Multiple universities announce: extension of graduate education system | education system | official announcement

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 18:18 PM

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Multiple universities announce: extension of graduate education system | education system | official announcement

Many universities

Starting from 2024

Extend the graduate program

On July 20th, Shanghai Sport University issued a notice on the adjustment of the 2024 master's and doctoral entrance exams, which clearly stated that starting from 2024, the doctoral program will be uniformly changed to four years.

The 2024 Master's Admissions Brochure of Shaanxi University of Technology, released on July 10th, shows that all disciplines and majors at the university have a 3-year academic system.

Is the "basic education system" that starts at three years for a master's degree and four years for a doctoral degree likely to become mainstream in the future?

The extension of graduate education system is becoming a trend!

According to the basic regulations of the national higher education system, the basic length of study for master's degree education is two to three years, and for doctoral degree education is three to four years. The length of study for part-time higher education should be appropriately extended. Higher education institutions may adjust the length of their studies according to actual needs.

Under the policy guidance of "flexible academic system", the internal academic arrangements of various universities are different, and the integration of master's and doctoral programs, as well as the integration of undergraduate and doctoral studies, have gradually become new choices for graduate education. But for a long time, the tradition of a specialized master's program lasting 2-2.5 years and a master's program lasting 3 years has been well-known to the public. In the "Several Opinions of the Ministry of Education on Doing a Good Job in the Training of Full time Master's Degree Graduate Students" released in 2009, the Ministry of Education also proposed the teaching requirement of "a general learning period of 2 years and the implementation of a credit system" for professional master's degree training.

In the past few years, many domestic universities have begun to adjust and extend the graduate program, especially the specialized master's program, which has become a trend. Last October, the topic # Multiple universities extending their master's degree programs to 3 years # once surged on Weibo hot search, causing widespread attention.

Southeast University stated in the "2023 Enrollment Regulations for Master's Students" that the duration of all majors for master's students is three years. Central South University also mentioned in its 2023 Master's Admissions Brochure that the university's graduate program consists of three years for full-time and part-time master's programs, with a maximum study period of five years for full-time graduate students and six years for part-time graduate students. Excellent master's students can apply for graduation six months in advance. This also means that in the cultivation of master's students at Central South University, the specialized master's degree is already a three-year program, just like the academic master's degree. Northwestern Polytechnical University and Dalian University of Technology also implement a 3-year program for master's degree programs.

The "2023 Enrollment Regulations for Master's Students" released by Harbin Institute of Technology clearly states: "The basic study period will be adjusted from 2 years to 3 years for disciplines, and will be implemented in the transitional stage. Excellent master's students with professional degrees can apply to graduate 2 years in advance, while good students can apply to graduate 2.5 years in advance. The specific standards will be formulated by each discipline according to the actual situation."

In addition to adjusting the training cycle for all professional master's programs to 3-year schools, some universities have also implemented a three-year specialized master's program reform in some majors. For example, in the enrollment announcement released by Nanjing Normal University in August last year, it was planned to change the duration of master's degrees in international business, Chinese international education, translation, journalism and communication from the previous 2 years to 3 years in 2023.

Similarly, the four-year doctoral program is not uncommon in domestic universities. According to the 2023 admission regulations for doctoral students at Shandong University, the basic length of study for undergraduate direct doctoral students is 5 years, the basic length of study for continuous master's and doctoral students is 3 years, and the basic length of study for application assessment doctoral students is 4 years. The 2023 Doctoral Enrollment Brochure of Beijing Institute of Technology also proposes that the basic length of study for doctoral students is 4 years, with a maximum of 6 years. The basic length of study for undergraduate, doctoral, and master's and doctoral programs is 6 years, with a maximum of 8 years

It can be seen from the actions of multiple "Double First Class" universities in the reform of graduate education system that the extension of graduate education system has gradually become the norm.

Besides overtime, improving talent quality is more crucial

Graduate education is a key indicator of a country's competitiveness in higher education. On July 5th, the Ministry of Education released the Statistical Bulletin on the Development of National Education in 2022. The report shows that in 2022, the number of graduate students enrolled in China reached 1.2425 million, an increase of 66000 compared to the previous year. In 2013, the enrollment was 611400. In the past decade, the enrollment scale has more than doubled.

Hong Dayong, Deputy Director of the Office of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and Director of the Degree Management and Graduate Education Department of the Ministry of Education, said, "China has entered the ranks of major countries in graduate education and will firmly move towards becoming a strong country in graduate education in the future."

However, looking at the current situation of graduate education with a high rate of delayed completion, it is not optimistic. In the context of extending the education system, it is crucial to continuously explore innovative graduate training models and improve the quality of talent cultivation.

For example, some universities have simultaneously announced new training plans when announcing the extension of their academic system. Taking the Social Work major at Hohai University as an example, after the adjustment of the professional master's program to a 3-year program, the credit requirements and course offerings have increased from 20 credits for degree courses to 23 credits, while non degree courses have decreased from 12 credits to 9 credits. The schedule shows that in terms of basic courses, social policy and social research methods have been excluded from the original 6 courses; Professional courses, humanistic literacy courses, and innovation and entrepreneurship and vocational quality courses have added 3, 1, and 4 courses on the basis of the original 2, 3, and 14 courses, respectively. The credits for innovation and entrepreneurship courses have been changed from 10 elective credits to at least 6 elective credits.

The Graduate School of Jiangsu University released the "Work Measures for Dual Mentors of Graduate Students at Jiangsu University" in January last year. The work measures proposed to further improve the quality of graduate education, strengthen the integration of science, education, industry, and education in joint training of graduate students, encourage cooperation between teaching and research teams to guide graduate students, and jointly guide the training of professional degree graduate students by on campus and off campus practical guidance teachers. Graduate students who undergo joint training in science, education, industry, and education in the joint training base jointly built by the school are also guided by dual mentors.

The adjustment of the academic system will activate the whole body. For universities, the first thing to consider is the relationship between enrollment scale and training quality. The current demand for talents in society is constantly changing, and the cultivation of graduate students should also respond to this change in a timely manner. For students preparing to take the postgraduate entrance examination or apply for a PhD, it is more important to adjust their state to adapt to changes in the academic system and make full use of their study time to enhance their self-worth.

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