The seminar on “Scientific Methodology: How to write papers, Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis” was held on November 9-10 at Hunan University, School of Design. The seminar introduced recommendations on how to read, analyze and interpret scientific texts; how to do scientific research using internet resources; how to do a systematic review of literature; how to present seminars in public; how to carry out the logical construction of a scientific text, and how to prepare a scientific paper for publication in an international journal. The seminar was attended by 42 students from various universities in Changsha.