Material science and engineering belong to the first-class discipline of engineering. This paper mainly studies the composition and structure, synthesis and processing, properties, usability and other factors of materials and their relationship, as well as the production technology and technology of materials. Since the 1960s, the development of physics, chemistry and other disciplines has promoted the research and understanding of material structure, physical properties and material essence. The development of metallurgy, metallurgy, ceramics and polymer science has promoted the research on the preparation, structure, properties and their relationship of materials. Metal materials, inorganic nonmetallic materials, polymer materials and other materials have the same or similar subject basis, subject connotation, research methods and research equipment; At the same time, the development of science and technology requires a comprehensive understanding and research of various materials.

The discipline of materials science and engineering has gradually formed and rapidly developed into an independent first-class discipline. It is based on mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry and other natural science disciplines, and serves and supports engineering disciplines. It is a new discipline combining science and engineering, and its research fields involve natural science, applied science and engineering. The development and enrichment of materials science and engineering disciplines have enriched people's understanding of natural science and promoted the progress of many engineering disciplines.

The first-level discipline of materials science and engineering is divided into three two disciplines, namely, materials physics and chemistry, materials science and materials processing engineering. Material science is a discipline that studies the relationship between material composition, structure, technology, performance and performance, and provides scientific basis for material design, manufacturing, process optimization and rational use. Modern materials pay more attention to the study of various materials and their mutual penetration and comprehensiveness. Building materials or civil engineering materials are one of the branches.

The major of materials science in the School of Civil Engineering of Central South University is mainly civil engineering materials (building materials). Approved by the Ministry of Education and the National Academic Degree Office 1993, Changsha Railway Institute was awarded a master's degree in building materials. After the establishment of Central South University in 2000, the Ministry of Education adjusted the major of materials science. Its main features are: ① It is closely related to civil engineering such as railways, bridges, tunnels, highways, industrial and civil buildings, and focuses on solving the scientific and engineering problems involved in the preparation, processing and use of civil engineering materials; ② Study the composition and preparation technology of cement-based materials and their concrete; ③ Solve the key engineering materials and related technical problems needed for high-speed railway construction; (4) Pay equal attention to basic research and applied research, and attach importance to innovation. The basic theoretical research on the application of high performance concrete and its special superfine powder admixture and high performance composite admixture is at the forefront in China; ⑤ It is at the leading level in China in the research and application of cement emulsified asphalt mortar and its related technologies.

There are 6 professors, 5 associate professors, 2 lecturers and 0/2 teachers with doctoral degrees, and the annual research funding is nearly 10 million yuan.