Faculty of Materials Science

Faculty of Materials Science

The Faculty of Materials Science was founded in 2017 as an integral part of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. Adhering to the university's educational mission, it addresses the growing demand for high-level professionals and advanced academic achievements in materials science and engineering, driven by Sino-Russian strategic cooperation, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the development of the Eurasian Economic Union. The department is committed to cultivating multidisciplinary and innovative technical talents with cross-cultural competencies and exceptional developmental potential to meet specialized global industry needs.

The Faculty of Materials Science initiated its dual-degree undergraduate program in "Materials Science and Engineering" in 2017, obtained bachelor's degree conferral authority in June 2021, and subsequently launched a "Fundamental Materials Science" master's program in collaboration with Lomonosov Moscow State University that September. Building on this foundation, the faculty expanded its graduate education in 2022 through partnership with Beijing Institute of Technology to offer both master's and doctoral programs. Further strengthening its academic structure, 2023 saw the introduction of specialized doctoral tracks in "Solid-State Chemistry" and "Optics" under Moscow State University's framework. This strategic development has now established a fully integrated bachelor's-master's-doctoral talent cultivation system.

In October 2021, Materials Science was selected as a key discipline in Guangdong Province's "First-Class, Gap-Filling, and Characteristic-Building" Enhancement Initiative, followed by the "Materials Science and Engineering" undergraduate program's inclusion in Guangdong's First-Class Undergraduate Program Development Plan that November, with its teaching laboratory recognized as the Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Chemistry and Materials. By the end of 2024, the undergraduate program ranked 118th in the Soft Science Subject Rankings.

As of 2024, the faculty development initiative has resulted in a team of 67 full-time teachers, including 38 faculty members dispatched by Lomonosov Moscow State University and 29 high-caliber young scholars recruited globally through competitive selection processes.

The Faculty of Materials Science directs its academic development toward international research frontiers, Sino-Russian strategic collaboration, and critical national strategic priorities while addressing regional socioeconomic needs, with Sino-Russian synergy elevating overall disciplinary excellence and enabling industrialization of research outputs. Current strategic priorities focus on three key domains: advanced functional materials, green energy materials, and high-performance structural materials, with research spanning new-energy batteries, hydrogen storage/production, display technologies, specialty alloys, composites, superconductors, magnetic materials, next-generation superionic conductors, semiconductors, polymers, and functional nanomaterials for applications across electrical engineering, optoelectronics, sensor technologies, IT infrastructure, healthcare, and ecological systems.

The Faculty of Materials Science has currently established partnerships with over 30 enterprises, jointly founding two university-industry collaborative laboratories, with key achievements including the successful technology transfer of low-cost titanium alloy powder injection molding techniques, while other innovations such as microfluidic chips, low-density steel, and critical materials for solid-state batteries are currently undergoing commercialization.