Faculty: School of Light Industry and Food Science
Degree: Ph.D
Specialty: Cereals, Oils and Vegetable Protein Engineering
Minimum Total Credits: 12.0
Minimum Compulsory Course Credits: 9.0
Minimum Optional Course Credits: 3.0
Objectives
This program aims to cultivate specialists who are equipped with solid theoretical foundation and specialized knowledge of this discipline with a well-developed nature in moral, intellectual and physical aspects; who are well-informed with knowledge of cereal and oil engineering, food science, biotechnology, chemical engineering and environmental chemical engineering and the related disciplines; who have a profound command of the latest developing trends and research frontier issues of the field of study and of modern analysis technique and computation technology and who are capable to make innovative achievements in related fields.
Years of Study
Three years
Major Research Fields
1. Cereal Chemistry and Engineering
2. Protein Chemistry and Engineering
3. Oil Chemistry and Engineering
Cultivation Mode
Advisory system is applied in this doctoral program. Doctoral students should draw up a working program with the instruction of their supervisors in the first month after registration. Students are supposed to participate in the medium term assessment according to Doctor Degree Candidate Medium-Term Assessment Method of South China University of Technology (those who are enrolled in doctoral program ahead of the schedule, or who are enrolled in master-doctoral program, or who are enrolled in straight-in doctoral program are supposed to participate in the medium term assessment according to Doctor Degree Candidate Medium-Term Assessment Method of South China University of Technology before the end of the second semester when they obtain the doctorate) and complete the required social practices before the end of the third semester (in-service doctoral students are exempt from social practices). Regular stage summaries are needed.
Dissertation
Doctoral students should draw up a working thesis plan, look up related literature of the research field in recent 10 years and write thesis proposals between the 8th and 15th weeks of the third semester. Before applying for the thesis defense, students are required to publish at least three academic papers related to thesis topics among which two papers should be published in SCI or in the second sector or above in SCI. Thesis defense will be arranged according to Rules for the Implementation of Graduation Degrees of South China University of Technology and Regulations of the Applications for Thesis Defense of South China University of Technology on the completion of theses.
Curriculum
Compulsory Courses | Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
B0001001 | Modern Scientific and Technological Revolution and Marxism | 3 |
B0002012 | First Foreign Language (English) | 3 |
B0832006 | Progress of Food Engineering | 3 |
Optional Courses | B0002002 | Second Language (Japanese) | 2 |
B0002014 | Second Language (German) | 2 |
B0004009 | Scientific Writing and Submission Guidance | 1 |
B0822032 | Food Materials | 3 |
B0832001 | Modern Food Nutrition | 3 |
B0832004 | Food Biology Technology | 3 |
B0832005 | Modern Food Analysis Technology | 2 |
B0832013 | Surface Modification Technical Progress of Natural Polysaccharides | 3 |
B0832015 | Professional English of Food Science | 1 |