As of10End of the month,2008Online registration for graduate students will end. In recent years, the pace of higher education reform has been accelerating, and the postgraduate enrollment and training system has also been changing. In addition to technical reforms such as online registration and electronic registration, the examination has weakened the weight of preliminary examinations, strengthened the status of re-examinations, comprehensively reformed the fee system, and canceled“Public funds”、“At your own expense”Differences, as well as the continuous expansion of the number of enrollment and applicants, have become the main trends in graduate enrollment and training.
2007is an important year for the reform of the postgraduate re-examination. The Ministry of Education issued a document clearly pointing out the important status of the re-examination and determining that the re-examination results accounted for the total score30%~50%. In addition to increasing the weight of re-examination, the Ministry of Education has also made clear and standardized requirements for some important re-examination links. The re-examination will be more prominentCandidateAssessment of professional quality and comprehensive quality, especially innovative spirit and ability; the scope of examination will be more comprehensive, and the examination methods will be more diversified and personalized; colleges and universities involved in the reform of preliminary examination subjects will also appropriately expand the proportion of difference re-examination in relevant subject categories.
NewPsychological Test
It is worth noting that2006year psychologyHealthFor the first time, the status was included in the comprehensive quality and ability examination content of the postgraduate entrance re-examination. Correspondingly, some universities are2007A psychological test has been added to the postgraduate entrance examination re-examination in 2018. Although the test scores are not yet required to be included in the total re-examination score in a quantitative form, it can be used as a reference for admission. Under the same conditions, candidates with better psychological quality will be given priority for admission.
As far as we know, from2006year3The pilot training mechanism reform of colleges and universities, to2007Expanded to17Where, then2008All those with graduate schools56In colleges and universities, the reform of the graduate training mechanism has become the only way for Chinese universities.
Change to scholarship and bursary
CompareSocietyThe fee reform mentioned above is more preferred by university insiders to be called training mechanism reform. The reformed postgraduate education fee system will no longer distinguish between public funding and self-funding, but will adopt the method of granting scholarships and grants to support outstanding graduate students.
For example from2007The beginning of the year, Peking UniversityScholarships are divided into academic scholarships and special scholarships. The academic scholarship framework refers to the internationally accepted postgraduate scholarship setting methods. All doctoral students studying at Peking University will receive academic scholarships, and the coverage of academic scholarships for master's students will also be up to90%Above. Students who do not receive scholarships will bear all tuition fees themselves.
from1999After the continuous expansion of enrollment in colleges and universities in 19608_19637|, graduate education has maintained a momentum of rapid growth.200119951_1996315.6Ten thousand people, and2003The year is26.89Ten thousand people,2004Annual appointment33Ten thousand people.2007The number of master’s degree students enrolled nationwide is approximately40Ten thousand people.6During the year, the number of graduate student enrollment increased24Ten thousand people. Correspondingly, from2001New Year's Eve2006Year,6The number of people applying for postgraduate examinations during the year ranged from4510,000 increased to127Ten thousand. It can be seen from these figures that steadily expanding the number of enrollments and improving the quality of training are undoubtedly the basic ideas for current postgraduate enrollment in colleges and universities.