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2024/25 Autumn Enrollment Application Timeline

2023.07.21

Website application system open

2023.09-2024.08

Gradually rolling out offers

2024.07.15

Website application system shutdown

The international student channel will be closed on June 15, 2024

2024.08

New students registration

2024.09

The university officially opens

​Doctor of Philosophy in Advanced Materials

Admission modeApplication-based.
Target applicantsMaster's or undergraduate graduates with a strong interest in the following areas:
  • Soft matter physics
  • Quantum materials and quantum computing
  • Artificial intelligence technology for materials science
Duration of studyFull-time: 3 years (for those with a relevant research-oriented master's degree) or 4 years (for those without a relevant research-oriented master's degree). Part-time: 6 years.
Medium of instructionEnglish.

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Why AMAT

Shijie YUAN

I am Yuan Shijie, a doctoral candidate in the field of advanced materials at the Functional Hub of HKUST(GZ). I graduated from the Department of Chemistry (ACS) at Purdue University with a bachelor's degree. Three years after returning to China to start my own business, I joined Prof. GAO, Ping's research group to conduct research...

Zhongyi NI

I am Zhongyi NI, a doctoral student in the advanced materials thrust at the Functional Hub of HKUST(GZ). After obtaining dual degrees in Mathematics and Electronic Information Science from Fudan University, I came to here to conduct in-depth research in the field of quantum computing and scientific computation.

Xintao FENG

My current research mainly focuses on the field of ultracold atoms. The temperature of ultracold atoms is close to absolute zero, and they can be used in a variety of research and application areas, including quantum computing, quantum communication, precision measurement, quantum simulation, and more.


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