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PhD in Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering

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Overview

The Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering Thrust offers postgraduate research programs leading to the degrees of PhD degrees with advanced biotechnology as a major focus. Areas of research include regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, molecular and cell biology, precision medicine, plant biology, Chinese medicine, healthy aging, biostatistics, bioinformatics and data mining. The programs will provide a well-rounded education as well as rigorous research training to prepare students to become versatile and knowledgeable professionals who can achieve the following objectives and learning outcomes:

  • PhD graduates should be capable of conducting high-quality original research, creating new knowledge, deriving valuable insights, and making tangible impacts to academia and the field.

Program Details

Normative Program Duration

PhD
Full-time:

  • 3 years (with a relevant research master's degree),
  • 4 years (without a relevant research master's degree)

Part-time:

  • 6 years

Medium of Instruction

  • All lectures and materials are in English.

Postgraduate Scholarship

PhD
Full-time:

  • The PGS rate will be CNY15,000 per month for 2024-25, up to 4 years for full-time PhD students
  • Details about financial assistance are available at:
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Graduation on Completion of Studies

When students have completed the degree requirements for an award, they will be included in the list of potential graduates.

To be considered for graduation, PhD student must:

  • Complete the courses specified for the program;
  • Achieve a graduation grade average of at least 2.850 in the courses used to satisfy the program requirements;
  • Attain a pass in the thesis examination;
  • Complete the program within the specified time limit.

Curriculum

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Credit Requirement

PhD: 21 credits

Required Core Courses

  • Course Code Course Title Credit
  • UCMP 6010
    or
    UCMP 6030     Cross-disciplinary Research Methods I
    or
    Cross-disciplinary Design Thinking I     2
  • SYSH 5000 Model-based Systems Engineering 2
  • FUNH 5000
    or
    INFH 5000
    or
    SOCH 5000     Introduction to Function Hub for Sustainable Future
    or
    Information Science and Technology: Essentials and Trends
    or
    Technological Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship     2

Required Common Courses

  • Course Code Course Title Credit
  • LANG 5000 Foundation in Listening & Speaking for Postgraduate Students 1
  • LANG 5010 Postgraduate English for Science Studies 1
  • PDEV 6770 Professional Development for Research Postgraduate Students 1
  • PDEV 6800 Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 0
  • SYSH 6780 Career Development for Systems Hub Research Students 1
  • BSBE/‌INTR/‌ROAS/‌SMMG 6800 Seminars 0

Sample List of Domain Knowledge Courses

  • Course Code Course Title Credit(s)
  • BSBE 5100 Data-driven Cancer Research and Precision Medicine 3
  • BSBE 5200 Principles of Neuroscience and Related Diseases 3
  • BSBE 5300 Brain and Behavior 3
  • BSBE 5400 Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging 3
  • BSBE 5500 Principles of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering 3
  • BSBE 5600 Biosignal Processing 3
  • BSBE 6000 Special Topics in Bioscience 3
  • AMAT 5200 Machine Learning for Materials Science 3
  • AMAT 5250 Mathematical Methods for Materials Science and Engineering 3
  • AMAT 5900 Molecular Physics and Optoelectronic Processes 3
  • DSAA 5002 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Data Science 3
  • DSAA 5009 Deep Learning in Data Science 3