Resources and Environment (Low Carbon Environment)

2021 Master Student Acdemic

Guideline

Content

Welcome to China-UK Low Carbon College......................................... 2

Welcome to Join Us.............................................................................. 3

Programme Overview........................................................................... 4

Programme Duration............................................................................ 5

Degree Requirements........................................................................... 6

Degree and Diploma............................................................................. 7

Curriculum.......................................................................................... 7

Course Assessment and Retaking........................................................ 10

Double-master Programme................................................................. 11

Process Management.......................................................................... 14

Important Academic Events................................................................ 14

Useful Websites................................................................................. 18

Contact.............................................................................................. 18

Welcome to China-UK Low Carbon College

China-UK Low Carbon College was established in May, 2017, thanks to the joint efforts of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), the University of Edinburgh (UoE) and other UK universities, as well as Shanghai and Lingang government. As the first domestic low carbon college (LCC), LCC aims to become a world-class innovative higher education and research institution with international influence, which provides academic programs, executive training, scientific research and industrial incubation.

Green low-carbon development is an inevitable choice for China and the rest of the world to deal with global warming, a challenge that the whole world is facing. The college will concentrate on green development strategy, and carry out teaching and research on low-carbon energy, low-carbon environment, carbon finance, carbon management and low-carbon city etc. The goal of the LCC is to serve as a cradle of talents for low carbon industries and to support the development of low carbon fields with cutting-edge technologies.

With the support from people in all walks of life, we are determined to develop the college as a first-class, industry-oriented and discipline-based institution. We strongly welcome Chinese and international young professionals and students who are interested in low carbon fields to join our program.

Welcome to Join Us

You have chosen to enrich your academic knowledge and gain new experiences by studying in master programme at LCC of SJTU. We are sure that you will have challenges as well as exciting opportunities during your stay at LCC.

This guidebook is to provide you with the practical information that you will need at SJTU. It also provides you with contact information of related offices that you might find useful during your stay here.

Welcome on board! We wish you the best of luck with your study, and hope that your experience at LCC will be very special, pleasant, and valuable!

China-UK Low Carbon College

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Programme Overview

Global climate change has a profound impact on human survival and development, and is a major challenge for all countries. The resources and environment programme (low carbon environment direction) aims to speed up the process of green and low carbon development, solve the problem of excessive emission of greenhouse gases and related pollutants, and enhance human's ability to cope with climate change by means of technology, administration, market and other means. This major is interdisciplinary with chemistry, biology, sociology and other disciplines, taking relevant environmental issues as research objects, and using the principles, methods and engineering technologies of relevant basic disciplines to implement specific planning, management and engineering measures, so as to realize the rational use of natural resources, clean production, waste resource and energy, pollution prevention and control, environmental protection and quality improvement, provide support for the sustainable development of society, economy and environment.

The college has outstanding teaching faculty, comprehensive teaching & research systems and an advanced analysis & testing platform. The programme is conducted in English and features in international educational cooperation and industrial cooperation and pays attention to the all-round development of students.

On the basis of studying the professional knowledge of environmental engineering discipline systematically, students should further learn and master the professional knowledge of low-carbon environment, carbon finance and carbon management etc., understand domestic and foreign development status, trends and the leading edge of international academic research as regards low-carbon environment field, and being able to use the technologies and methods of related disciplines to solve practical problems in environmental engineering proficiently.

Meanwhile, consolidate the theoretical foundation, temper the analysis capacity and improve the level of matter settling, leading the students to become high-end engineering inter-disciplinary talents that facing the world and future with creative thinking, forward-looking awareness, strategic insight and international vision.

Programme Duration

Students are supposed to finish their study within 2.5 years (it will be 3 years for the double-master programme students). In the first year, students study at LCC of SJTU and can apply to study at the UoE during the second year if they meet its entry requirements. In the final half year, students are required to finish their thesis in SJTU.

