Embracing the demands of the advanced manufacturing industry and in order to solve the current problems of material, energy, resources and environment, the College of New Materials and New Energies insists on establishing a new talent development model for technical talents of applied sciences in the sector of new materials and renewable energies, to cultivate highly skilled and highly qualified engineers and designers of undergraduate and postgraduate master levels that have strong sector expertise, solid theoretical foundation, practical hand-on skills, leadership and highly competent in development and innovation.

The College will be employ ability-oriented with a focus on engineering know-how and practical innovation through university-industry collaboration, industry-education integration and combination of work placement and university-based study. The College will serve to address the pressing demand of the regional economic and social developments and is aspired to become the prestigious centre of technical talents of applied sciences and the hub of talent development system of undergraduate and postgraduate (master) levels for the sectors in China. The College will also look to develop itself into a hub for transition between vocational and higher education in the fields of new material and new energies, the launching pad for research and development and international collaborations in the sectors, and centre of excellence offering new materials and new energies education of applied sciences in China and abroad.