In 2022, all teachers and students of the School of Physics and Technology have firmly established a sense of anxiety about the consequences of not forging ahead, an enterprising mindset of striving forward in life, a spirit of innovation that dares to experiment and explore, and a collaborative mindset of working together to overcome difficulties. Guided by Party building, the school has maintained strategic stability while ensuring the health and safety of teachers and students during the pandemic. It has emphasized its development positioning of "creating distinctive features, improving governance, expanding space, and strengthening contributions", leveraged its advantages in inheritance, and made up for shortcomings in reform. With an unwavering spirit, the school has achieved new success on the journey of building a world-class university with a distinctive transportation feature, writing a new chapter in the development of the school.
Firstly, the school has made fruitful achievements and achieved new breakthroughs in strengthening discipline construction. In this year, the school successfully completed the established stage goals of discipline construction. According to the ESI discipline analysis report of the library of Southwest Jiaotong University, as of November 2022, the annual total citation frequency of physics in our university was 17618, with a potential value of 79.18%. The two majors of "Applied Physics" and "Electronic Information Science and Technology" were approved as national first-class undergraduate major construction points, achieving full coverage of majors. The school completed the application and implementation of the second round of the "Double First Class" discipline construction project, participated in the construction of the Southwest Jiaotong University - CRRC Times Microelectronics Academy, and cooperated with the School of Information Science and Technology to apply for an engineering doctoral degree in "Electronic Information".
Secondly, the school has bravely shouldered its mission and made new contributions to achieving the set objectives. In this year, the “Chinese First Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarator, CFQS Project”, a major science and technology infrastructure project in Sichuan Province, has been approved by the Development and Reform Commission of Sichuan Province. The project covers an area of about 15 acres, with a total investment of about 250 million yuan, and a construction period of 36 months. At the same time, the Dacheng Southwest Jiaotong University Physics and Astronomy Research Base has been established, and the country's largest optical waveband 2.5-meter solar telescope will soon be installed at the Daocheng Observatory.
Thirdly, the school has been guided by ideological trends, leading the development of the school to new heights. In this year, the school has deeply studied, publicized, and implemented the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the spirit of the 15th Party Congress of the school. With the characteristics of basic disciplines, the school has conducted two in-depth seminars on how to achieve the development and breakthrough of characteristic disciplines. It has also conducted three thematic seminars on "identifying gaps, remedying weaknesses, and achieving high-quality development of the school" in order to focus on the implementation of key tasks in the school's 14th Five-Year Plan. The school's official website and the "Elite Physics" WeChat official account have planned more than 20 special columns such as "Celebrating the 20th National Congress" and "Advancing in Physics", publishing more than 307 special network works. The number of readings has exceeded 100,000, creating a positive atmosphere for online ideological education.
Finally, the school has united the wisdom of teachers and students to draw up a new blueprint. In this year, the school successfully held a party member congress and completed the election of the new party committee. The work report of the school's party committee analyzed the current development status and shortcomings, and designed the "four pillars and eight beams" for the future development. It established the development concept of "prioritizing education, strengthening scientific research, promoting disciplinary development, and nurturing new talents". The school further promoted the integration and linkage of studying and implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the spirit of the 15th Party Congress of the school, and the 14th Five-Year Plan of the school, drawing up the blueprint for the next phase of the school's development.
Fifthly, Promote Character Education and Integrate the New Concept of Educating and Cultivating People.
Over the past year, the Party Committee of the College has focused on the fundamental task of character education and aimed to build a strong class and academic atmosphere in order to improve university admission rates and employment rates. With "teacher-student integration, collaborative building" as the operating mode, the College has established a synergistic mechanism for three-dimensional education spanning across the college, department, class advisor, and student work. The College has emphasized the construction of counselor and class advisor teams, as well as the development of student core teams. Counselors were organized for professional skill training twice and earned vocational qualifications. Three times in the student work group, they conducted work training and exchanged ideas with other colleges. One class advisor training and three student core team trainings were conducted.
