1. Introduction
The Optical Engineering discipline at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology was developed from the Artillery Command System major at the PLA Military Engineering Institute that was founded in 1953. In 1986, it was qualified as a doctoral program; in 1998, it was awarded for Post-Doctoral Mobile Station as well as "Yangtze River Scholar" Scheme by the State Education Commission; in 2002, it was established as the key discipline by both the National Defense Division and Jiangsu province; in 2005, it was approved as the national key discipline cultivation base at Jiangsu province; in 2007, it was established as a first-rate national key discipline as well as national defense characteristic discipline; in 2010, it was rated as the Jiangsu province superior discipline; in 2012, it was approved as the key discipline by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In the 2013 national academic evaluation, it was rated as the 8th best national program in its category, elevated from the previous 9th finish, and it was among the top 1% of the ESI international disciplines.
2. Research Directions
(1) Optoelectronic information detection and image processing
(2) Optical testing and intelligent optoelectronic instruments
(3) Laser physics and application technology
(4) Optoelectronic physics and technology
(5) Bio-medical photonics
(6) Micro- and nano-optoelectronic devices and applications
(7) Optical fiber technology and applications
3. Duration of studies
Full time master students are expected to complete their studies and earn their degrees in 2.5 to 5 years, and they will be disqualified from the program after 5 years.
4. Credits requirements
Students are required to complete at least 28 degree credits from courses in Section 5 with a minimum of 26 coursework credits and 2 obligatory courses.
5. Curriculum
6. Thesis Topic and Proposal
A master student is supposed to choose his/her research direction under an advisor’s guidance. The student should actively study, research and survey in the chosen research direction. The student is expected to choose a research topic for the postgraduate thesis and confirm the significance of the topic in a thesis proposal. The thesis proposal should be submitted and defended at the beginning of the second year of study.
Detailed regulations and requirements on master's thesis can be found in the "NJUST Regulations about the Topic Selection, Research Proposal and Composition of Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations".
7. Publication
Before graduation, each master student should have at least one academic paper published. Detailed requirements are documented in "NUST regulations on a postgraduate’s publications of their research work".
8. Degree Thesis Requirement
MA Degree thesis is one of the most important parts for graduate education, which provides students with training on academic research or specific technology application, enhances students’ abilities to innovate and to apply the knowledge to their research, and encourages them to discover, analyze and solve problems in their fields.
Detailed regulations and requirements on master's thesis are documented in the "NJUST Regulations about the Topic Selection, Research Proposal and Composition of Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations", and "NUST Style Sheet for Theses and Dissertations". For a joint effort with others, or a follow-up of previous work, the student should clearly specify his/her contribution to the thesis.
