School of Materials and Chemical Engineering (SMCE) of Xi'an Technological University was founded in 1979. It has 1 post-doctoral mobile station (Material Science and Engineering), 1 first-level discipline authorized to confer doctorate degrees (Material Science and Engineering), 3 second-level disciplines authorized to confer doctorate degrees (Material Processing Engineering, Material Physics and Chemistry, Materials Science), 1 first-level discipline authorized to confer master's degrees (Material Science and Engineering), 3 second-level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees (Material Processing Engineering, Material Physics and Chemistry, Materials Science), 1 discipline authorized to confer professional master’s degrees (Material Engineering), and 5 undergraduate majors (Metal Materials Engineering, Polymer Materials and Engineering, Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Engineering, Material Chemistry, Environmental Engineering). There are 1422 undergraduates and 243 graduate students in SMCE.
There are 114 faculty members in SMCE. 50% of full-time teachers have senior professional titles, and 66% of full-time teachers are PhD degrees holders.
The main research areas cover high quality light alloy, solidification theory and solidification technology, relaxation ferroelectric crystal, high entropy alloy, metal amorphous, infrared glass, semiconductor crystal for detector, nano-functional material, new liquid crystal functional polymer, photoelectric energy conversion Polymers, biomedical polymers, and environmentally friendly materials, etc. Among them, the self-developed aluminum-based composite pistons have replaced the imported ones, and various types of pistons.
In the past 5 years, SMCE has been in charge of 1 national 973 projects, 5 national 973 topics, 4 national defense 973 topics, 40 National Natural Science Funds, 13 national defense pre-research and model projects and nearly 300 other projects. SMCE has also won 1 second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 15 provincial and ministerial level and other science and technology awards. It has also authorized 30 invention patents, published more than 300 SCI papers, and in total, the research funding has reached 120 million (RMB) in SMCE.