硕博士学位授予资格审核有了新办法

Core Viewpoint - The newly issued "Doctoral and Master's Degree Granting Qualification Review Measures" by the State Council Degree Committee aims to enhance the quality of graduate education and align it with national strategic needs and technological development [1][2]. Group 1: Autonomy in Degree Granting - The new measures allow institutions with degree granting autonomy to independently review the addition or removal of degree granting points, with approvals directly from the State Council Degree Committee [2]. - Master's degree granting units can autonomously review the addition of master's degree points within the directory, primarily focusing on professional degree categories [2]. - Doctoral degree granting units can autonomously review the addition of doctoral degree points across various categories, including interdisciplinary fields [2]. Group 2: Quality Management in Degree Granting - The measures emphasize strict quality management, ensuring that the processes for degree granting are standardized and that new degree granting units undergo a review mechanism [5][6]. - Institutions are required to carefully consider applications for new degree granting units, ensuring quality standards are met [6]. - The State Council Degree Committee can suspend the addition of degree granting points for institutions with issues such as high student-to-faculty ratios or poor academic integrity [6]. Group 3: Regional Adaptation and Planning - Provincial degree committees are tasked with assessing local high-level talent needs and developing plans for academic discipline construction that align with regional economic and social development [7]. - Institutions are encouraged to adjust their degree granting points based on local demand, optimizing the academic structure to better serve regional development [7]. - Quality supervision of degree granting units and points will be strengthened to ensure continuous improvement in graduate education quality [7].