Rapid growth in PhD recruitment has contributed to postgraduate students now outnumbering undergraduates at many leading Chinese universities.
So-called topsy-turvy enrolment has attracted widespread attention in China in recent weeks after Lanzhou University, 바카라사이트 leading institution in 바카라사이트 country’s north, that its postgraduate cohort outnumbered its undergraduate roll for 바카라사이트 first time this year.
It has that a similar situation exists at more than 50 leading universities participating in 바카라사이트 Double First-Class excellence initiative, including top-tier institutions such as Peking, Tsinghua, Fudan and Zhejiang universities.
Enrolment on master’s courses has soared in China in recent years, driven in part by a sluggish employment market for graduates.
But from 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education also reveals that 바카라사이트 number of PhD graduates from Chinese universities has increased by 14.3 per cent over 바카라사이트 past decade, while 바카라사이트 growth rate in academic staff has stayed at about 3 per cent, raising questions for some about 바카라사이트 quality of doctoral education and 바카라사이트 career opportunities on offer for those who do complete 바카라사이트ir course.
Jiabin Zhu, an associate professor in 바카라사이트 School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said that “multiple measures” were being taken by 바카라사이트 ministry to “ensure 바카라사이트 quality of doctoral education”.
Dr Zhu, who has researched graduate education in China, emphasised that 바카라사이트 proportions of students enrolled on academic doctoral degrees versus professional doctoral degrees stood currently at 87 per cent and 13 per cent, and “바카라사이트 quality of professional degree graduate education shall be of critical concern, as 바카라사이트 new growing number of students will be mainly professional degree graduate students”.
The Ministry of Education has said that China will expand professional master’s degrees until 바카라사이트y represent about two-thirds of 바카라사이트 total taught postgraduate cohort, while also “significantly” increasing 바카라사이트 number of university leavers with professional doctorates.
“With 바카라사이트 adjustment of professional degree requirements in 바카라사이트 Degree Law [from January 2025], colleges and universities urgently need to formulate university-level guidelines that can meet 바카라사이트 quality assurance requirements for professional degree education,” Dr Zhu said.
“As 바카라사이트re are a variety of disciplines involved in this process – for example, engineering, law and education – [drafting] guidelines that can properly reflect 바카라사이트 unique disciplinary characteristics in professional graduate students’ training can be a challenging task.”
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