Physics Training Plan of Soochow University-Doctoral student

Ⅰ.Brief Introductionof Discipline

This discipline founded as Physics Department of Soochow University in 1914. Physics Department of Jiangsu Teachers Van College established Physical Education discipline in 1952; Nuclear Physics Master and Optics Master were set up in 1979 and 1981;in 1982 , the school changed its name to Soochow University, after then, school established the two undergraduate disciplines, physical education and physics. In 1986 and 1990, there is the establishment of Theoretical Physics Master and Condensed Matter Physics Master. Condensed Matter Physics Ph.D was established in 1996; in 2006, the school established disciplines of physics Master and in the same year established Optics doctoral degrees; there was physics post-doctoral study in 2007; in 2010, there was physics doctoral level ; it associated with Optical Engineering, these two become "micro-nano optics", which was awarded "Jiangsu advantages of discipline ." Today, the discipline relies on the School of Physical Science and Technology, School of Energy, soft condensed matter physics and Interdisciplinary Research centre, as well as Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Film, National Experimental Teaching Center of Physics and so on to carry out construction work. The main research directions are: theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, computational physics , radio physics, particle physics and nuclear physics , functional film materials, electromagnetic and optical metamaterials, plasma physics and its applications , quantum optics and quantum information , optical measurement techniques and nonlinear photonics, laser physics and atmosphere optics, soft condensed matter physics and its applications , new energy materials and devices. There are 33 professors and 20 associate professors, of which two double employed academicians, 2 lecture professors, one young and middle national expert with outstanding contributions , one Jiangsu "high -level innovate and pioneer introduction plan " financing, one Jiangsu Distinguished professor, and one provincial experts with outstanding contributions, 14 University Distinguished Professors. Most of them have overseas study or work background. The laboratory building is nearly thirty thousand square meters. We have rich network database resources, and have a large material preparation equipment, materials testing equipment and numerical simulation software, which worth more than 12,000,000 yuan. Graduate students with Ph.D are to continue studies overseas, work in the domestic research institutions, domestic and foreign enterprises and government office.

Ⅱ.Training Objectives

The training objective of this discipline is to cultivate a comprehensive development of moral, intellectual and physical aspects for the country, and to have high-level physics professionals who are independent in teaching and research work.

1. Master the basic principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and establish a scientific world outlook and methodology.

2, with a solid mathematical basic knowledge and systematic in-depth physics expertise, as well as skilled experimental operation techniques.

3. Familiar with the historical status and latest developments in the development of relevant research fields, with scientific thinking ability, and the courage to explore and innovate in the frontiers of physics.

4. Proficient in English knowledge, and be proficient in reading English materials in physics and conducting international academic exchanges and essay writing.

5. Have a rigorous research style, good cooperation and team spirit.

Ⅲ.Training Period and training methods

1. Training Period

The non-directional culture system is three years, and the orientation culture system is four years. The maximum length of study is no more than 8 years.

2, training methods

The training of doctoral students is mainly based on scientific research. It focuses on cultivating the ability of doctoral students to engage in academic research independently, and enables doctoral students to master the courses of certain credits, including interdisciplinary courses, and systematically master the theories and methods in their subject areas. Broaden the knowledge and improve the ability to analyze and solve problems. The training of doctoral students is the responsibility of the tutor, and the individual guidance of the tutor or the guidance of the tutor is combined with the collective training of the steering group.

Ⅳ.Credit requirements and curriculum

1.Course structure and total credits: The course implements the credit system. The course is divided into four modules: public course, professional core course, training link and non-degree course, which fully reflects the principle of combining theory with practice. The total credits are no less than 15 credits.

Public Course (7 credits):

Professional core curriculum（Not less than 4 credits）：

Training session（4 credits）：

The above course with “*” is a course for doctoral students in the second-level disciplines outside the new energy science and engineering catalogue.

The above-mentioned courses with ◆ are courses for doctoral students in the second-level disciplines outside the Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering Catalogue.

Non-degree programs: courses other than doctoral students' supplementary and elective subject training programs, non-degree programs, credits for non-degree courses, not included in the total credit requirements.

2, the relevant instructions

In addition to the public courses and professional core courses, each subject can set up a number of self-study courses, supplementary courses, optional courses, etc. for doctoral students.

