Applied physics
time: 2023-12-30
 

Ssouth China University of Technology Applied Physics began in 1952 when the school was founded as the university Physics Teaching and Research Department. In 1958, the Department of Engineering Physics was established, which was rebuilt and renamed the Department of Applied Physics in 1979, and the College of Physics and Optoelectronics was established in 2014. The discipline of physics entered the top 1% of the international ESI global ranking in 2011 and became a key discipline of Guangzhou City in 2018. The undergraduate program of Applied Physics in South China University of Technology was founded in 1986 and has achieved a leapfrog development in recent years. In 2016, it entered the ranks of key professional construction in Guangdong Province; In 2018, it was included in the construction of characteristic majors in universities in Guangdong Province. In 2019, it was selected as the first national first-class professional construction site.

Currently, there are 184 students in this major. The College of Physics and Optoelectronics, which is supported by this major, has the authorization of doctoral and master's degree in first-level disciplines of physics. Since 2019, a Physics postdoctoral mobile station has been set up. This major is a key discipline in Guangzhou, and has gathered high-level professional teachers such as Changjiang Scholars and National Jieqing. In the past 20 years, the major has laid a profound foundation for running a school and jointly created an engineering major with distinctive characteristics and strong strength.


First, professional positioning

The major of Applied Physics is based on the School of Physics and Optoelectronics, and attaches great importance to the training of solid physical foundation. In order to achieve personalized training needs, professional courses adopt modular form. The major of Applied Physics has a strong faculty and rich teaching and scientific research resources. It relies on the four second-level discipline teams of theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, optics and acoustics under the first-level discipline of physics of the School of Physics and Optoelectronics, and the research teams of physical electronics, materials physics and chemistry and other interdisciplinary disciplines of physics to conduct personalized training for students. In order to meet the needs of China's social and economic construction, especially the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to cultivate senior talents in applied physics with solid professional foundation, scientific and rigorous learning attitude, good industry ethics, innovative spirit and ability.


2. Training objectives

Based on the national strategic emerging industries and the major strategic needs of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, this major cultivates three creativity (innovation, creation and entrepreneurship) talents with both national feelings and global vision, excellent three strengths (learning, thinking and action), and all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, the United States and labor. Training with a broad mathematical foundation and understanding of interdisciplinary disciplines; Have good scientific literacy and certain research, development and management capabilities; Have innovative and entrepreneurial consciousness; Innovative interdisciplinary talents with competitive and team spirit, engaged in scientific research, teaching, technology development and management in physics and related high-tech fields.


Three, training specifications

Length of study: 4 years

Credit table

Course Category Course requirements Credit Hours Note

Compulsory public foundation course 64 1324

General Studies 10 160

Professional basic courses required 42 752

Electives 18 288

A total of 134,2524

Intensive practical teaching sessions (weeks) 32 36 weeks

166 credits required for graduation


The requirements of this major in terms of knowledge, ability and quality are as follows: (1) Be able to apply the basic principles of professional knowledge of mathematics, natural science and physics to identify, express and analyze complex problems in applied physics through literature research to obtain effective conclusions. The ability to develop, select and use appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and information technology tools for complex problems in applied physics, including prediction and simulation of complex scientific or engineering problems, and to understand their limitations. (3) Have humanities and social science literacy, social responsibility, can understand and abide by scientific professional ethics and norms in applied physics practice, and fulfill their responsibilities. (4) Be able to assume the role of individual, team member and leader in a team in the context of applied physics and its interdisciplinarity. (5) Be able to effectively communicate and exchange with industry peers and the public on complex science and engineering issues in applied physics, have a certain international perspective, and be able to communicate and exchange in a cross-cultural context. Have the consciousness of independent learning and lifelong learning, have the ability to continue to learn and adapt to development.


Iv. Curriculum system

This major requires 166 credits for graduation, including 36 weeks of concentrated practice teaching (32 credits). Upon graduation, students must complete the credits stipulated in the professional teaching plan, and obtain 3 credits of humanities quality education in the second class and 4 credits of innovation ability cultivation. According to the training objectives and graduation requirements, the total number of class hours is 2524, including 2060 compulsory class hours and 598 experimental teaching hours, including public basic courses, professional basic courses, professional elective courses, module elective courses, concentrated practice teaching links and the second class. The core courses of this major include: basic physics, theoretical mechanics, mathematical physics methods, electrodynamics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, quantum mechanics, solid state physics, computational physics.

