Master's degree program in Environmental Science and Engineering

Discipline code:0830

1. Discipline overview and research direction

(1)Discipline overview

The Environmental Science and Engineering has been approved as the first-level doctoral program in 2011 and the first-level post-doctoral research center as well as the first-level master program in 2012. This discipline takes the road that scientific research combining science with engineering, combining theory with application, combining scientific research with achievement transformation, thus integrating multiple interdisciplinary subjects such as environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, life science (ecology, toxicology, botany, Microbiology, biotechnology), engineering sciences (bioengineering, mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering), resource recyclability and other disciplines together as a whole, finally a series of scientific basic theory and applied technology research have been carried out and achieved rapid development. Until now there are 49 doctoral tutors, 74 master tutors, and 2 Jiangsu Science &Technology Innovation Teams in this discipline, forming a high academic level and reasonable young middle-aged teaching team.

(2) Research direction

Water pollution control technology

Air pollution control technology

Environmental ecological restoration technology

Agricultural Environmental Protection Engineering

Pollution control engineering and equipment

Biomass resources and waste utilization

Environmental pollution and health

Environmental analysis and detection technology

2. Training objectives

(1) Students should abide by discipline and law, and have good conduct as well as rigorous academic style, and can cooperate well with other people with a strong sense of enterprise and pioneering spirit. Meanwhile, students should have awareness, knowledge, attitudes and skills for tolerance, recognition and adaptation to cultural diversity, which could play important roles in mutual respect, understanding and solidarity among different peoples, societies and countries.

(2) Students should possess solid basic theory and systematic expertise as well as experimental skills of environmental science and engineering, especially in the fields of environmental chemistry, environmental biology, environmental ecology, pollution reatment technology, ecological restoration technology, pollution control engineering and equipment etc; has the ability to engage in scientific research or undertake specialized technical work independently or has new ideas on science or the specific technology. Meanwhile,students shouldmaster a kind of foreign language and have a certain international vision to use foreign language to carry out academic research or academic communication.

(3) Students with both physical and mental health could complete the task of learning and your own research work.

3. Training modes and the duration of study

(1) The length of study

The length of study for academic-based overseas graduate students is generally three years. If necessary, you can apply for an extension, which is generally no more than one year. In principle, early graduation is not allowed. Academic-based overseas graduate students should achieve higher academic achievement to graduate in two and a half years. A paper by the first author SCI or EI must be added based on the basic requirements for publishing academic papers and obtaining scientific research results of normal study duration.

(2)Training modes

Graduate students training implements the tutor responsibility system and encourages the implementation of the guidance group responsibility system to guide the entire process of graduate training. The tutor (guidance group) is not only responsible for formulating the graduate training plan, guiding scientific research, professional practice and dissertation, but also has the responsibility of guiding, demonstrating and supervising the ideological and moral qualities as well as academic ethics of graduate students.

4. Course credits

(1) Credit requirements

The total credits of the course shall be no less than 28 credits, including no less than 14 credits for degree courses and no less than 14 credits for elective courses.

(2) Curriculum

Note: Please specify the type of the course { English taught course, bilingual course, utting-edge lecture or experimental course}

5. Extendedcredit requirements

No.

6. Practice credit requirements

Graduate students must participate the academic activities and compulsory parts during the course, also adopt the credit system, which is collectively known as practical credits.Practical credits and course credits are not generic, thus both course credits and practical credits of graduate student should meet the requirements before entering the thesis defense.The total practical credits for academic graduate students should reach at least 8 credits.

(1) Academic activities (2 credits)

Graduate students must participate in academic seminars organized by the school, include special lectures, academic reports, graduate forums attended by domestic and foreign well-known experts and scholars. After participating in academic seminars, a complete academic report must be formed.Graduate students should participate in more than 10 academic report activities during their study period. Academic activities are assessed by disciplines or tutors.

At the same time, in order to broaden the academic horizons of graduate students, school encourages graduate students to participate in international conferences or national high-level academic conferences during the school period and display academic papers or oral reports at the conference.Graduate students display academic thesis posters or oral presentations at international conferences or national high-level academic conferences can be regarded as qualified for their academic activities.

