Second-round Examination and Admission Program for Receiving the Recommended Exam-free Candidates in 2022 of the School of Arts and Communication

In accordance with the spirit of the “Program for Receiving the Recommended Exam-free Candidates in 2022 of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)” (ZDDYF [2021] No. 65), this program is hereby formulated to make everything ready for the second-round examination and admission of the recommended exam-free candidates in 2022.

I. Guidelines

Guided by Xi Jinping’s socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we must focus on the fundamental task of implementing the moral education of the people, firmly establish the quality awareness, actively serve the development needs of the nation, take quality improvement as the core, adhere to the principle of “taking morality first, comprehensively measuring morality, intelligence and physique, and selecting the best”, strive to strengthen scientific selection, further promote information disclosure, constantly strengthen supervision and management, and earnestly and strictly enforce admission discipline, so as to ensure that the second-round examination and admission of the recommended exam-free candidates are scientific, fair, standardized and transparent.

II. Disciplines and Program

III. Application Conditions

1. Uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, be willing to serve the socialist modernization, be healthy, have good moral character, and abide by laws and observe discipline.

2. The applicant must be a fresh graduate with the recommended exam-free qualification, and obtain the recommended exam-free qualification from the university where he/she studies, and provide complete recommendation procedures and complete materials.

3. During the undergraduate period, the applicant should achieve excellent academic performance, be honest and trustworthy, has correct style of study and no record of cheating in exams, plagiarizing other people’s academic achievements and other violations of laws and disciplines.

4. Our school welcomes and encourages outstanding students to continue their studies in our school in the form of bachelor-PhD or master-PhD. Bachelor-PhD based candidates shall be included in the supervisor’s doctoral admission quota in 2022; the master-PhD candidate shall study for two years as the master candidate and then shall be transferred to doctoral candidate. The applicant should first contact the doctoral supervisor to confirm his/her acceptance intention.

(1) Selection conditions and procedures for bachelor-PhD candidates

Selection conditions: have excellent undergraduate academic performance; pass CET-6, or pass TOEFL and IELTS, or have more than three months experience in studying abroad, or have published English papers as the first author; have certain scientific research experience and won national discipline competition awards, or publish academic papers in regional journals of T5 and above, or obtain authorized national invention patents.

Selection procedures: Undergraduates who intend to study for master degree in our school and have the qualification for academic exemption from examination should apply before the second-round examination (indicated on the second-round examination form). After passing the second-round examination with the consent of the doctoral supervisor, they will be reported to the graduate school without objection. When the “exam-free recommendation service system” of the Ministry of Education is opened, the applicants should complete the system registration and admission, and the application type should be “bachelor-PhD candidate”.

(2) Selection conditions and procedures for master-PhD candidates

Selection conditions: have excellent undergraduate academic performance; pass CET-6, or pass TOEFL and IELTS, or have more than three months experience in studying abroad, or have published English papers as the first author; have certain scientific research experience and academic achievements, or obtain authorized national invention patents.

Selection procedures: Undergraduates who intend to study for master degree in our school and have the qualification for academic exemption from examination should apply before the second-round examination (indicated on the second-round examination form). With the consent of the doctoral supervisor, qualified in second-round examination, in case of no objection, the list will be reported to the graduate school.

IV. Receiving Procedure

1. Pre-registration. Candidates with recommended exam-free qualification should apply in the Pre-registration System for Recommended Exam-free Candidates before Sept. 27, 2021.

2. Submit the application materials. Candidates should send the scanned copies of the following materials (combined into a PDF document) to yjs21@cug.edu.cn before Sept. 22, with the package file name of “name - name of undergraduate school - name of registered major”.

① Scanned copy of the original of the second generation resident ID card and student card;

②Scanned copy of the original academic report card (with the official seal of the Academic Affairs Department of the College);

③ Scanned copies of other materials (such as transcripts of CET-4 and CET-6, other award-winning certificates, academic papers, publications or original work achievements, etc.).

④The physical examination report issued by Grade 2A and above hospitals established by the government or our hospital.

3. Review of materials. Our School will review and comment on the materials of the applicants and determine the list of second-round examination. Before Sept. 23, our School will send the notice of second-round examination to the qualified applicants.

4. Second-round examination. The applicants who agree to participate in the second-round examination should attend the examination on time according to the requirements of our School.

