I am a prospective freshman of the class of 2025 at XJTU. In the college entrance exam I applied only to Jiaoda (definitely can be admitted, the school promises guaranteed admission in several majors), and the chosen major includes Energy Storage Science and Technology.
I have seen many people online say that this is essentially materials science in disguise, and that the employment prospects are not ideal, and now I feel very confused.
I would like to ask everyone: What does this major mainly study, what are the employment outlets, and is it necessary to change majors?
In fact, the school deceived all of us; during promotion it said “integrated bachelor‑master‑PhD training”, “bridging energy storage class”, “90% further study rate”.
Actually, the energy storage class has a regular guaranteed postgraduate admission rate, even though it is in the Qian Institute and is supposedly part of the so‑called New Engineering Excellence Program.
The program that started in 2020, after the 2019 cohort was transferred through the stream, actually had only three guaranteed postgraduate admission slots per class. The streaming score that year was extraordinarily high, so after the college entrance exam the scores returned to normal levels.
Because the college was established through cross‑department collaboration, students end up taking professional courses from all disciplines, which is actually not very reasonable. Moreover, it seems that some master’s programs are only nominally in energy storage; in practice they are still trained by the original departments. For example, some teachers in the Telecommunications Department have energy‑storage projects under them.
