Mechanical Engineering

1. Introduction
The Mechanical Engineering discipline holds a first-class Master's degree-granting in China and doctorate-granting with post-doctoral program of Mechanical Engineering. It covers the following five second-level disciplines: mechanical manufacturing and automation, mechanical design and theory, 
mechatronic engineering, vehicle engineering and industrial engineering. Mechatronic engineering is the key discipline of Jiangsu Province.
2. Research directions
As the first-level discipline of Nanjing university of Science and technology for the mechanical engineering, the key research directions are:
(1) Methodology of modern mechanical design
(2) Servo precision transmission and mechanism
(3) Intelligent robots and bionic technology
(4) Digital design and manufacturing
(5) Advanced processing technology and equipment
(6) Intelligent machinery, Testing & control
(7) MEMS
(8) Smart & intelligent electromechanical systems
(9) Mechanics-electronics-hydraulics technology
(10) Dynamics & dynamic simulation of electromechanical system
(11) Modern vehicle design theory, methods and techniques
(12) Vehicle electronic control and intelligent 

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(Click to enlarge)

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 3 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.