As one of the institutes owning the state key discipline–Material Physics and Chemistry, with a teaching and experiment area covered 16,000 squre meters and experimental equipment with a total value of 18 million RMB, School of Material Science and Enginnering was authoritized to award Doctorate Degree in the speciality of Material Science and Engineering and to set post doctoral program. This school attached great attention to academic research, and Jingneng Light-electric Company, founded by the international risk investment, is one the examples of the researching accomplishemet transferring to production. This School consists of Material 2 undergratuate specialities which are Science and Engineering and Polymeric Material and Engineering, with about 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying on campus.
There are 14 professors, 24 associate professors, most of whom hold Doctorate Degree. Among these outstanding teachers, some are listed among the “Millions of Talents” Plan by the State Concil, some are middle-aged or youth scientists who enjoy the title of “National Outstanding Professional Talents”, some are experts who enjoy the special allowance from the State Council, some experts were awarded by the “Humboldt Fund of Germany”, while some scholars were awarded by the Royal Society Fund.