School of Science
The School of Science undertakes scientific research and the teaching of public basic courses in the fields of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. There are 91 faculty members, among them 83 are full-time teachers, 6 are experimental teachers and a foreign “Yaohu Scholar”. There are also 5 post-doctorates and 43 PhD degree holders among the faculty members. There are 3 PhD candidates and 3 “Yaohu Distinguished Young Teachers”.
Undergraduate programme
Applied Statistics
Postgraduate programme
l Applied Statistics
l Electronic Information
Research Institute and Laboratories
Ø A research institute of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics;
Ø A Physics experiment center (a provincial-level demonstration teaching experiment center and the experiment teaching base for Physics competition for provincial high school students);
Ø A basic Chemistry laboratory;
Ø an Information and Computing Science laboratory.
Ø Scientific Researches
Ø Over 60 state-level or provincial/ministerial-level scientific research subjects;
Ø 6 national natural science foundation (NSFC) projects;
Ø 200 papers published in Main journals and recorded in SSCI, SCI, EI, ISTP and CSSCI;
Ø 15 monographs and textbooks published.
Ø Rewards and Prizes
Ø 3 second prizes in provincial-level higher institution teachers’ teaching competitions;
Ø 3 first prizes in institute-level competitions for teachers;
Ø 6 first prizes, 11 second prizes and 26 third prizes at state level as well as over 50 provincial rewards have been won by students in the past three years.
Applied Statistics
This programme is comprised of two orientations, which are Water statistics and water resources management, Financial statistics and risk management.
Main courses: Calculus, Linear algebra, Introduction to statistics, Probability theory, Mathematical statistics, Social investigation and statistical analysis, Multivariate statistical analysis, Applied regression analysis, Statistical calculation and statistical software, Statistical prediction and decision-making, Data mining and big data analysis technology (TensorFlow, Deep learning practice), Business data case analysis and design, Water resources evaluation and management (Direction 1), Engineering statistics (Direction 1), Financial data analysis (Direction 2), Securities investment theory and practice (direction 2), etc.
Career opportunities: analysis of financial and investment decisions, and decision-making consultation at banks, securities and other financial institutions, statistical analysis and consultation work, statistical survey, statistical information management, education and teaching, data analysis, quality control, and intelligent decision making
Postgraduate Programmes
Applied Statistics
It bases on the water conservancy and power industry, serves the fields like ecological economy, industrial statistics, and environmental protection, and cultivates the high-level application-oriented professional talents of applied statistics adapting to the new generation of information processing technology and modern development of water conservancy.
Scientific research platforms list as “Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Water Information Cooperative Sensing and Intelligent Processing”, “Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Drive and Control”, “Nanchang Municipal Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Energy Storage Materials”, and “Key Laboratory of Nanchang Institute of Technology for Photoelectric Materials and New Energy Technology”.
Research Orientations
According to the basic requirements of the National Education Steering Committee for Professional Master’s Degree of Economics, combining with the actual situation of applied statistics-related disciplines of NIT, the main research orientations of the professional master’s degree in applied statistics are determined as follows:
Economic and Social Statistics
Industrial Statistics and Quality Control
Big Data Analysis
Electronic Information
The programme of Electronic Information sets up the research orientation of optoelectronics and new energy technology (original optoelectronic materials and devices), there are good scientific research environment and conditions.
It has scientific research platforms like “Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Water Information Cooperative Sensing and Intelligent Processing”, “Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Drive and Control”, “Nanchang Municipal Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Energy Storage Materials”, and “Key Laboratory of Nanchang Institute of Technology for Photoelectric Materials and New Energy Technology”.
This degree authorization site is based on the electronic information industry, serves the development of the local economy, water conservancy and electric power industry, and cultivates high-level application-oriented technical and management talents suitable for the new generation of information technology and the modern water conservancy and power development.