Degree Requirements

Students are required to acquire at least 30 credits, including 19 credits in GPA courses. If final GPA points are no less than 2.7, students are allowed to start writing their research proposal. Courses are required to finish in the first year in principle.

Students who are admitted to study at the UoE in the second year should finish relevant courses as required.

Dissertation

The school of Environmental Science and Engineering in SJTU emphasizes applicability and practicability of the dissertation, as a result, students’ dissertation directions are supposed to stem from the practical experience or enterprises. If students pass the dissertation defence, they can get a master degree from SJTU.
Students who study in the UoE in the second year need to meet the requirements UoE makes.

Degree and Diploma

Students will be awarded a graduation diploma and a master degree from SJTU if successfully complete the required credits, finish a degree thesis and pass the thesis defence.

Curriculum

Course Module	Course Title	Course Code	Class Hours	Credit	Semester	Note
General Fundamental Courses	English for Academic Purposes	FL6001	32	2	2	Compulsory Courses
	Chinese Language	CHN6207	64	4	1,2
	Introduction to Chinese Culture	CHN0916	32	2	1,2
	Academic Writing, Standards and Ethic	GE6001	16	1	2
Discipline Fundamental Courses	Numerical Analysis	MATH6004	48	3	1	Choose *two* out of the *five* courses （at least 5 credits）
	Optimization Methods	MATH6015	48	3	2
	Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations	MATH6008	48	3	1,2
	Optimal Estimation and System Modeling	MATH6014	32	2	1,2
	Fundamental Mathematical Statistics	STAT6001	48	3	1,2
	Environmental Management	ENVR7102	32	2	2	Choose *two* out of ENVR7004, ENVR7005, ENVR7006. (at least 6 credits)
	Environmental Law	ENVR6151	32	2	1.2
	Environmental Economics	ENVR7104	32	2	1
	Theories and Technology of Water Pollution Control	ENVR7004	48	3	2
	Theories and Technology of Air Pollution Control	ENVR7005	32	2	2
	Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling	ENVR7006	32	2	2
	Processing Technology for Urban Mining	EMVR6150	48	3	1
	Carbon Neutrality Policy and Technology	PE6607	32	2	2
Discipline Frontier Courses	Academic Report and Seminar	GE6012	32	2	1,2	Seminar is compulsory. You need to complete Environmental Economics before choose Carbon Economics（at least 7 credits ）
	Carbon Accounting	ENVR8150	32	2	1
	Carbon Economics	ENVR8151	32	2	3
	Business and Climate Change	ENVR8153	32	2	1,2
	Industrial Ecology	ENVR7103	32	2	1
	Carbon Resources Cycle	ENVR8154	32	2	2
	Decision-Making for Low Carbon Management	ENVR8152	32	2	1
	Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations	ENVR8163	32	2	1
Discipline Optional Courses	Practice in Specialty	GE8001	16	1	Summer	Practice in Specialty is compulsory. At least 4 credits
	Low Carbon Energy and Climate Change	ENVR8155	32	2	1
	Advanced Carbon Cycle Science and Technology	ENVR7012	32	2	2
	Urban Development & Management	PUM8010	48	3	2
	Cities and Sustainability: The urban as a vehicle for low carbon transitions	ENVR8159	32	2	2
	Geology for Earth Resources	ENVR8157	16	1	1
	Petroleum Geology for GeoEnergy	ENVR8158	16	1	1
	Building Environment Assessment	ENVR8160	32	2	2
	Modern Techniques of Environmental Analysis	ENVR8162	48	3	1

Seminars

Every student should attend ten academic lectures. This must be completed within the first two semesters. Low-carbon field experts will be welcomed to give speeches, and students should take notes in the designated Record Book (with green cover page). The record book and a summary report（no less than 3000 words）should be handed before the end of the second semester (around mid-June) to be graded for this course.

Practice in Specialty

1. In principle, Practice in Specialty should be completed during summer or winter vacation. Student should submit the Practice Application Form prior to Practice in Specialty, the Practice Application Form need to be signed and approved by your supervisor. It is generally recommended that the duration is 8-10 weeks, 2-3 days per week.

