【Member Intro】School of Physical Science and Engineering, Tongji University —— Regular Member

Introduction

      Tongji University is one of the earliest national universities in China. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with the City of Shanghai. After 115 years of development, Tongji University has become a comprehensive, research-oriented and international university with distinctive characteristics and great influence all over the world. Ranked among the top universities in China in terms of comprehensive strength.

      Tongji University always regards the cultivation of top innovative talents as its lofty mission and responsibility, takes undergraduate education as the foundation of the university, postgraduate education as the way to strengthen the university, and moral cultivation as the fundamental task. Tongji University adheres to the whole-process and all-round education, and strives to ensure that every student will be educated in an all-round way after studying and cultivating at the university stage. With the comprehensive characteristics of "general knowledge foundation, professional quality, innovative thinking, practical ability, global vision and social responsibility", each student will become a pillar of society and professional elite who will take on the great task of national rejuvenation and lead the future. Since its founding, the university has trained more than 380,000 graduates and created a large number of outstanding politicians, scientists, educators, social activists, entrepreneurs, medical experts and engineering and technical experts. Among its alumni, 169 have been elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

      Tongji University has 3 State key laboratories, 1 National Engineering Laboratory, 1 National Major science and Technology infrastructure, 1 National Collaborative Innovation Center, 1 National Large Scientific Instrument Center, 5 national engineering (technology) research centers, 5 other national research platforms and 97 provincial and ministerial research platforms. It has been selected as the "National Innovation Talent Training Demonstration Base" of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and has been approved as two national science popularization education bases.

      "Tongji World, advocating science, innovation, the pursuit of excellence". Today, Tongji University is striving towards the goal of "working with the motherland, helping the world with science and education, and building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics".

      The discipline of Physics at Tongji University was founded in the 1940s. Adhering to the tenet of "walking with the motherland and helping the world through science and education", Tongji University has formed the discipline tradition of "seeking truth and innovation in nature and matter", and has trained a group of influential outstanding talents such as Zhu Hongyuan, Wu Shishu, Li Tongbao and Zhang Yaoming. In 2012, the College of Physical Science and Engineering was established, which has established a discipline development model characterized by "the combination of theoretical research and experimental research, mechanism research and device development". At present, there are 85 faculty members, including 54 professors and 27 associate professors, including 2 academicians, 8 national talents, 9 national young talents, and 6 chief members of key research and development programs; There are 1 national teaching team, 1 National Natural Science Foundation Innovation Group, 1 innovation team of the Ministry of Education, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education and 1 key laboratory of Shanghai.