Degree Category: Academic Degree
Education Level: Master's Degree Candidate
Granted Degree: Master degree of Engineering
Educational Positioning and Objectives
Adhering to the disciplinary culture of "Integrating Thought and Action, Blending Knowledge into Art" and based on the talent development characteristics of being "Comprehensive, Excellent, and Leading," Tongji Transportation cultivates high-level talents who achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education. The program aims to nurture a new generation capable of shouldering the great task of national rejuvenation, developing future societal pillars and professional elites.
1.Cultivate Patriotism and Integrity:Possess love for the motherland, uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and support the socialist system; abide by laws and regulations, demonstrate sound character and conduct; maintain physical and mental health.
2.Build Solid Academic Foundation and Capabilities:Master solid foundational theories and systematic specialized knowledge within the discipline; possess the ability to engage in academic research work; have the fundamental ability to use a foreign language for academic research and communication; demonstrate good skills in cooperation, organization, and leadership.
3.Develop Professional Competence and Innovation:Be qualified to work in areas such as planning, design, construction, management, maintenance, operation, consulting, research, education, entrepreneurship, and investment financing within specific disciplinary directions like transportation planning and management, transportation infrastructure engineering, vehicle utilization engineering, traffic information and control, or traffic safety and environment. Cultivate abilities in innovation and creation, lifelong learning, international cooperation, and organizational management, becoming future-oriented innovative talents who can contribute to advancing the construction of a strong transportation nation.
Disciplinary Directions
·01 Road and Airport Engineering:Focuses on the planning, design, materials, maintenance, and intelligentization of road and airport infrastructure, emphasizing the cultivation of composite abilities in "theory + technology + management."
·02 Road Safety and Environmental Engineering:Investigates safety assurance, environmental impact, intelligence, and sustainability issues during road design and operation, emphasizing the cultivation of composite abilities in "theory + technology + management."
·03 Urban Rail and Railway Engineering:Studies the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and intelligentization of rail transit facilities, emphasizing the cultivation of composite abilities in "theory + technology + management."
·04 Intelligent Transportation Systems Engineering:Researches key AI-driven technologies for perception, decision-making, and control of connected and automated vehicles within complex transportation systems to enhance operational efficiency.
·05 Transportation Planning, Design, and Operation Management:Investigates problems related to the development of comprehensive multi-modal transportation networks, refined traffic design, safety resilience of traffic operations, and optimized management, applying technology to solve related practical problems.
·06 Transportation Data Science and Engineering:Focuses on transportation big data analysis and modeling, AI-driven optimization decisions, and methods for building large transportation models, applying technology to solve related practical problems.
·07 Rail Transport System Design, Smart Operation, and Intermodal Transport:Conducts research oriented towards rail transit and logistics systems, considering multiple transport modes, focusing on rail transport system design, smart operation, and intermodal transport management.
·08 Rail Transit Equipment and Systems Engineering:Researches the development of rail transit equipment, integrated system design, and health management, aiming to enhance the performance of rail transit equipment and system effectiveness through the integrated application of advanced intelligent technologies.
·09 Vehicle Propulsion and Control:Centers on the propulsion systems and control technologies for rail and maglev vehicles, researching technical challenges in the fields of intelligent control strategies, system optimization, propulsion, and control.
Degree Awarding Standards
The degree awarding standards for this discipline include criteria for ideological quality, course/credit requirements, knowledge standards, competency standards, thesis standards, and academic publication standards. To apply for the degree, candidates must meet at least the following conditions:
1.Must not have obtained enrollment eligibility or graduation certificates through illegal means, and must not have committed any serious illegal acts during the degree candidacy period.
2.Must have passed all required course assessments and earned the required credits.
3.Must have completed the degree thesis and passed the thesis defense.
4.Must meet the academic publication standards for degree application as set by the discipline.
5.The degree thesis and any academic publications submitted for the degree application must not involve academic misconduct.
Among these, the academic publication standards are as follows:
Academic Master's degree candidates must satisfy one of the following conditions (1) to (4):
(1) The candidate has published one paper or has one A-category paper accepted (see relevant notes for publication requirements).
(2) The candidate has achieved one of the following equivalent academic accomplishments within the Transportation Engineering discipline:
1) One authorized invention patent (the candidate must be the first inventor; or the supervisor is the first inventor and the candidate is the second).
2) One provincial/ministerial-level or above government science and technology award (the candidate's ranking is not limited).
3) One disciplinary competition award: Gold or Silver award in the China International College Students' 'Internet+' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the 'Challenge Cup' National Undergraduate Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, or the 'Challenge Cup' China College Students' Business Plan Competition (the candidate must be ranked within the top three); First prize in the China Graduate Mathematical Modeling Contest (the candidate must be ranked within the top three).
(3) Passed the school-level anonymous review: Before applying for the thesis defense, the candidate submits a manuscript for review, based on the core content of the degree thesis and meeting the standards of the discipline's core journals. This manuscript, along with the degree thesis, must be submitted to the school for anonymous review and pass.
