The study period of doctoral students in Zhengzhou University is generally 3-5 years, and the study period of continuing training graduate students is generally 5-7 years. Doctoral students with scientific degrees implement a flexible academic system based on four years.

Whether you can graduate in 3-4 years depends on reading and publishing papers. Science and engineering are relatively easy to allocate, while liberal arts are more difficult to allocate.

Graduate students should be the first author (or the tutor is the first author, and I am the second author) and Zhengzhou University, as the first author unit, must publish academic papers reflecting the achievements of dissertation work according to the following requirements before applying for a degree.

A doctoral student who publishes an academic paper shall meet one of the following conditions:

1. Publish at least 1 academic papers in the most influential journals in this discipline and related disciplines (referred to as Class A journals for short).

2. Publish at least 2 academic papers in high-level journals of diSCIplines and related disciplines recognized by the school (referred to as Class B journals for short), of which at least 1 article is published in sci and EI source journals, and the influencing factors meet the requirements of the detailed rules of the degree evaluation sub-committee, and at least 1 article is published in the journals specially designated by the degree evaluation sub-committee in the Class B catalogue. 1 and a number of domestic and foreign invention patents equivalent to 1 B journal papers; The 1 papers of various engineering majors and many international conference papers included in ISTP are equivalent to the 1 papers of Class B journals.