(2)Literature reading (2 credits)

Graduate students must read a certain amount of chinese and foreign language literature in order to cultivate the ability of studying academic literature and acquiring knowledge by themselves.Graduate students must translate professional foreign-language materials or works of more than 20,000 chinese characters.Literature reading will be evaluated and recorded by the tutor before the dissertation begins, and unqualified students are not allowed to enter the thesis opening session of the degree thesis.

(3)Seminar (1 credit/time)

During the period of school, graduate students must conduct literature, academic research progress reports and special seminar reports publicly, no less than 2 times, and interdisciplinary research discussions are encouraged.Special seminars are evaluated and determined by the tutor.

(4)Practice session (1 credit)

Academic-type graduate students (except for in-service staff) must carry out practical parts which not less than 1 month (usually including teaching practice, production practice and social survey, etc.).Graduate students are encouraged to assist tutors with guiding undergraduates' graduation design (thesis) or as undergraduate teaching assistants. In principle, each graduate student assists the tutor with guiding one undergraduate student or serving as a teaching assistant in a course for undergraduates.Thetutor is responsible for the assessment of practice.

7. Dissertation and degree requirements

(1)The opening session of thesis

The opening session of thesis is the first step in the process of cultivating graduate students and their degree thesis work. Before writing degree thesis, graduate students must go through a serious investigation and research, check a large amount of literature, especially foreign language literature, understand the history and current status of their main research direction, and on this basis determine the research topic of the degree thesis and make a thesis opening report.The opening report should discuss the key issues such as the basis of thesis selection, the plan of research, expected goals , scientific research results and work plan.

Only the graduation thesis in which the thesis opening report already passing one year (at least 8 months) is allowed to apply for thesis defense.For specific requirements, please refer toRequirements and Assessment Methods for the Topic Selection and Opening of Postgraduate Dissertation of Jiangsu University (Provisional).

(2)Accomplish complete scientific research training and obtain corresponding scientific research achievements

Graduate students must participate in the entire process of scientific research training and obtain certain scientific research results. For specific requirements, please refer to theRegulations on Scientific Research Achievements of Postgraduates in Jiangsu University.

(3)Ddissertation writing

The dissertation must be completed independently by the graduate student under the guidance of the tutor. For the format of the dissertation, please refer to Requirements for Writing Format of Graduate Thesis of Jiangsu University.

(4)Ddissertation review and defense

The course credits, expansion credits and practical credits of graduate students must achieve the requirements before entering the dissertation review and defense.The requirements for the submission and defense of degree thesis are detailed in theRules for the Implementation of Degree Awarding in Jiangsu University and The Work Method of Blind Examination for postgraduate Thesis of Jiangsu University.

8. Other Requirements

The graduate students which studying in environmental science and engineering should have the ability of lifelong learning. For specific requirements, please refer to the Guidance on the Preparation of 2020 Postgraduate Training Program of Jiangsu University (Provisional).

Appendix: Catalogue of professional journals to be read

1．Environmental Science & Technology

2．Energy & Environmental Science

3．Ecology Letters

4．Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

5．Environmental Health Perspectives

6．Advances in Ecological Research

7．Environmental Microbiology

8．Journal of Ecology

9．Environment International

10．Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

11．Water Research

12．Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews

13．Annual Review of Environment and Resources

14．Environmental Research Letters

15．Environmental Research

16．Environmental Pollution

17．Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

18．Water Resources Research

19．Science of the Total Environment

20．Journal of Environmental Management

21．Environmental Chemistry

22．Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

23．Environmental Science and Pollution Research

24．Environmental Health

25．Environmental Toxicology

26．Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

27．International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

28．Applied and Environmental Microbiology

29．Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

30．Ecology

31．Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

32．Archives of Toxicology

33．Analytical Chemistry

34．Microbial Ecology

35．Biotechnology for Biofuels

36．Journal of Materials Chemistry C

37．Journal of Environmental Sciences-China

38．Environmental Science & Technology Letters

39．Journal of Membrane Science

40．Bioresource Technology

41．Journal of Hazardous Materials

42．Soil Biology & Biochemistry

43．Biosensors and Bioelectronics

44．Resources Conservation & Recycling

45．Ecological Engineering

46．Environmental Sciences and Ecotechnology