Source: Official Website of the University, Ministry of education, the way of examination, and the editor of recruitment class: the website of the Ministry of education of double first-class universities announced that the Ministry of education, the national development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance printed and distributed "on the construction of double first-class universities to promote the integration of disciplines" Several opinions on accelerating the cultivation of Postgraduates in the field of artificial intelligence: promote the structural reform of the supply side of high-level talents, optimize the training structure of students at different levels, adjust the training scale and training objectives to meet the needs, appropriately expand the scale of doctoral postgraduates, and accelerate the development of Graduate Education of doctoral degree.
Article 14 clearly points out: to expand the scale of postgraduate training. Artificial intelligence will be included in the support scope of "special enrollment plan for urgent need of high-level talent cultivation in key areas of the country", and the special increment of graduate student enrollment plan, especially doctoral student enrollment plan will be arranged by comprehensively considering the situation of high-level teachers, national scientific research platform, major scientific research projects and key tasks, as well as the integration of production and education, and the effect of collaborative education. Actively guide colleges and universities to effectively optimize the enrollment structure and accurately expand the scale of high-level personnel training in artificial intelligence related disciplines through the implementation of conventional incremental tilt and stock adjustment methods.
Recently, more than 40 universities, including Renmin University of China, Nankai University, Southeast University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, have released enrollment brochures, increasing the number of doctoral candidates. The following is the announcement of the number of doctoral candidates in the doctoral recruitment brochures of six top universities in 2019 and 2020:
Renmin University of China
Introduction to doctoral students in 2019 of Renmin University of China: there are 130 doctoral students in 2019 of Renmin University of China, and about 940 doctoral students are planned to be enrolled.
Introduction to doctoral students in 2020 of Renmin University of China: there are 131 doctoral students in 2020, and about 1000 doctoral students are planned to be enrolled. The actual enrollment scale shall be finally determined by the university according to the number of plans officially issued by the state and in combination with the student source of each major.
Nankai University
Introduction to admission of doctoral candidates in 2019: in 2019, our university plans to enroll more than 900 doctoral candidates, covering four examination methods, namely, direct study, joint study, application assessment system and general entrance examination.
Introduction to the recruitment of doctoral candidates in Nankai University in 2020: our university plans to recruit more than 1000 doctoral candidates in 2020, covering four examination methods, namely, direct research, joint study, application assessment system and general recruitment.
Southeast University
Introduction to the recruitment of full-time academic degree doctoral students of Southeast University in 2019: in 2019, our university plans to recruit more than 800 full-time academic degree doctoral students (subject to the recruitment plan officially issued by the Ministry of Education).
Introduction to the recruitment of full-time doctoral students in Southeast University in 2020: in 2020, our university plans to recruit more than 1000 full-time doctoral students with academic and professional degrees (subject to the recruitment plan officially issued by the Ministry of Education).
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Introduction to doctoral students' enrollment in 2019 of Shanghai Jiaotong University (University headquarters): the enrollment scale of doctoral students in 2019 is about 2200 (including medical college). The enrollment quota shall be adjusted appropriately according to the development of the University and the student source. The final enrollment number shall be subject to the document officially issued by the Ministry of education.
General rules for admission of doctoral students to Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2020 (University headquarters): in 2020, the enrollment scale of doctoral students will be about 2500 (including medical college), and the enrollment quota will be adjusted appropriately according to the development of the University and the student source. The final enrollment number will be subject to the enrollment plan officially issued by the Ministry of education.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Introduction to the enrollment of doctoral candidates in 2019 by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: in 2019, USTC plans to enroll more than 7000 doctoral candidates in more than 160 disciplines of philosophy, education, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and management (the specific data is subject to the enrollment plan of 2019 officially issued by the Ministry of Education).
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences will recruit 12789 supervisors for doctoral degree in 2020, including 7070 doctoral supervisors.
In 2020, there will be more than 130 training units (specifically, research institutes, institutes, centers, parks, platforms, stations and departments affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the same below) in the University of philosophy, education, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and management, more than 160 disciplines will recruit about 7000 doctoral students (the specific data is in 2020 officially issued by the Ministry of Education) The annual enrollment plan shall prevail).
The following are three colleges and universities that explicitly express the expansion of doctoral training scale:
01 Henan University
On March 31, 2020, Henan University held the 3rd President's office meeting in 2020: the meeting studied the issues related to the enrollment of Postgraduates in 2020 and arranged the relevant work. The meeting requires that we should gradually optimize the personnel training structure, expand the proportion of graduate students, especially expand the channels of doctoral students' enrollment, expand the scale of doctoral students' training, and adapt to the needs of the construction of first-class universities; we should adjust and optimize the postgraduate training program, give full play to the main role of graduate training units, strengthen the construction of graduate tutors, and further improve the quality of graduate training.
02 Guangzhou University
Recently, the enrollment of Graduate School of Guangzhou University has been updated. In 2020, the enrollment indexes of master's and doctor's graduate students in Guangzhou University have increased significantly. The enrollment indexes of master's and doctor's graduate students have increased to 2281, with an increase of 30.2%; among them, 632 have academic degrees and 1649 have professional degrees, with an increase of 36.5% and 28% respectively compared with last year. The number of doctoral candidates increased by 19.5% to 104, including 77 with academic degrees and 27 with professional degrees, up 10% and 58.8% respectively from last year. The number of indicators and the growth rate of the graduate recruitment work of mass entrepreneurship and innovation schools.
03 Air Force Medical University
The Air Force Military Medical University also recently released a notice on increasing the enrollment plan for graduate students in 2020. The notice pointed out that in 2020, the enrollment index of master's degree candidates planned by the Ministry of education increased from 115 (Academic 60, professional 55) to 145 (Academic 75, professional 70); the enrollment index of doctoral degree candidates planned by the Ministry of education increased from 58 (Academic 41, professional 17) to 73 (Academic 50, professional 23).
Some policies to encourage doctoral students to expand their enrollment
In September 2017, the Ministry of education replied to the proposal No. 0580 (education class No. 059) of the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC): to further implement the "Confucius new Sinology plan" and expand the recruitment rules for outstanding young people from all countries to study for doctoral degrees in China and jointly train doctoral students at home and abroad.
In August 2018, the Ministry of education, the Ministry of Finance and the national development and Reform Commission jointly issued the guiding opinions on speeding up the construction of "two first-class" in Colleges and universities, proposing to appropriately expand the scale of doctoral graduates, accelerate the development of postgraduate education of doctoral degree, and appropriately increase the proportion of outstanding undergraduate students who directly study for doctoral degree.
In March 2020, the Ministry of education and other departments issued several opinions on promoting the integration of disciplines and accelerating the cultivation of Postgraduates in the field of artificial intelligence in the construction of "two first-class" universities, requiring the expansion of the scale of postgraduate training. Artificial intelligence will be included in the support scope of "special enrollment plan for urgent need of high-level talent cultivation in key areas of the country", and the special increment of graduate student enrollment plan, especially doctoral student enrollment plan will be arranged by comprehensively considering the situation of high-level teachers, national scientific research platform, major scientific research projects and key tasks, as well as the integration of production and education, and the effect of collaborative education. Actively guide colleges and universities to effectively optimize the enrollment structure and accurately expand the scale of high-level personnel training in artificial intelligence related disciplines through the implementation of conventional incremental tilt and stock adjustment methods.