(1) Self-study course. The expertise related to the research topic is systematically self-learned by the instructor. The tutor can designate and self-learn certain necessary courses and frontier theories according to the characteristics of the students and the work requirements of the thesis.

(2) Remedial courses. Any doctoral student who lacks a master's degree or undergraduate level in his or her department should complete the relevant core courses (generally no less than 2) under the guidance of the instructor. The credits earned are recorded as non-degree credits.

(3) Optional courses. PhD students may choose courses outside the requirements of their subject according to their personal interests, subject to the consent of the tutor. The credits earned are non-degree credits.

Ⅴ.Training session

1. Literature review and opening report

Reading is an important part of training postgraduate and also indispensable part of the process for choosing dissertation topics. Graduates must widely read Chinese and foreign literature, foreign literatures based. Graduate must read more than 100 foreign literatures. Required to read Science, Nature and its sub-Journal, APS American Institute of Physics full-text electronic journals, APS, IOP, Elsevier Science Direct, Springerlink, Wiley InterScience and so on. Establishing discipline reporting system, the instructors are responsible for the assessment and evaluation, and this is their main basic score for application foreign language.

(1) Before writing a dissertation, doctoral students must, under the guidance of their tutors, and after careful investigation and research and review a large amount of literature, in order to understand the history and current situation of the research direction of the subject, and to determine the dissertation research on this basis. The topic, and the paper opening report. The opening report of the doctoral student is completed in principle at the end of the first semester, and at least two years after the opening report is approved, the application can be answered. PhD students who participate in the opening of the title should fill out the "Report on the Opening of the Doctoral Dissertation of Suzhou University".

(2) The topic selection of the dissertation should be selected according to the training plan and the training plan requirements, combined with the subject development and the tutor's scientific research tasks, and select topics from the frontier topics of the discipline, national or local key scientific research tasks. The topic selection of the thesis should have certain theoretical significance or practical value for discipline construction and scientific and technological development. The topic of the thesis should adhere to the principle of linking theory with practice and cultivate the ability to engage in scientific research or organize scientific research.

(3) The dissertation opening report mainly includes: the title of the topic, the basis of the topic (the purpose and significance of the research, the analysis of the status quo at home and abroad, the main reference documents), the research plan (the research objectives, the research content and the key issues to be solved, The research method, technical route, experimental plan and feasibility analysis to be taken, the characteristics and innovations of the subject, the work content and expected results, the budget, and the existing research basis.

(4) The dissertation opening report should be reviewed by the appraisal panel. The review team mainly reviews the postgraduate's literature review ability, academic insights, feasibility of research programs, and textual presentation skills.

(5) If the research content of the paper has an adjustment record, it is necessary to indicate the research content before adjustment, the adjusted research content, and the adjustment time. The review panel will give comments.

2. Interim Assessment

(1) The mid-term assessment of doctoral students should be conducted in the second semester (October) after enrollment. For special reasons, approval by the tutor and department may be extended to the fifth semester. PhD students who participate in the assessment should fill out the "Summer University Mid-term Examination Form". A 3-5-person assessment team consisting of associate professors and above is established. There are no less than 2 professors. The team leader is a doctoral supervisor.

(2) The assessment team members mainly summarize the postgraduate self-assessment (mainly refers to the self-evaluation of political and ideological performance, curriculum learning, scientific research ability and physical condition since the entrance of graduate students), course study (study scores and credits), and comprehensive examination of subjects. The situation, the progress of the dissertation, etc. are assessed. According to the assessment, the assessment team gives a comprehensive evaluation, major problems and suggestions for improvement. At the same time, the heads and mentors of the party general branch of the college should evaluate the performance, learning and research ability of graduate students. Finally, the Academic Degree Evaluation Subcommittee gives the assessment opinions and assessment results. In principle, the results of the assessment will be linked to the subsidies for graduate student living expenses.

3. Academic activities

During the period of study, doctoral students should select at least 30 lectures on subject progress, sign and recognize the written records and written experience, and submit the written materials signed by the instructor to the graduate secretary of the training unit at the end of the semester before the thesis defense. for future reference.