The College has implemented the "Great Ideological and Political Education" work plan to integrate student curriculum teaching, college reports, student feedback, special awards, and daily education. Nine collective honors, including the characteristic collective honors, have been awarded to a total of 361 people. Additionally, 785 people have received various scholarships. The College integrates "funding" with "education," "poverty relief" with "virtue," and "legal compliance" with "humanistic care," providing assistance to a total of over 791 students. The College has insisted on comprehensive education and coordinated the organization of student social practices, volunteer services, and other activities. It has also explored and established physical characteristic labor and art education practice projects to enrich the connotation of students' extracurricular activities and achieve universal coverage. The College has also carried out regular psychological health education and supported key student assistance activities by combining epidemic prevention with character education to ensure campus harmony and safety.
Sixthly, Strengthen Foundation and Enhance Talents to Achieve New Results.
Over the past year, the College has deepened the teaching reform of basic physics courses, actively constructed research-based and practice-based teaching models that cover the entire process of undergraduate education, and improved the quality of talent cultivation. The College has made every effort to promote the construction of "project-oriented professional courses" and completed the first round of courses with 12 courses from 6 teams. It has also formulated quality standards and management methods for courses and conducted course design poster exhibitions and summary discussions. The College has participated in receiving one special prize for Sichuan Provincial Teaching Achievements, two Sichuan Provincial Higher Education Talent Cultivation and Teaching Reform projects, one University Physics Teaching Commission Teaching Reform Project, one Sichuan Provincial Demonstration Teaching Team for College Curriculum Ideology and Politics, and the identification of three courses as first-class undergraduate courses in Sichuan Province. The College has also received approval for two key teaching reform projects, one key cultivation project, and five general projects at the university level, as well as two undergraduate education textbook construction and research projects. In addition, two papers on educational reform have been published in core Chinese journals at Peking University.
The quality of talent cultivation has steadily improved, with students participating in various subject competitions and winning six national first prizes, two national second prizes, and four national third prizes. The College has completed 23 SRTP projects, initiated 37 SRTP projects, 16 personalized experimental projects, and key laboratory projects for 2022. The College's graduation rate for 2022 reached another new high of 56.23%, with the graduation rate continuously improving for four years. Graduate students applying for a doctoral degree have published 37 high-level journal papers, averaging 4.1 papers per person. Graduate students pursuing a master's degree have produced 102 innovative achievements, averaging 1.46 papers per person, both of which rank first in the university.
Seventhly, Supporting the Cultivation of Talents and Promoting the College's Strength with New Help.
Over the past year, the College has taken multiple measures to promote the strength of its faculty and has formulated the "2022-2025 Faculty Building Plan". It has strongly adhered to the principle of both recruiting and cultivating talent, and continuously enhanced and strengthened its talent team. One national-level talent has been recruited, and two individuals have been selected through the university's faculty selection process and are about to join the College. The College has also improved the structure of teacher titles, with two new professors and seven new associate professors. It has organized submissions for two national-level talent projects and four provincial-level projects, as well as submissions for the "Gather Talent Awards" selection at Southwest Jiaotong University. It has also organized submissions for the 2022 "Series Support Plan for Talent and Faculty Team Development". In addition, one person has been selected for the reserve candidate for the Sichuan Provincial Academic and Technical Leader, one person has been selected as a young eagle scholar of the University, and one person has been approved for the Sichuan Provincial Distinguished Youth Fund Project.
Eighthly, Characteristic Development and Service to National Strategies, Reaching New Heights.
Over the past year, the College has aimed at national major strategies and international technological frontiers, vigorously promoted organized scientific research, fully exerted the strength of various research teams, and achieved significant progress in new project developments, project funding, academic papers, and experimental platform construction. The College has received approval for 20 research projects, with a total research budget of 30.2997 million yuan obtained. The College has published 159 papers, including 119 SCI papers.
Ninthly, International Cooperation, Expanding International Influence and Creating New Glory.
Over the past year, the College has received approval for one project under the university's first batch of "Overseas First-class Disciplines Partner Action Plan". It has further promoted the Sino-German cooperative project on non-destructive testing. The College has also organized the participation of foreign resources in the International Summer Course Week and offered two courses, with more than 100 students enrolled.
Another spring has come. The College of Physics Science and Technology will continue to integrate and promote development, bravely undertake missions, and write new chapters of the College's development journey toward building a world-class university with distinctive characteristics in transportation.
