"New Century, New Material, and New Life". "Qiushi" Forum of Materials Science is a well-known brand of academic forums created and hosted by the School of Materials Science and Engineering. It invites world's leading professors in materials discipline to share their scientific research and exchanged ideas which have significant impact inside and outside of the campus. It is warmly welcomed by teachers and students, and acquires to pay much attention from domestic and overseas academic experts. This activity is aimed to broaden the students' academic horizons, cultivate innovation consciousness, promote the ability of cross-disciplines, and eventually make everyone enjoy scientific research, inspire innovation and love life.

Since 2010, this forum has been held for over 45 times and the invited experts all had fortissimo subject representativeness, and most of them were the pioneers in their research fields. Over 10 overseas top materials scientists including laureate of Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the discoverer of C60, Prof. Harold W. Kroto, laureate of Nobel Prize in Physics and one of the STM inventors, Prof. Heinrich Rohrer, chief scientist at Lawrence Berkeley national laboratory, Prof. Robert Ritchie, academician in American Academy of Sciences and foreign nationality academician in Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician in Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Mao Heguang, academician in American Academy of Sciences and foreign nationality academician in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Wang Zhonglin had been invited to attend this forum and provide academic lectures. The contents of their talks covered cutting-edge frontiers, like materials microanalysis, high strength and high roughness biomimetic materials science, high pressure materials science and nanometer materials. The total teachers and students inside and outside of the university attending the forums have reached over 3000.

Compared with normal academic presentations, "Qiushi" Forum of Materials Science pays more attention on the scientific innovation and interdisciplinary communication. Moreover, fused with propositions of study experience and science life, the forums explain profound theories in a simple language, and lay emphasis on stimulating and enlightening audience. What's more, the forums invite our own faculties to discuss with the lecturers to make summary allegation, which promotes the understanding of the topics. Sufficient time for free questions and discussion has enabled the students to actively participate in communication.

Nowadays, "Qiushi" Forum of Materials Science has become a well-known brand of academic forums with significant impact inside and outside of the campus at ZJU. It is welcomed by all students, and it has attracted great attention from domestic and overseas academics.