Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which was founded in 1953, is one of the first key institutes authorized to confer doctoral and master’s degrees in China. Starting from 2015, graduate education of IMR has been taken over by USTC and therefore School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE, USTC) has been founded. The combination of IMR and USTC in education will strive for further improvement on graduate education.