology Centre, the Institute of Engineering Mechanics and the Institute of Composite Materials and Structures. There are twenty-two Master degree programs, thirteen Doctoral programs and three postdoctoral mobile stations. Among the 378 employees of the College, there are three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Science, 57 PhD student supervisors, 82 full professors and 123 associate professors. In addition, a number of well-known scholars, both from China and from other countries, have been invited to act as guest professors or honorary professors.

During the recent years, the researchers in the College have taken on a number of state key programs, such as 863 High-tech Project and National Nature Science Foundation. The College also win the awards like Ten Grand Progress on Science and Technology of Chinese Universities, the first prize of state-level Teaching Achievement and National Nature Science Award. Innovative courses, the remarkable teaching and research achievements and the frequent national and international academic exchanges have made the College well known among its counterparts both at home and abroad in the field of teaching and research.