The School of Mathematics and Physics at Yancheng Institute of Technology (YCIT) was established in May 2015. Its roots trace back to August 1996 when the Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics Teaching and Research Sections of the former Yancheng Industrial College’s Basic Department merged with the corresponding sections from Yancheng Vocational College to establish the Department of Basic Sciences at YCIT. In February 2000, the Mathematics Teaching and Research Section from Yancheng Accounting College was incorporated into the department. In August 2004, it was renamed as the Department of Basic Education. In 2013, The Mechanics Course Group was spun off, and the Physics Experimental Center from the original Experimental Teaching Department was integrated. Finally, in May 2015, the Department of Basic Education was renamed as the School of Mathematics and Physics.
The school currently comprises the Department of Physics, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Basic Mathematics Teaching and Research Section, Applied Mathematics Teaching and Research Section, Physics Experimental Center, and two university-level research institutes in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. Our School is responsible for teaching undergraduate courses in Advanced Mathematics, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Linear Algebra, Complex Functions, College Physics, and graduate-level mathematics foundation courses. The school offers three undergraduate programs: Applied Physics, Applied Statistics, and Data Science and Big Data Technology, with a current enrollment of 549 students.
The school has 67 full-time faculty members, including 8 professors and 28 associate professors, with 53.73% of the faculty holding senior titles or above. There are 43 faculty members with doctoral degrees, comprising 64.18% of the total teaching staff. Our distinguished faculty include 1 member of Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Leader Program of Jiangsu Province "333 Project", 2 academic leaders of Jiangsu "Blue Project", 4 outstanding young backbone teachers of Jiangsu "Blue Project", 1 member of Jiangsu "Six Talent Peak" Program, 2 "Double Innovation Doctors", and 8 "Double Innovation Plan Technical Vice Presidents". The Basic Physics Teaching Team has been recognized as an outstanding teaching team under Jiangsu "Blue Project". The school partners with Jiangsu University and Anhui University of Science and Technology in graduate student education, boasting 10 master’s degree supervisors. In recent years, the faculty has spearheaded more than 30 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 16 provincial-level projects, and published over 300 SCI/EI-indexed papers. Additionally, they have received 1 Provincial Natural Science Award, 2 Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards, and 1 Provincial Higher Education Science and Technology Progress Award. The "College Physics" course has been successively approved as a Jiangsu Provincial Quality Course, Jiangsu Provincial Online Open Course, part of the first-batch Provincial First-class Undergraduate Course, and National First-class Undergraduate Course. The "College Physics" textbook has been approved as the Jiangsu Provincial Quality Textbook, Jiangsu Provincial Key Textbook, and Jiangsu Provincial Planning Textbook.
The faculty actively mentor students in a wide range of competitive events. In recent years, our students have consistently excelled in national-level competitions, such as the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, the National College Student Physics Experiment Competition, and the National College Student Mathematics Competition. Their accomplishments include capturing 6 first-place and 13 second-place awards in Mathematical Modeling, 5 first-place, 3 second-place, and 10 third-place honors in Physics Experiments, and 4 first-place and 2 second-place trophies in the Mathematics Competition. These impressive results place our school at the forefront among Jiangsu’s institutions of higher education. For several consecutive years, the school has been honored as an Advanced Collective and a Unit of Teaching Excellence by the college.
October 21, 2024
