At Lanzhou University, Solid Mechanics is a core doctoral research discipline embedded within the Mechanics first-level discipline offered by the School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics. Solid Mechanics is recognized nationally: it was among the first group of disciplines approved by China’s Academic Degrees Committee to award master's and doctoral degrees and was later designated a national key discipline by the Ministry of Education.
The Ph.D. program focuses on training highly qualified researchers and engineering professionals with deep theoretical understanding and strong research skills in the mechanics of solids — that is, how solid materials and structures behave under various physical forces and environmental conditions.
NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.
Extra Notes
Requirements Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental diseases that may affect the normal study, have a master’s degree and be under the age of 45 (Age limit is flexible for healthy applicants with certain work experience and high academic ability).
Language proficiency requirements:
1. Applicants for Chinese-taught programs of literature, history, philosophy, education and law should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 210,or HSK certificate of level 5 or above; applicants for other Chinese-taught programs should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 190.
2. There are no Chinese language proficiency requirements for the applicants of English-taught programs, but they (except for English native speakers) must have an internet-based TOEFL test score 90 or IELTS test score 6.5 (or above).