The Materials Science and Engineering Platform is oriented towards artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, biomedical and health fields, with advanced functional materials as the core, focusing on cutting-edge cross-fertilization and innovation in flexible electronics, wearable smart sensing, biomedical materials, nanocatalytic materials, materials genomics, and other directions. It will initially establish the scientific research foundation of MUST in the field of materials science and engineering research, and further develop the Institute to become a regional first-class, advanced, and internationally renowned new materials innovation center and talent training base.

As an industry-academic research base, the first phase of construction has been completed,which includes Smart Microdisplay and Advanced Lighting Laboratory (SMALL), Quantum Dots Synthesis Laboratory, Quantum Dot Devices Laboratory, Solar Energy and Environmental Catalysis Laboratory (SEECAT), Smart Materials Laboratory (SML), Materials and Devices Characterization Laboratory, etc. These laboratories are equipped with advanced high-end research instruments to meet the needs of applied and fundamental research in information display, biomedicine, intelligent sensing, and analog computing. In addition to the R&D office space, the platform also caters to the teaching, conference, and exhibition activities of the Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering of the Macau University of Science and Technology. The base is also used for the implementation of Macao's key R&D programs, as well as the development and manufacturing of OLED display equipment and OLED microdisplay near-eye applications, and provides support for the construction of crucial platforms for provincial key laboratories, new R&D institutions, and public service.