(Correspondents Deng Yue and Wang Bo) A lecture on “3 + 1 + 1” Joint Training Program of National University of Singapore (hereinafter referred to as NUS) and School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (hereinafter referred to as “School of Materials”) was held in Conference Hall 118, Building G, South Campus on March 16, 2019. Professor Ding Jun,theAssociate Head of the Department of Material Science and Engineering at NUS, Associate Professor Ouyang Jianyong of the Department of Material Science and Engineering at NUS, Teacher Dai Nian of “3 + 1 + 1” Program Office of the Suzhou Research Institute of NUS, Lu Shuo,theSecretary of the Party Committee of the School of Materials, Professor Yang Rusen, the ViceDean, Assistant Professor Shi Jianzhang,the School Affairs Assistant and more than 100 students attended this lecture.

At the beginning of the lecture, Yang Rushen, on behalf of the School, expressed the warmest welcome and deeply thanks to the teachers of NUS and Suzhou Research Institute. He also briefly introduced the School of Materials and the teaching and scientific research achievements of NUS. He hoped that students would cherish and seize such cooperative teaching opportunities to expand their international vision, study hard abroad, and serve the motherland after their studies.

Afterwards, Dai Nian from the Suzhou Research Institute of NUS introduced the general situation of the Suzhou Research Institute of NUS, the advantages and features of the Joint Training Program, learning mode, application conditions and admission process, as well as excellent teaching resources and scientific research achievements of NUS. At the same time, he also explained the NUS’s bridging programms at fourth year from four aspects of English writing and communication, science and technology lectures, MSE programme and graduation project. The advantages of “3 + 1 + 1” Program were intuitively displayed based on the employment and further education data of students in this program in recent years.

At the lecture, Ding Jun and Ouyang Jianyong from NUS introduced in detail the development history, research direction, faculty, discipline ranking, basic necessities of life of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of NUS, which aroused a strong interest of all students present.

During the lecture, all the teachers answered students’ questions carefully, interacted with students, and encouraged them to actively participate in this program and to expand their horizons. It is believed that this lecture will make students know more about this program, help them to define their own life direction and start a new learning journey.

After the lecture, Professor Ding Jun and other personnel visited the experimental platform and graduate laboratory of the School.

It is reported that “3 + 1 + 1” Program is a Sino-foreign Joint Training Program jointly constructed by NUS, Suzhou Research Institute of NUS and School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology of Xidian University. This program is designed to jointly cultivate professional and innovative talents in line with social needs by integrating and innovating superior resources of China and Singapore. This program is available for outstanding undergraduate students of School of Materials of Xidian University under the system of three-year undergraduate programme in domestic university, one-year bridging programme in the Suzhou Research Institute of NUS and one-year master’s programme in NUS.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering of NUS, affiliated to theSchool of Engineering of NUS, ranked first in Asia and sixth in the world in QS World Ranking from 2014 to 2015, and ranked in the top ten in the world in the QS World Ranking from 2012 to 2019.