Overview

Features

Top-level faculty, active academic thoughts, advanced experimental methods and devices are all helping the Department of Chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to get great achievements, improving its scientific level and expanding its international communication scope.

In recent years, the number of scientific and educational cooperations with universities in America, Canada, Japan, Germany, UK and Holland are increasing and the reputation and profile of the department are also raising.

Programme Structure

Research interests include:

new chiral nano-mesoporous material
nano material and organic-inorganic nano composite material
fluorine radical chemistry
general molecular force field model
enzyme inhibitor pharmacology and computer assisted design
high-efficiency asymmetrical catalysis
metallic-organic chemistry, drug-organic chemistry
dye chemistry and photoelectrical functional material

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

85

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IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Shanghai, China

Disciplines

Chemistry View 5 other PhDs in Chemistry in China

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

160 _(verbal)

160 _{(quantitative)}

3.5 _(analytical)

GMAT

550

English requirements

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85

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General requirements

Master’s degree for doctoral program applicants
Degree certificates, in scanned files
Transcripts, in scanned files. Doctoral program applicants are required to submit both undergraduate and graduate transcripts.
Proof of language proficiency
Scanned copy of passport.
Passport-size photo.
Personal statement and study plan
Two letters of academic recommendation from scholars who are associate professors or above, or senior professionals in a related academic field
If you are applying for programs of the School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology or School of Mechanical Engineering, you are required to contact the supervisor beforehand and provide an acceptance letter by the supervisor.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

45500 CNY / year

≈ 45500 CNY / year

Living costs

Shanghai

China

5481 - 10133 CNY / month

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