(4) Passed the university-level blind review: The candidate may apply to use the university-level blind review (the degree thesis is reviewed by 2 experts in a university-level blind process) to replace the school-level anonymous review. Each student is limited to one such application.
* If the university-level blind review scores are below 90 and the candidate has not published an academic paper meeting the degree standards, they must still submit a manuscript for review (as described in condition 3) to the school for anonymous review and pass it before the defense.
* If all university-level blind review scores are 90 or above, the school-level anonymous review of the submission manuscript is not required.
Relevant Notes
1.Publication Requirements:The applicant must be the first author (including cases where the supervisor or co-supervisor is the first author and the applicant is the second author) or the corresponding author for an international academic journal (the same paper can only be used for one graduate's degree application). The paper must be published in a journal or academic conference recommended by the Academic Degree Sub-committee of Transportation Engineering (see attached list). Furthermore, the affiliation for both the first author and the graduate applicant must include both the Tongji University College of Transportation Engineering and a laboratory under the College of Transportation Engineering (for specific laboratory affiliation requirements, refer to the "2025 Master's Degree Awarding Standards for the Transportation Engineering Discipline").
2.Review of Academic Achievements:Academic achievements must be reviewed and approved by the Transportation Engineering Discipline Committee prior to the thesis defense. Interdisciplinary papers or other academic achievements published in journals or conferences listed in the recommended catalog of the relevant Tongji University Academic Degree Sub-committee that require recognition may be considered as degree-application papers after being certified by the Academic Degree Sub-committee of Transportation Engineering.
3.Off-Campus Supervisors:If the primary supervisor is an off-campus adjunct professor (or teacher), academic achievements where the designated on-campus co-supervisor (must be formally filed and recorded by the College) is the first author and the student is the second author can be recognized. The term 'co-supervisor' referred to in academic achievements is only valid under the premise that the primary supervisor is an off-campus adjunct doctoral supervisor.
4.Affiliation Requirement:Published papers, authorized invention patents, government science and technology awards, and disciplinary competition awards must list Tongji University as the first publication/authorization/award-winning unit.
5.International Students:International students following the same academic system and training mode are subject to the same academic requirements and academic level standards stipulated in these discipline degree standards.
For detailed degree awarding standards, please refer to the "2025 Master's Degree Awarding Standards for the Transportation Engineering Discipline" formulated by the Academic Degree Sub-committee of Transportation Engineering.
Duration of Study
The duration of study for full-time academic master's degree candidates is 2.5 years, with a maximum study period not exceeding 4 years.
Curriculum and Credit Requirements
Academic master's degree candidates are required to complete a minimum of 31 credits, which include:
·6 credits from compulsory public courses,
·2 credits from selective public courses,
·12 credits from compulsory specialized courses,
·6 credits from selective specialized courses,
·5 credits from compulsory components (including 1 credit for thesis topic selection, 2 credits for thesis writing and academic norms, 2 credits for Tongji Advanced Lectures, and 0 credits for mid-term assessment).
Training and Assessment Requirements
The topic selection for the master's degree thesis shall be organized by each department according to the university's stipulated timeline, generally to be completed no later than the third semester after enrollment. Extensions are not permitted barring exceptional circumstances. Each department will rank the thesis topics based on the topic selection assessment results. Candidates who do not pass the initial assessment must apply for a second topic selection three months later. Failure to pass the subsequent assessment will result in automatic termination of studies, leading to expulsion. If significant changes occur in the research direction of the thesis during the research process, a new topic selection defense must be convened. Failure to pass the reassessment will result in expulsion.
The mid-term assessment for master's students is organized by each departmenta ccording to the university's stipulated timeline. It should generally be completed no later than the third semester after enrollment and cannot be postponed without compelling reasons. Students who fail the initial mid-term assessment will be given one opportunity to retake the assessment after six months. Failure to pass the reassessment will result in expulsion.
Each graduate student has two opportunities for university-level blind review before their thesis defense. Specific requirements are detailed in the <Implementation Measures for the Management of Graduate Thesis or Practical Achievements in the Transportation Engineering Discipline.>.
Review and defense serve as evaluations of the thesis by peer experts. Prior to the master's thesis defense, the thesis must be sent to at least two peer experts for review. The thesis defense committee for a master's degree must consist of at least five members.The basic requirements, formatting standards, review procedures, defense organization, and defense processes for the thesis shall adhere to the <Tongji University Thesis Writing Standards>, <Tongji University Degree Awarding Implementation Rules> and <Tongji University Regulations on Thesis Topic Selection, Review, and Defense.>
The confidentiality management of classified degree theses and degree applications shall be implemented in accordance with the < Tongji University Regulations on the Management of Classified Graduate Students and Classified Degree Theses>(Tongji Yan [2018] No. 65).