Welcome to Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at KUST
General information:The Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Program at Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) was established in 1958 with the major of Casting Technology and Equipment and the major of Metallic Materials and Heat Treatment, was accredited to offer Master’s degree in 1982 and Doctorate degree in 1998, the first-level discipline doctoral program in 2005, and was among the first batch of national first-class undergraduate program construction sites awarded in 2019. Its 123 full-time faculty members include 48 full professors, 10 with titles of the national talents, and 40 with provincial and ministerial honorary titles. It possesses 2 national level research platforms and 10 provincial level research platforms, 4 provincial-level scientific research innovation teams. Within this evaluation period, the MSE faculty have been awarded 384 scientific research projects such as national key research and development plans with a total amount of research funding about 140 million RMB, published 1,611 academic papers accepted in SCI and EI, filed 454 invention patents being authorized, and published 27 national planning textbooks and monographs, won 2 second class awards of National Research or Teaching Achievements, and 17 provincial and ministerial awards on scientific research and teaching, entered top 1% in global ESI ranking in materials, engineering and chemistry.MORE>>