2. Internship Visa Remark

Application Documents:

1. The Application Form

2. The Certificate from the Employer

3. Photocopies of your passport photo page and Residence Permit page

4. Registration Form of Temporary Residence

Procedure: about 5 weeks

Please refer to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EhKBSza4_DkH0dF1jIyEgQ for detailed information.

Course Assessment and Retaking

Course Assessment

Courses are assessed in different ways: common written exams as well as various oral, written assignments, case studies, projects, or presentations, etc. Students who fail to attend 2/3 of the lectures are not allowed to attend the final exam, and are not entitled to get the course credit. SJTU graduate courses’ exam-score employs ten grade systems from A to D. The grade table can be shown below:

Grading System for Graduate Students

Chinese Grades	Letter Grades	Grade Points
95~100	A+	4
90~94	A	4
85~89	A-	3.7
82~84	B+	3.3
78~81	B	3
75~77	B-	2.7
71~74	C+	2.3
67~70	C	2
63~66	C-	1.7
60~62	D	1
0~59	F (Failure)	0

GPA= ∑(course credit *point)/∑ course credit

Note: Students should follow the teachers’ special requirements of course assessment. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited in LCC and any plagiarism behaviour in course assignment or exam, once found, will be penalized according to the university rule.

Course Retaking

A student who has failed a course (including degree & non-degree course) has the right to apply for retake. The students whose average GPA grade is lower than the standard of 2.7 are allowed to retake one or two degree courses which is under B- (not including B-). Students are not allowed to retake the same course more than two times.

To retake the courses, students should fill ‘Shanghai Jiao Tong University Graduate Courses Retaking Application Form’ and submit to Teaching Administration Office within two weeks after the beginning of every semester.

Double-master Programme

University of Edinburgh (UoE) Major

MSc Climate Change Finance and Investment

Compulsory courses: Carbon Markets; Carbon and Environmental Accounting; Climate Change and Environmental Policy; Energy Finance; Carbon and Environmental Consulting Project; Low Carbon and Green Investment; Research Methods in Carbon Finance.

Optional Courses: Baseline-and-Credit Methods and Applications; Behavioural Finance; Corporate Governance; Global Financial Markets and Emerging Economies; Investment Management; Organising for Social Change: Strategy, Governance & Innovation.

MSc Carbon Management

Compulsory courses: Business and Climate Change; Carbon Economics; Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation; Applied Carbon Methods; Climate Change Management.

Optional Courses: Water Resource Management; Waste Reduction and Recycling; Marine Infrastructure and Environmental Change; Forests and Environment; International Climate Change Law; etc.

MSc Sustainable Energy System

Compulsory courses: Technologies for Sustainable Energy; Energy and Environmental Economics; Sustainable Energy Contexts; Sustainable Energy Group Design Project.

Optional Courses: Electrical Engineering; Fundamentals of Renewable Energy; Mechanical Engineering; Fundamentals of Renewable Energy.

MSc Applied Geoscience (GeoEnergy)

Compulsory courses: Future GeoEnergy Resources; Applied Hydrogeology and Near surface Geophysics; Hydrogeology 2; Environmental Geochemistry; Project Design and Literature Analysis; Carbon Storage and Monitoring.

Optional courses: Ore Mineralogy, Petrology & Geochemistry; Seismic Reflection Interpretation; Environmental Problems and Issues; Nuclear Waste Management: Principles; Policies & Practice.

MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability

Compulsory courses: Energy and Society I: Key themes and issues; Energy in the Global South; Energy and Society II: Methods and applications; Energy Policy and Politics.

Optional Courses: Technologies for Sustainable Energy; Energy and Environmental Economics; Global Environment: Key issues; Global Environmental Politics; etc.

Students who want to apply for the Double-master Programme should meet the language requirements.

