Materials Science and Engineering provides students with rigorous and complete basic training in modern materials science, so that students can master the core knowledge system of Materials Science and Engineering, know the ideas and methods of how materials science understand the world and correctly recognize the importance and potential development of this major. By doing so, it allows students to have a broad and solid knowledge foundation, the ability to learn independently and a sense of innovation, as well as the ability to participate in scientific research.

Materials Science and Engineering is one of the key construction disciplines of Guangdong Province in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. It has gathered a group of world-class high-level talents with rich teaching and research experience. After graduation, students can go to world-renowned universities or institutions for postgraduate study or research. Or they can choose to go to enterprises, companies and schools to engage in scientific research, technological development, education and management in various fields, such as chemical, petrochemical, metallurgy, electronics, materials, energy, environmental protection, commodity inspection, medicine, public security, foreign trade, national defense and other related fields.

The required courses mainly include Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Principles of Chemical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Materials Physics, Materials General Laboratory, Fundamentals of Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Chromatography, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials, Engineering Economics and Management, Thermodynamics, Polymer Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, and Thesis.