5. Complete the admission procedures in the exam-free recommendation service system on https://yz.chsi.com.cn/. On Sept. 28, the day of the opening of the national online registration for recommended exam-free candidates, the candidates log into the “exam-free recommendation service system” of China Graduate Admission Information Network (hereinafter referred to as “Graduate Admission Network”) to improve their personal information and fill in major choice; the School will send the second-round examination notice and the notice of waiting for admission to the candidates before 10:00 on the same day. The candidates must log in the “exam-free recommendation service system” to “accept the notice of waiting for admission” before 12:00 on the day of receiving the “Notice of waiting for admission”, otherwise, the School can cancel the admission qualification. The list of candidates to be accepted will be included in the formal admission list after being publicized without objection, and they will no longer participate in the unified examination. Once the candidate receives the notice to be admitted, it will no longer be unlocked.

6. For the candidates who have not participated in the pre-registration or second-round examination, but directly apply for our School in the “exam-free recommendation service system” of graduate admission network, our School will take online video interview and on-site interview in multiple batches to conduct the second-round examination. The candidates must receive the second-round examination notice and the notice of waiting for admission in time, and complete the whole online operation process.

V. Second-round Examination

1. Objects of second-round examination

All pre-registered recommended exam-free candidates from our University and other universities. Candidates who have obtained a qualified report card on campus open day are not required to participate in the second-round examination.

2. Qualification examination

Candidates should hold their second generation ID card, originals and copies of the application materials for second-round examination. Our School will strictly check the candidates’ application information according to the materials, and strictly examine the candidates’ application qualifications according to the receiving conditions.

3. Form of second-round examination

Our School will adopt online video interview and on-site interview for second-round examination.

4. Time and place of second-round examination

Further notice shall be given according to the actual situation.

5. Content of second-round examination

Comprehensive interview focuses on the candidates’ professional quality, innovative spirit and ability, ideological and political quality and moral quality, practical ability, foreign language listening and speaking ability. It comprehensively assesses the candidates’ mastery of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the discipline (major), their ability to discover, analyze and solve problems by using the theories they have learned, and their understanding of the development trends of the discipline and the development potential in the professional field.

VI. Admission

1. Result of second-round examination

The second-round examination is scored in 100 points system, and the results of second-round examination are equal to the professional comprehensive interview results.

2. Admission rules

The admission list of recommended exam-free candidates shall be determined according to the admission program of the each major and the total scores of the candidates. Those who fail to pass the second-round examination, or fail to pass the physical examination will not be accepted.

3. Tuition and grants

In the first year, all the recommended exam-free candidates will enjoy the first-class scholarship for master’s degree. After that, they will be evaluated dynamically according to their academic performance and scientific research performance. Bachelor-PhD candidates will enjoy doctoral scholarships and grants. As for master-PhD candidates, before obtaining the state registered doctoral student status, the “Academic Scholarship” shall implement the first-class academic award standard for master, and the “State Grants” and “Academic Grants” shall implement the doctoral standard.

4. Physical examination

Applicants from other universities should go to the local Grade 2A hospital for physical examination before second-round examination, and should submit the physical examination certificate to the admission unit at the time of second-round examination. Applicants of this university can participate in the physical examination organized by the university.

VII. Information Disclosure

1. The University will publicize the second-round examination and admission program for receiving the recommended exam-free candidates, admission catalog, second-round examination methods, and proposed list of candidates on the website.

2. The proposed list of candidates will be publicized on our website for 10 working days.

VIII. Supervision and Appeal Channels

Admission Office of Graduate School

Tel: 027-67885153, Email: yzb@cug.edu.cn.

IX. Miscellaneous

1. The applicant must guarantee the authenticity and accuracy of the application materials submitted. Once the information submitted by the applicant is found to be untrue or inaccurate, our School will not accept or cancel the admission qualification

2. Even the candidates are accepted by our university, the admission qualification will be cancelled if they fail to obtain the undergraduate graduation certificate at the time of entrance registration.

X. Contact Information

Mailing address: Office 1211, Building of the School of Arts and Communication, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), No. 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province

Postal Code: 430074

Contact: Mr. Yu

Phone No.: 027-67883476

E-mail: yjs21@cug.edu.cn.

School of Arts and Communication, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Sept. 16, 2021