Process Management

Issue	Time
Personal Study Plan	Draw up the personal study plan within the first 2 weeks of the 1st semester.
Enrolment Selection to The University of Edinburgh	The enrolment selection will be processed by the University of Edinburgh in the middle of the 2nd semester.
Dissertation Proposal Presentation	The dissertation proposal presentation will be at the end of the 3rd semester. Student who failed in the presentation will have to retake it at the end of the fourth semester.
Mid-term Inspection	The mid-term inspection will be held at the end of the 4th semester.
Dissertation Review and Defence	The dissertation defence will be held in the 5th semester (May). Student who failed will have to retake it in the 6th semester (September).
Practice in Specialty	Should be conducted within the summer or winter vacation period.

Important Academic Events

Formulate your Personal Study Plan (PSP)

New students should complete a feasible personal study plan (PSP) within two weeks. After the review and approval by the academic supervisor, the student should submit PSP to Teaching Administration Office to document the file.

Note: If the PSP cannot be carried out or cannot be implemented completely due to certain objective conditions such as course cancellation, course adjustment, courses time conflict, etc., students have to fill the table of ‘Shanghai Jiao Tong University Graduate Students Personal Study Plan Revision Application Form’ to apply for the revision. After the review and approval of the application form by the supervisor, student should submit the form to the Teaching Administration Office for documentation.

Dissertation Proposal

Students will officially enter the stage of degree dissertation after passing the mid-term evaluation. The dissertation proposal should follow a unified format suggested by the Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Students who studied in UoE in the second academic year could process the dissertation proposal online. The form (no less than 5000 words) includes seven parts as following:

Title;
The significance of the research;
Research objects, research contents and the key problem to be solved;
Research methods, technical plan and feasibility analysis;
Implications and contributions;
Research schedule, progress and expected results;
The accumulation of materials and current research results related to this topic.

Students should submit the proposal on time to Teaching Administration Office and prepare the PPT. If the student’s proposal cannot meet the requirements, he/she will be required to resubmit a dissertation proposal.

Dissertation Mid-term Inspection

Mid-term inspection will be conducted at the end of the 4th semester. The college will inspect if the progress and depth of the dissertation meets the requirements of the discipline station.

Requirements of Academic Paper Publication

It is required to publish at least 1 SCI paper as the first author, for the double-master programme students that go to the University of Edinburgh during the 2nd academic year, it is required to submit another Project Report in English. The first organization should be Shanghai Jiao Tong University China-UK Low Carbon College, and the supervisor should be one of the authors.

Dissertation Review and Blind Peer Review

Students are required to check the Repetition rates of their dissertation papers before applying for the degrees.

Students should take full responsibilities for the results of the paper repetition checking. However, students are not forced to do the self-checking in advance.
Our college will review the dissertation papers according to the repetition results checked by SJTU. Students will be allowed to start the paper reviews only when their repetition rates are below 10%.

Dissertation Defence

Dissertation defence will be held in the 5^th semester. The college will organize a defence committee composed of three academic experts with associate professor or above titles. The results of dissertation defence will be decided through the secret ballot. Students who get 2/3 votes will pass the dissertation defence and to be recommended to get the master’s degree award. If not, students could modify their dissertations and apply for the dissertation defence again within one year.

Note: students who have passed the dissertation defence should submit dissertation and degree application materials on time

Academic Degree Auditing and Academic Certificate Acquisition

The subject and academic degree assessment sub-committee will review the quality of dissertation, defence procedure, academic paper publishing status, and then make decision on awarding the master degree by the secret ballot. Academic degrees meetings are regularly held in March, June, September and December.

Certificate of Master Degree and Certificate of Graduation are available to get in Teaching Administration Office. Please log into http://lixiao.sjtu.edu.cn to ensure all necessary leaving procedures are done before you leave the school.

Note: Master students should actively engage in academic activities, and meanwhile, abide by the relevant laws and regulations, academic ethics and standards. Details relative to academic norms please see Academic Norms for Graduates in SJTU. http://www.gs.sjtu.edu.cn/policy/fileShow.ahtml?id=66