VII. Thesis Proposal

(1) The doctoral thesis requires that the selected topics should be in line with national, provincial and ministerial-level projects and development research projects that have a major impact on the national economy, and have important implications for academic development, economic construction, and social progress. The overall paper needs to show that the author has mastered a solid and broad basic theory, systematic and in-depth physics expertise and experimental skills in the fields of physics and materials, and has the ability to independently engage in innovative scientific research or independently undertake specialized technical development work.

(2) The doctoral thesis is the research result independently completed by the degree applicant himself under the guidance of the tutor or tutor group. It is an academic paper with complete system, reasonable structure and sufficient scientific research workload. The doctoral thesis should reflect the cutting-edge and novelty of the subject areas such as physics, and make creative achievements in physics or other disciplines or specialties. The content of the doctoral thesis should be reliable, hierarchical, and fluent.

(3) Doctoral dissertations should abide by academic ethics, conform to academic norms, and must not copy and plagiarize others' results.

(4) The format of the doctoral thesis is specifically in accordance with the relevant regulations of the graduate school.

Ⅷ. Graduation and degree application

PhD students apply for graduation and degree application. Specifically in accordance with the "People's Republic of China Degree Regulations", "Provisional Implementation Measures for the Degree Regulations of the People's Republic of China" and "Working Rules for the Granting of Master's and Doctoral Degrees in Suzhou University" (Sue University [2012] No. 20), "School of Postgraduate Application for Suzhou University" Regulations on the results of doctoral research (Sue University [2017] No. 10) and other relevant regulations.

1. The dissertation qualification review

(1) Conditions for applying for thesis defense

Complete the training program specified in the training plan, pass the doctoral course and other courses, and the comprehensive examination of doctoral students, and pass the required credits; obtain the scientific research results prescribed by the faculty during the doctoral degree; complete the doctoral thesis, and Pass the pre-answer.

(2) Application and qualification review of dissertation defense

1) Applicants should submit their dissertation and defense application two months before the reply.

2) The tutor should review the dissertation within half a month, make a detailed academic evaluation of the thesis, and make a comprehensive evaluation of the applicant's political thought performance, basic theory and professional knowledge, foreign language level, scientific research ability and style of study. , whether the paper meets the academic level of the applied degree and whether it agrees with the review.

3) The teaching and research section shall conduct a preliminary examination of the applicant's political and ideological performance, course learning, scientific research results and academic level of the dissertation, and the responsible person of the teaching and research section shall sign the opinion of whether or not to agree to the defense.

4) The Academic Degree Evaluation Committee shall review the applicant's political and ideological performance, course study, scientific research results and academic level of the dissertation according to the training plan and scientific research requirements. The chairman of the Academic Degree Evaluation Subcommittee shall sign whether to approve the review. opinion.

5) The application for the doctoral thesis defense approved by the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Education shall also be submitted to the Office of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee for approval.

6) Applicants who have one of the following circumstances may not agree to their dissertation defense application:

In the political thought and moral quality, he made serious mistakes and insisted on not changing; he did not complete the training program specified in the training plan, completed the prescribed courses, and obtained the required credits; the course examination and thesis writing had fraudulent phenomenon; The pre-answer was unqualified and the review was not approved after the revision.

7) When applying for a dissertation defense, individual Ph.D. students, if the scientific research results have not met the requirements stipulated by the Ministry of Education, but their dissertations have reached the academic level of the applied degree, and other conditions of defense have also been met, after the application, the tutor recommended, The evaluation section of the teaching and research section and the academic degree evaluation committee may agree to the application for the dissertation defense.

(3) Pre-defendment of doctoral thesis

1) Two months before the official reply of the doctoral thesis, the pre-defendment of the dissertation must be carried out. Those who have not participated in the pre-answer may not participate in the doctoral thesis defense. The pre-answering team should review the dissertation and the opening report in advance and the expert's opening arguments.

2) The Pre-defendment of the doctoral thesis is organized by the Faculty (the Academy). The pre-answering group consists of the tutor of the degree applicant, the members of the steering group, and the experts of the discipline and related disciplines, 3 or 5, including the thesis expert in the dissertation. .

