Education Reform｜Flexible Educational System, Short-Term
Teaching and International View—How Xiamen University Educates
Postgraduates
Just
a few days ago, another research paper written by a student of Xiamen
University was published on Nature
Immunology, one series of Nature. From
2013 to 2015, more than 20 papers written by PhD students of Xiamen University
as the first author have been published on Science,
Nature and its series. The achievement comes from the scientific education
mechanism established by Xiamen University by following laws and regulating
administration.
Flexible
Educational System
In
the mid-term test held by School of Life Science recently, Li Zhenkui, a PhD
student in 2014, has passed the test thanks to his ambitious attempt in
plasmodium vaccine and feasible research, while the other 13 peers have to
attend a second test 6 months later. Mid-term test distribution is an important
move of Xiamen University to regulate education process of PhD students and to
improve their quality.
In recent
years, Xiamen University has made effective endeavors in graduate education. It
is said that the courses of Xiamen University has been sharply dropped from
2552 in 2012-2013 academic year to 1752 in 2014-2015 academic year. Moreover,
the flexible educational system ranging from 3 to 4 years is undoubtedly a good
news for students. “The flexible educational system plays a vital role in
educating excellent students.” said Fang Ying, vice dean of The School of
Economics.
Short-Term
Teaching
The second year
master student Zheng Yifen and her classmates from School of Arts have won
prizes in international contests frequently and their works are absolutely
associated with course assignment in short-term.
Short-term
teaching and practicing has become a feature of graduate education of Xiamen
University. More and more students are benefiting from the combination of
inviting scholars from abroad and home to give instructions and lectures with
full-time teachers opening featured courses.
In 2015, Xiamen
University saw over 100 famous scholars from abroad and home and elites from
various fields opening more than 120 frontier courses and giving over 100
lectures. Nearly 100 groups with almost 1000 graduates have been to country
sides, grassroots units and communities all around China to develop social
surveys, field works, enterprise internships and medical services. Currently,
frontier courses and lectures have become inspiration sources for both students
and teachers and programs of practice and internship have become the test field
for combination of knowledge with practice.
Reaching
Out to the World
During
the academic career of Prof. Chen Shanshan in Department of Physics, there is a
special turn in 2011 when as a PhD student she received the fund of graduate
program from China Scholarship Council and went to study in America. It was in
America that she acquired knowledge of and distinguished herself in the field
of graphene, which then was little known to the public.
Now
as Prof. Chen Shanshan returns to Xiamen University and starts to teach
students, she repeatedly tells her story to her students and encourages them to
manage to go abroad and expand their horizons. Maybe there is unexpected fruit
waiting for them.
In
2015, there are 115 students who have funded by graduate program of China
Scholarship Council and they will be sent to top international universities.
(Author: Ouyang Guilian, Ma Yuehua)
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