Work Scheme for Second-Round Examination and Admission of Doctoral Candidates of the School of Arts and Communication in 2023

 

According to the spirit of the relevant documents and notices of the Ministry of Education, in combination with the actual admission conditions of CUG, in order to do a good job in admission of doctoral candidates in 2023, this scheme is hereby formulated and announced as follows:

I. Basic Requirements of Second-round Examination

1. Uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, have good moral character, abide by laws and regulations, and meet the requirements of physical examination prescribed by the state.

2. On the basis of comprehensive examination, stress the assessment of professional quality, scientific research ability, practical ability, innovative spirit and comprehensive quality. The assessment of ideological and political quality and moral character is one of the important assessment contents, and those who fail will not be admitted.

3. The MD-PhD based candidate, the candidate for doctor’s degree in advance and the “application-assessment” candidate with examination qualification passing the qualification examination should take the second-round examination.

4. Candidates of the high-level backbone talent program for ethnic minorities must attend the English test organized by the University, the specific time and location is subject to the notice on the graduate admission website of the University.

5.  Adhere to the principle of “admission according to need, enrolling only those who are outstanding, less but better”, and adhere to the principles of equity, justice and publicity.

II. Admission Plan

III. Form of Second-Round Examination

Offline on-site assessment will be adopted, and the whole process of the second-round examination is recorded and videotaped.

IV. Arrangement of Second-Round Examination

(I) Qualification examination

1. List of qualification materials

①Second-generation ID card;

②Original and photocopy of master’s degree certificate (Fresh master graduates must provide the online degree certification report of the Ministry of Education, and those who cannot obtain the degree certificate before admission will be disqualified. Foreign degree recipients must provide a foreign student status and degree certification letter issued by the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange);

③Original and photocopy of foreign language proficiency certificate;”

④“Review Form of Ideological and Political Moral Performance for Doctoral Students”;

⑤On-the-job candidates who apply for non-targeted training must provide proof of termination of employment relationship by the unit, and the on-the-job candidates who apply for targeted training must provide a certificate from the unit's personnel department agreeing to take off four years to study for a doctoral degree. For those who provide false information, they will be disqualified from the second-round examination;

⑥Handwritten “Commitment to Integrity and Confidentiality in the Second-Round Examination”;

2. Time and location of qualification examination

Time: 09:00-10:00 a.m. on May 12, 2023;

Location: Room 1209 of the Building of the School of Arts and Communication;

 

(II) Content of second-round examination

1. Background assessment: An assessment team composed of at least 3 experts is set up to conduct the comprehensive and independent assessment and scoring according to the application materials submitted by candidates. Examine the examinee’s ability to comprehensively apply the learned knowledge, scientific research and innovation ability, the understanding of the frontier fields and the latest research trends of the subject, and evaluate the examinee’s basic quality, scientific research potential and innovation ability, give background evaluation results and give written evaluation opinions. Those who fail to pass the background assessment are not allowed to enter the next step, and their score adopts the centesimal integer, with a full score of 100 points.

2. Comprehensive interview assessment: including foreign language proficiency assessment and comprehensive quality assessment. The time shall not be less than 25 minutes. Comprehensive interview result will be in centesimal system (the result shall be rounded up to 2 decimal places).

(1) Foreign language proficiency assessment: assess the foreign language application ability by interview and randomly selected questions, mainly including foreign language listening and speaking, literature reading and translation ability. Foreign language proficiency test score is in centesimal system, with a full score of 100 points.

(2) Comprehensive quality assessment: the professional assessment group will assess the candidates’ subject background, professional accomplishments, academic level, scientific research ability and innovation potential in an all-round way. Comprehensive quality assessment score is in centesimal system, with a full score of 100 points.

3. Total score of second-round examination

Total score of “application-assessment” based candidates = background assessment*30% + foreign language proficiency assessment *30% + comprehensive quality assessment *40%. The total score is 100 points, accurate to two decimal places.

Total score of MD-PhD based candidate and the candidate for doctor’s degree in advance = foreign language proficiency assessment *40% + comprehensive quality assessment *60%. The total score is 100 points, accurate to two decimal places.

 

(III) Time and location of second-round examination

Time: the examination starts at 08:00 a.m. on May 15, 2023, and all candidates must arrive 20 minutes in advance.

Location: Room A0307 of the Teaching Building in East Quarter (Room A0308 for preparation)

 

(IV) Payment for second-round examination

According to the price document, the second-round examination fee is RMB 100Yuan/person. Payment platform website: http://pay.cug.edu.cn/xysf/ (The account number is the ID card number, the password is CUG @ the last six digits of the ID card, and the last X is capitalized).

 

(V) Physical examination

It will be organized and implemented uniformly after the admission of new students. For those who do not pass the physical examination, the relevant provisions on new students’ admission qualification examination will be implemented.

V. Proposed Admission

1. The MD-PhD based candidate and the candidate for doctor’s degree in advance will be accepted in the first batch after passing the second-round examination. “Application-assessment” based candidates for ordinary plan will be admitted according to the total score of second-round examination combined with supervisor enrollment plan from high score to low score. For candidates of the high-level backbone talent program for ethnic minorities qualified in the second-round examination, the proposed admission will be determined according to relevant requirements after the English test organized by the University.

2. Candidates who have one of the following circumstances will not be admitted or will be disqualified

①Unqualified in ideological and political quality and moral character assessment.

②Unqualified in background assessment.

③Unqualified in comprehensive interview assessment.

④Failing to take or failing in the second-round examination (unqualified if the total score of second-round examination is below 60).

⑤Not publicized in the proposed admission list.

⑥Failing to submit the targeted employment agreement on time as a targeted employment candidate; failing to transfer the archives on time as a non-targeted candidate.

⑦Failing to submit degree certificate or graduation certificate and other required materials on time.

⑧Providing false information.

3. The archives of the previous students who intend to be admitted as non-targeted candidates shall be transferred to this School before June 20, and fresh graduates can transfer the archives after graduation and before entering the doctoral program; students who are pre-assigned to the specific posts such as job-directed students and in-service students as the backbone of the national minority do not need to transfer the archives. If you fail to go through the proposed admission procedures within the time limit, the candidates will bear the consequences.

4. The results of the second-round examination will be announced on the website of the school. After publicity for 10 working days without objection, this School will submit the proposed admission list to Graduate School according to the enrollment plan issued. All proposed admission lists must be reported to the Ministry of Education for examination and approval before they are officially accepted.

VI. Miscellanea

1. Contact information

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

Postal code: 430074

Tel: 027–67883476

Email: yjs21@cug.edu.cn

2. Appeal channels

School of Arts and Communication: 027-67883476; Graduate School: 027-67885153; Supervision Division: 027-67884345.

Supervision and reporting email: yzb@cug.edu.cn.

    

School of Arts and Communication

May 5, 2023