Introduction to School of Physics and Electronics

History: The School of Physics and Electronics was founded in 1923. Its predecessor was the Department of mathematics and physics in the period of Zhongzhou University. Since the mid-1980s, the construction of specialties and disciplines has been developing rapidly. In 1998, the Solid Surface Research Laboratory was established, and the Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials of Henan University (now the Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education) was established. In April 2002, the Physics Department of the former Kaifeng Teachers College was incorporated into the Department of Physics of Henan University, and the School of Physics and Information Photonics was established. In 2003, the school moved from the Minglun Campus of Henan University to the Jinming Campus. In November 2006, it was renamed the School of Physics and Electronics. In 2012, it was selected as the first research institute of Henan University.

In the history of running the school for nearly a hundred years, generations of physicists have been dedicated, motivated, realistic and innovative, constantly leading the discipline construction, serving the social development, promoting the progress of science and technology, and advancing bravely towards the goal of "Double First-class" construction.

Faculty: The school has a total number of 143 faculty members, including 115 full-time teachers. It has 2 dually-appointed academicians, 1 chair professor of the Changjiang Scholar, 2 professors of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 1 New Century Outstanding Talents of the Ministry of Education, 1 provincial special professor, 2 academic and technical leaders in Henan Province, 3 professors of Huanghe Scholar, 5 special professors of the university, 1 professor of “Central Plaints Thousand Talents Plan”, 2 professors of “The Talent Plan” of the university, and 18 outstanding academic leaders in the Henan Provincial Department of Education. 89% of full-time teachers have doctoral degrees, and nearly one-third have overseas study background and visiting research experience.

Teaching: The school has a first-level doctoral degree in physics, three master's degree programs in physics, optical engineering, electronic science and technology. There are 12 second-level academic master's degree authorization points and two second-level professional master's degree authorization points. There are four undergraduate majors in physics, measurement and control technology and instrumentation, communication engineering, and electronic information science and technology. Among them, the communication engineering is a pilot specialty of training excellent engineers in Henan Province, and physics is a provincial specialty. The school has set up the “Mingde Plan” class for top innovative talents training and opened three international cooperation undergraduate majors in aviation equipment testing and maintenance, communication engineering, electronic information science and technology.

Platforms: The school has a national physical and electronic experimental teaching demonstration center, and has an engineering laboratory of aluminum-magnesium-copper-based in-situ composite metal materials in Henan Province, a key laboratory of photoelectric materials and devices of the Ministry of Education, a key laboratory of photoelectric information materials and devices in Henan Province and other key research institutions.

Research: In the past five years, the school has made great achievements in scientific research. A total of 45 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China have been approved, 3 scientific and technological innovation team support plans of Henan universities have been approved, 6 scientific and technological innovation talent support plans of Henan universities have been approved, and a major science and technology project of the Science and Technology Department of Henan Province have been approved; nearly 600 papers have been published in journals such as Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, JACS, Nano Letters and other journals; more than 40 national invention patents have been authorized, and 2.84 million yuan for horizontal projects have been received; 2 teaching achievement awards, 3 scientific research achievement awards, and more than 180 competition awards in various disciplines have been achieved.