3) The Pre-defendment of the doctoral thesis is presided over by the person in charge of the Pre-defendment team. In addition to introducing the content of the dissertation, degree applicants should also focus on the innovation and key conclusions of the dissertation. The instructor should provide a comprehensive introduction to the applicant's dissertation research. The pre-answering team should ask questions about the dissertation in conjunction with the opening report, and ask the applicant to reply, so as to evaluate the workload, innovation, basis of argument, and academic level of the dissertation. The pre-answers are divided into three types: qualified, basic and unqualified.

4) If the dissertation Pre-defendment "unqualified", the dissertation must be revised. After the examiner has passed the examination, the dissertation can be applied for the dissertation defense. The application must be accompanied by a written explanation of the revision of the dissertation. Those who are "qualified" or "substantially qualified" in the pre-answer shall also further improve the dissertation according to the amendments proposed by the pre-answering group.

2. Review of the dissertation

The doctoral thesis should be reviewed by more than 5 (including 5) and external experts with positive professional titles in the relevant disciplines of the thesis.

All doctoral dissertations are subject to blind review and are submitted for review by the Office of the Academic Degrees Evaluation Committee. The specific requirements for the blind review of the dissertation are implemented in accordance with the Interim Implementation Measures for the Blind Examination of Masters and Doctoral Dissertations of Suzhou University.

The confidential dissertation is not subject to blind trial, and its review is carried out in accordance with the relevant requirements of the “Study on the Management of Graduate Students in Suzhou University”.

3. The defense of the dissertation

(1) Composition of the thesis defense committee

The doctoral dissertation defense committee consists of 5 or 7 experts with profound academic titles. Among them, doctoral tutors or off-campus experts should be the majority, and the original degree paper reviewers should be a minority. The applicant's tutor may not be employed as a member of the dissertation defense committee. The chairman of the defence committee is an off-campus expert with a senior professional title or a doctoral tutor.

The Dissertation Defence Committee has a secretary, and employs teachers with deputy senior or above (including deputy senior) titles or doctoral or higher (including doctoral degrees).

(2) The work of the dissertation defense committee

The dissertation defense committee is responsible for organizing the dissertation defense. The defense should be asked about the dissertation itself, and the degree applicant should reply. Questions related to the dissertation can also be questioned to check the mastery of the applicant's basic theory and professional knowledge; to be responsible for reviewing the dissertation, based on the academic level and defense of the dissertation, and to submit academic comments in accordance with the requirements of the dissertation, Evaluate the dissertation and make a resolution.

The dissertation defense committee must adhere to standards, seek truth from facts, be serious, fair and reasonable, and promote academic democracy, and hold public defenses (except for confidential dissertations).

When a dissertation defense committee forms a resolution, it must adopt a secret ballot method, which is approved by more than two-thirds (including two-thirds) of all members. After the resolution is signed by all members of the defense committee, it shall be submitted to the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee; the defense committee shall vote on whether to grant the degree through the thesis defense and suggestion; while the defense of the thesis is passed, the defense committee shall present the academic according to the academic level and the defense of the paper. Comments, evaluation of the grade of the paper, sub-excellence, good, and third-class; if the defense of the thesis is not passed, the defense committee should decide whether to recommend the time (the doctor is two years, but not more than the length of study prescribed by our school, the same below) After the paper is revised, the paper is re-submitted and voted once; if the doctoral dissertation does not reach the academic level of the doctoral degree, but has reached the academic level of the master's degree, and the applicant has not obtained the master's degree of the discipline, the thesis The defence committee may make a resolution recommending the award of a master's degree, but it is not possible to simultaneously make a resolution to repudiate once after the paper has been revised within the specified time.

(3) Dissertation defense procedure

1) The Chairman announces the list of members of the Defence Committee and the agenda for the reply;

2) The instructor briefly introduces the basic situation of the applicant for the degree;

3) The main content of the degree applicant's dissertation report;

4) The members of the defense committee raise questions and the applicants of the degree reply;

5) Adjournment. The defence committee meets separately.

The secretary of the defense committee reads out the dissertation review opinion; the defense committee reviews the academic level and defense of the dissertation; the defense committee decides whether to grant a degree through the thesis defense and suggestion, or whether it is recommended to revise the paper after the revised time within the specified time. Vote; discuss and form a resolution.

6) Resumption. The chairman of the reply committee read out the resolution and announced the result of the vote.

The defense fee is paid by the tutor from the research funding.