The course study adopts the credit system, according to which the successful master candidates must get at least 28 credit. Among the obligatory credit, there must include 10 credit get from practice session and 14 credit obtained through passing the prescribed courses.
Thesis regulations
The selecting title of the thesis should either originate from the practical project or have explicit engineering background. The achievement of the thesis should be valuable to the practical application, and the research problems should be challenging referring to the technical difficulty and the work load, and meanwhile the topic should be advanced. The thesis should focus any aspect of engineering research, engineering design, project planning, project management, etc. The thesis manuscript must be structured rationally, stated clearly and argued reasonably.
All the candidates could apply the defense only through passing all the courses and training as well as validating their completed thesis manuscripts.
NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.
Extra Notes
CUST has 3 campuses, 14 teaching colleges and graduate schools, and 31,949 undergraduate and international students. There are 2,091 faculty members, including 1,277 full-time faculty members, and 8 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. CUST’s optical engineering major has entered the top A category in the national discipline assessment; 2 disciplines are ranked in the top 1% of ESI worldwide.