Basic physics courses include: Basic Physics (1) (3 credits), Basic Physics (2) (4 credits), Basic Physics (3) (3 credits), Basic Physics Experiment (1) (1 credit), Basic Physics Experiment (2) (1.5 credits), Basic Physics Experiment (3) (1.5 credits), Evolution of the Universe (1 credit), Evolution of Physics (1 credit), Frontiers of Optics (1 credit), Theoretical Mechanics III (4 credits), Methods of Mathematical Physics (4 credits), Computational Physics (3.5 credits), Atomic Physics (4 credits), Electrodynamics I (4 credits), Experiments in Modern Physics (2 credits), Experiments in Applied Physics (2 credits), Quantum Mechanics (4 credits), Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics (3 credits), Solid State Physics (4 credits), Circuit II (4 credits), Circuit Experiments (0.5 credits).


5. Teaching staff

There are 38 full-time teachers, including 19 professors and 12 associate professors. The faculty includes 1 special professor of Changjiang Scholars, 2 winners of the National Outstanding Young Science Fund, 1 leading scientific and technological innovation talent of the National Ten Thousand People Plan, 2 winners of the National Outstanding Young Science Fund, 1 overseas high-level talent, 1 selected of the National Major Talent Project, 1 selected of the National Young Talent. This discipline attaches great importance to the training of young teachers' reserve force, with 42% of teachers under the age of 45 and 8% of young teachers under the age of 35. This major includes theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, acoustics and other three main research directions. The faculty has a reasonable structure, good development potential, and high teaching and academic level.


6. Teaching conditions

At present, the College of Physics and Optoelectronics has a teaching and research building (No.18 Building of Wushan Campus), with an area of 1400 square meters for undergraduate teaching experiments and equipment assets of about 51 million yuan for undergraduate experimental teaching. It has undergraduate professional laboratory, physical experiment center (Building 31, Wushan Campus, University City campus), electronic technology teaching practice Center (Building 31, Wushan Campus), artificial photoacoustic microstructure physics and materials Laboratory (Liwu Science and Technology Building), high voltage science Laboratory, Guangdong Optoelectronic Engineering Center (Building 23, Wushan Campus). This major relies on the State Key Laboratory of Luminous Materials and Devices, Guangdong third generation Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering Laboratory, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Application Technology, Guangdong Special Fiber Materials and devices Engineering Research and Development Center, Guangdong Optoelectronic Engineering Technology Research and Development Center, Guangdong University Semiconductor Lighting Technology Engineering and Technology Research Center The Key Laboratory of Wide Band Gap semi-conductor Chip and Application System, the Experimental teaching Center of Electronic Technology (Guangdong Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center) and other 14 off-campus practice teaching bases for college students are a number of national and provincial practical teaching and scientific research bases. Maintain close cooperation with domestic research institutes to provide students with quality internship bases, including: Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan Neutron Science Center, Electronic Five Institute, Hikvision, Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Earth Station, Foshan Guo-star Electrical Technology Co., LTD., Guangzhou Optomechanical Technology Research Institute, Guangzhou Yuexian Optical Instrument Co., LTD.


Vii. Quality assurance and training effectiveness.

This major has a perfect two-level teaching quality assurance organization, including the school-level teaching steering committee and teaching supervision system; The teaching Steering Committee of the College and the teaching supervision of the college. The regular monitoring mechanism of the teaching process of this major, regular evaluation of the rationality of the course system, professional discussion, soliciting opinions of graduate representatives and employers and revision. The training program is revised every two years and overhauled every four years. This major has established a tracking feedback system for graduates, and regularly holds feedback meetings for graduates and employers.

The professional talent training results are outstanding, the employment rate of students is high, the further study rate is constantly improved, and a number of outstanding alumni have emerged. From 2020 to 2022, the employment placement rate is 99.13%, 99.20%, 99.32%, and the graduation rate is 38.16%, 52.11%, and 78.78%, respectively. Among them, Guancong Ma graduated from this major in 2007, and now works as an associate professor in the Department of Physics of Hong Kong Baptist University, supported by the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young People (Hong Kong and Macao) project. He Zhicai graduated from this major in 2007 and now works at the School of Materials Science and Technology, South China University of Technology. He was supported by the National Outstanding Youth Fund and the Guangdong Outstanding Youth Fund. His research results published in Nature Photonics as the first author were named Top Ten Scientific Advances in China in 2012. Liu Shiping graduated from this major in 2020, won the top international publications three times during his doctoral study, won the ninth China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2014, and has been promoted to a researcher.