The Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is one of the first key institutes authorized to confer doctoral and master's degrees in China.
IMR has made a wide variety of academic exchanges with universities, institutions, companies, and entrepreneurs from more than 30 countries and regions. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a prominent university in China and enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide. Starting from 2015, graduate education of IMR has been taken over by USTC and therefore School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE, USTC) has been founded. Now IMR is attractive for international graduate students who have a chance to apply for scholarships offered by Chinese Government or other related scholarships offered by USTC.
IMR has a strong instructional team for Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. There are more than 300 tutors, including 7 Academicians from both CAS and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Currently, IMR has an enrollment of more than 1400 graduate students.
IMR is a high-level institute and well equipped with advanced scientific research facilities. It provides students with a wide range of research areas, a well-experienced tutoring team, a good learning environment adequate research funds and comfortable living environment. Many types of scholarships and fellowships, including the Graduate Student Scholarship, Assistant Research Fellowship, Shi Changxu Scholarship and several kinds of International Student Scholarships have been set up at IMR.
Graduate students at IMR have the opportunity to participate in research projects under the direct guidance of their tutors to explore the frontiers of scientific research and attend academic meetings. IMR also organizes summer camps for young people interested in materials science. As a beautiful and quiet campus-full of trees and trimmed grassland, IMR is a favorable place for students to study and research. In addition, the living conditions and working facilities are very pleasant as well.
