Graduate Admissions for 2027

Planned intake: 3 master's students and 2 doctoral students for entry in 2027. Eligibility, programme information, and application procedures are subject to the official announcements of Tongji University and the College of Civil Engineering.

Research areas: inerter systems, seismic isolation and vibration mitigation, high-damping materials and vibration-control metamaterials, structural health monitoring, Engineering Internet, intelligent optimisation, and the resilience of energy infrastructure, with applications to liquid-storage tanks, offshore wind towers, industrial equipment, subway environments, and complex structures.

Suitable backgrounds: civil engineering, mechanics, control, mechanical engineering, computation, and intelligent algorithms. Prior publications are not required; the group values a strong academic foundation, clear thinking, sustained effort, and willingness to solve real problems.

Research training: dynamic modelling, MATLAB/Python programming, finite-element analysis, shake-table and device experiments, data processing, optimisation algorithms, engineering performance assessment, and the communication of papers, patents, software, and technical reports.

Group record: 133 peer-reviewed journal articles in Chinese and English, 7 highly cited papers (including 5 recognised by Essential Science Indicators and 2 recognised by Chinese journals), 30 granted invention patents, and 7 standards, with sustained support from national and regional research programmes.

Graduate pathways: graduate destinations include technology and AI companies such as Huawei and Microsoft, research institutes, energy organisations, and public-sector organisations, universities, financial institutions, and further study in the United States and Japan.

Contact: Please send a CV, transcript, research interests, expected time commitment, and a short application statement of no more than 200 Chinese characters or approximately 120 English words to zhangruifu@tongji.edu.cn. Suggested subject line: “2027 Application Enquiry – Degree Type – University – Major – Name”.