Authorized to confer doctoral degrees as a second-level discipline in 2008, "non-traditional security management" has gradually formed its own characteristics and gained advantages in four research areas, namely, non-traditional security and international relations, non-traditional security policy simulation, international affairs management and public crisis management.

Currently, the doctoral program has 22 teachers, of whom 16 are professors, 4 are associate professors, 19 have doctor's degree and 3 have master's degree. Over the past five years, 67 academic books and 546 papers have been published, including more than 80 articles in the first-class or above authoritative publications. 35 provincial and national awards have been granted and 24 scientific research achievements authenticated. 171 research projects have been undertaken, including 35 state-level subjects, with the total research funding amounting to more than 10 million RMB.

•Talent Training Goal:The doctoral program aims at cultivating strategic and interdisciplinary high-end talents in non-traditional security management who have unique theoretical basis and practical ability in coping with domestic and foreign issues of reciprocal nature.

•Features:Knowledge structures and thinking mode of its talents: With a good conception and a theoretical basis in non-traditional security as well as an academic background in international relations, these specialized personnel are familiar with international affairs and capable of managing non-traditional security challenges, handling international relations and participating in global governance.

Research characteristics: It enhances disciplinary crossing and integration between social science research and science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, cultivates interdisciplinary talents, conducts academic researches in the field of non-traditional security, and provides a high-end platform of talent training, comprehensive information communication, interdisciplinary academic research and policy consultation for scholars, experts, government officials and enterprise managers.

•Prospects:The doctoral program is to seek multi-subject, cross-subject，interdisciplinary and integrated development of the security subject through cooperation of multiple subjects such as politics, economics and management, through integration and innovation of theoretical research, applied research and countermeasure research, through combination of non-traditional security response and public crisis management, combination of theoretical research in international relations and domestic social administration, combination of overall and general realistic problem research and forward-looking, strategic future trend research.