Programs

A four-year English-taught PhD in Transportation Engineering with focus on Transportation Surveying and Information Technology at Southeast University, addressing transportation challenges through research in data analysis, traffic modelling, and intelligent transportation systems.

A four-year English-language PhD in Urban Planning at Southeast University, Nanjing, focused on urban development, policy analysis, and sustainability within China’s planning context.

A three-year English-taught PhD in Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, delivered in partnership with the University of Liverpool and hosted in the Design School on the XJTLU campus in Suzhou; research centres on sustainable revitalisation, supervised jointly by XJTLU and Liverpool faculty, leading to a University of Liverpool degree recognised by China’s Ministry of Education; includes an optional research visit to Liverpool.

Jiangsu University delivers this four-year English-language PhD in Vehicle Engineering. It supports research into vehicle system dynamics control, design of vehicle components, and energy-saving technologies for new energy vehicles.

A four-year English-taught PhD in Water and Soil Conservation and Desertification Control centred on ecological land management. It supports research into soil erosion control, desertification mitigation, and landscape-scale environmental resilience.

This four-year PhD programme covers water conservancy and hydropower engineering. Core areas include hydraulic infrastructure design, water resource management, and hydropower system development.

A four-year, English-taught PhD in Wildlife Protection and Utilization at Nanjing Forestry University in Nanjing. Research is undertaken under faculty supervision.

This four-year PhD programme studies wood processing equipment and information systems. It bridges forestry engineering and modern technology, with research oriented toward sustainable development in the wood industry.

A four-year English-taught PhD in Wood Science and Technology covering wood material behaviour, processing innovations, and sustainable resource use. Research bridges academic inquiry and industrial application.

Nanjing Forestry University provides a four-year English-taught PhD in Zoology, where candidates carry out supervised research in animal biology and related fields.

Southeast University’s one-semester pre-university programme combines intensive Chinese—about 26 classes weekly covering listening, speaking, reading, and writing—with six elective foundation classes in subjects such as mathematics, physics, and economics. The mix readies students for Chinese-medium undergraduate or postgraduate study in Nanjing.