shanghai jiao tong university releases big data of new graduate students: the youngest is 19 years old and the oldest is 58 years old
2024-09-18
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on september 18, new graduate students of shanghai jiao tong university registered. photo by shanghai jiao tong university
on september 18, shanghai jiao tong university welcomed the registration of the 2024 graduate students and released the big data of the new graduate students.
shanghai jiao tong university introduced that the school has launched a new comprehensive reform of graduate courses this year. it will be based on and guided by the credit adjustment plan, and gradually promote reform measures in many aspects including the curriculum system reshaping plan, digital empowerment teaching plan, cross-disciplinary course plan, ability module course plan and course quality improvement plan.
the college will have greater autonomy to formulate training programs based on the characteristics of the discipline, and further promote the integration of courses and research, resource sharing support, ability-based courses, and innovation of advanced challenging courses. the school has also established an interdisciplinary department to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the interdisciplinary center and colleges, departments, and teachers, and create an environment and culture that encourages academic cross-collaboration.
in terms of the big data of new graduate students, shanghai jiao tong university will welcome a total of 12,486 graduate students in 2024, including 8,221 master's students and 4,265 doctoral students. previously, shanghai jiao tong university had announced the big data of new undergraduate students in 2024, with a total of 4,838 new undergraduate students.
in addition, the overall male-to-female ratio of new graduate students at shanghai jiao tong university this year reached 1.5:1, the male-to-female ratio of master's students was 1.32:1, and the male-to-female ratio of doctoral students was 1.84:1. in terms of colleges, the puyuan future technology college established in 2021 has the most significant male-to-female ratio, reaching 31:1, while the male-to-female ratio of the school of foreign languages is 0.16:1.
in terms of age distribution, the youngest master's student at shanghai jiao tong university this year is 20 years old, and the oldest is 58 years old; the youngest doctoral student is only 19 years old, and the oldest is 52 years old. according to the university's undergraduate freshman big data, the youngest undergraduate freshman at shanghai jiao tong university this year was born in 2009 and is 15 years old.
in terms of learning form, there are 5,819 full-time master students, accounting for 70.78%, and 2,402 part-time master students; 4,060 full-time doctoral students, accounting for 95.19%, and 205 part-time doctoral students. the main degree type of master students is professional master, accounting for about 68.95%, and the main degree type of doctoral students is academic doctor, accounting for about 72.12%.
in recent years, the phenomenon of "upside down" in undergraduate and postgraduate study in colleges and universities has attracted much attention, and this year's freshman data of shanghai jiaotong university also showed this phenomenon. however, the reporter found that this phenomenon has existed for many years in the university.
just looking at the data from the past three years: in 2023, shanghai jiao tong university had more than 4,800 new undergraduate students and 11,741 new graduate students, including 7,988 master's students and 3,753 doctoral students; in 2022, there were 4,779 new undergraduate students and 11,222 new graduate students, including 7,831 master's students and 3,391 doctoral students; in 2021, there were 4,382 new undergraduate students and 10,564 new graduate students, including 7,817 master's students and 2,747 doctoral students.
looking at the bigger picture, according to a 2023 report by china newsweek, as early as 2021, nearly one-third of university graduate students in shanghai had more graduates than undergraduates. the same report mentioned that fan xiudi, director of the education evaluation center of tongji university, believes that the increase in the number of graduate students is an inevitable trend in social development. the demand for graduate students is increasing, and the opportunities for graduate students in the whole society are also increasing. secondly, the disposable income of residents' families is increasing, and coupled with the tradition of chinese people attaching importance to education, part of the family's wealth is invested in education, which also increases the realistic possibility of graduate school.
zou jiawen, senior reporter of the paper
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