Specialty: physics, Specialty code: 0702
I. Objectives
a. Master basic theories and systematic professional knowledge. Grasp one foreign language and achieve academic reading and writing skills.
b. Cultivate a rigorous and practical scientific attitude. Grasp the basic methodology and technical skills of scientific research. Possess the ability to undertake scientific research in the specialty field.
c. Be qualified for teaching of the specialty or related specialties, or engineering work or related scientific managerial work.
II. Research Field:
1. Theoretical Physics (070201) 2. Particle and Nuclear Physics (070202)
3. Atomic and Molecular Physics (070203) 4. Plasma Physics (070204)
5. Condensed Matter Physics (070205) 6. Optics (070207)
7. Radio Physics (070208) 8. Precise Measurement Physics (0702Z1)
9. Solid Geophysics (0702Z2)
III. Program Duration
The duration of full-time academic post-graduate students is 3 years.
IV. Credits Requirements and Allotment
Total credits≥36 (credits for Degree Courses ≥24; Credits for research ≥ 12)
Total Credits |
≥36 credits |
Degree Courses |
≥24 credits (including credits for advanced international courses ≥4) |
Compulsory public courses ≥5 credits:üStudy on theory and practice of Chinese Characteristics: 2 creditsü Dialectics of Nature (science/engineering/medical science)/Marxism and social scientific methodology (liberal arts): 1 creditü Foreign Language: 2 credits Optional public courses ≥1 credit |
Discipline basic courses and professional courses ≥ 18 credits: ü1st-level discipline basic courses ≥ 8 creditsüCross 1-level discipline courses ≥ 2 credits |
No credit for make-up courses or other optional courses, grades only. |
Research |
≥12 credits |
Literature review and thesis proposal: 1 credit |
Participation in public academic lectures: 1 credit |
Academic Dissertation: 10 credits |
V. Course Curriculum and Credits Allotment
Shown in the 1st-level discipline courses curriculum of Physics for Academic PhD Candidates and Academic Degree Postgraduates.
VI. Research and Dissertation
Implementations are in accordance with the related regulations of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
1st-level discipline courses curriculum of Physics forAcademic PhD Candidates andAcademic Degree Postgraduates
Courses |
Course code |
Course name |
Hours |
Credits |
Season |
Department |
Notes |
Degree Courses |
Compulsory public courses |
408.602 |
Dialectics of Nature |
18 |
1 |
Spring/ Autumn |
College of Marxism |
Compulsory at the postgraduate phase≥ 6 credits |
408.601 |
Study on Theory and Practice of Chinesecharacteristics |
36 |
2 |
Spring/ Autumn |
College of Marxism |
411.500 |
Foreign language (English) |
32 |
2 |
Spring/ Autumn |
School of foreign languages |
|
Optional public courses |
|
1 |
|
|
|
408.810 |
Chinese Marxism |
36 |
2 |
Autumn |
College of Marxism |
Compulsory for PhD students ≥ 4 credits |
411.800 |
English Thesis Writing |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
School of foreign languages |
1st-level discipline basic courses |
012.501 |
Advanced Electrodynamics |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
compulsory ≥ 8 credits (at the postgraduate phase) |
012.535 |
Advanced Statistical Mechanics |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.524 |
Advanced Quantum Mechanics |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
2nd-level discipline basic courses |
012.500 |
General Relativity |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
|
012.532 |
Quantum Field Theory (advanced courses) |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
|
012.517 |
Group Theory(advanced international courses) |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
MD-PhD and direct PhD students≥6 credits; Common PhD students≥4 credits; Postgraduates≥8 credits; |
012.503 |
Biophysics |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.541 |
Materials Physics |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.520 |
Transmission Electron Microscopy |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.510 |
Gravitational Experiments in Laboratory |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.512 |
Technical Basis of Precision Measurement (advanced international courses) |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.566 |
Precision Spectroscopy (advanced international courses) |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.560 |
Warm Dense Plasma Physics(advanced international courses) |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.803 |
Principle of Laser Cooling |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.804 |
Introduction to the Frontiers of Research in Physics |
64 |
4 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.805 |
Plasma Astrophysics |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.806 |
Fundamentals of Measurement Technology |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.807 |
Weak Signal Detection |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
131.515 |
Diagnostics for High-temperature Plasma |
32 |
2 |
Autumn |
college of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
181.503 |
Signal Detection and Estimation |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Electronic Information and Communications |
181.501 |
Modern Digital Signal Processing |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Electronic Information and Communications |
012.531 |
Nonlinear Optics |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.808 |
Micro and Nano Optics |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.514 |
Observational Astrophysics |
48 |
3 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
012.567 |
Ultrafast Optics |
32 |
2 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.526 |
Quantum Optics |
64 |
4 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.801 |
High Energy Astrophysics(advanced international courses) |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.528 |
Condensed Matter Theory |
64 |
4 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.561 |
Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics(advanced international courses) |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.522 |
Nanomaterials Science |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.800 |
Quantum Measurement |
32 |
2 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.546 |
Plasma Kinetic Theory |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.568 |
Fundamentals of Geophysics |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.809 |
Analysis of Biological Data and Modelling |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.810 |
Gauge field theory |
64 |
4 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.811 |
Cosmology |
32 |
2 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.812 |
Frontiers of Atom and Molecule Physics |
16 |
1 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.813 |
Atom Interferometry |
32 |
2 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.814 |
Quantum frequency standard |
32 |
2 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.815 |
Radiative Processes in Astrophysics |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.816 |
Introduction to Quantum information |
64 |
4 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.817 |
Experimental Methods in Biophysics |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.818 |
Geodynamics |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.819 |
Satellite Gravimetry |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
012.820 |
Seismology |
48 |
3 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
Degree courses |
Cross 1-level discipline courses |
|
Cross 1-level discipline courses for PhD students |
|
4 |
|
|
MD-PhD and direct PhD students≥4 credits; Other students≥2 credits; |
|
Cross 1-level discipline courses for Postgraduates |
|
2 |
|
|
Seminar course |
|
Seminar course for PhD students |
|
6 |
|
college of Physics |
Compulsory for PhD students |
Non- degree courses |
Make-up courses |
|
Quantum Mechanics |
72 |
4.5 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
Compulsory for non-physics major undergraduates |
|
Thermodynamics and statistical physics |
72 |
4.5 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
|
Solid State Physics |
64 |
4 |
Spring |
college of Physics |
|
Electrodynamics |
72 |
4.5 |
Autumn |
college of Physics |
Research |
650.801 |
Literature Review and Thesis Proposal (PhD) |
|
1 |
|
college of Physics |
|
650.802 |
Participation in International Academic Conferences or International Academic Conference held in China, and Paper Submission (PhD) |
|
1 |
|
|
650.803 |
Dissertation Interim Progress Report (PhD) |
|
1 |
|
|
650.804 |
Academic Paper Publication (PhD) |
|
1 |
|
|
650.805 |
Doctoral Dissertation (PhD) |
|
15 |
|
|
650.501 |
Literature Review and Thesis Proposal (MD) |
|
1 |
|
|
650.502 |
Academic Report in Academic Conferences (MD) |
|
1 |
|
|
650.503 |
Degree Dissertation (MD) |
|
10 |
|
|
