Postgraduates generally begin to enter the thesis work stage after the second semester. The working time for a three-year master's degree thesis from the opening report to the submission for review should be no less than 10 month. The working time of two-year master's degree thesis from the opening report to the submission for review should be no less than 6 months.

The basic viewpoints, conclusions and suggestions of master's degree thesis should have certain practical value or theoretical significance for economic construction, scientific and technological development or social development, and should have new insights in theoretical analysis, testing technology, data processing, instruments and equipment, process methods and so on.