Postgraduate education is a kind of national education, which is generally carried out by ordinary universities with master's and doctoral degrees. After graduation, a graduate student can also be called a graduate student, which means a person with a graduate education.
In China, graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. According to different degrees, it can be divided into academic graduate students and professional graduate students. Academic graduate students generally refer to graduate students with academic degrees and established according to disciplines. They are oriented to academic research, emphasize theory and research, and mainly train university teachers and researchers in scientific research institutions. Professional graduate students are at the same level as academic graduate students and have a solid theoretical foundation for training.
Fiscal policy:
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education issued the Interim Measures for the Administration of National Scholarships for Postgraduates, and the state will set up national scholarships for postgraduates, benefiting 45,000 postgraduates, including 6,543,800 doctoral students and 35,000 master students.
The national scholarship for graduate students is funded by the central government, and the award standard for national scholarship for doctoral students is 30 thousand yuan per student per year; The national scholarship award standard for graduate students is 20,000 yuan per student per year. The national scholarship for graduate students is reviewed once a year, and all full-time graduate students who meet the prescribed conditions are eligible to apply.
The Interim Measures for the Administration of National Scholarships for Postgraduates also clearly stipulates that postgraduates with postgraduate qualifications should apply for national scholarships as postgraduates before registering as doctoral students or passing doctoral qualification examinations. After registering as a doctoral student, or passing the doctoral qualification examination, apply for a national scholarship as a doctoral student.
The Interim Measures for the Administration of National Scholarships for Postgraduates stipulates that institutions of higher learning shall issue the national scholarships for postgraduates of that year to the award-winning postgraduates in one lump sum before June 30th each year. 165438. Colleges and universities should also be responsible for recording graduate students' access to national scholarships in their student status files and issuing honorary certificates uniformly printed by the state.