The sampling results of dissertations will be fed back to the degree-granting units and published in an appropriate form within a certain range. Degree-granting units regard expert opinions as an important basis for determining tutor qualifications and allocating graduate education resources. The sampling results will be used as an important index for the qualification evaluation of degree authorization points. For degree authorization points with a high proportion of "problem degree theses" or a large number of articles, they will be ordered to rectify within a time limit according to relevant procedures. If it still does not meet the requirements after rectification, it shall be deemed that the academic level of the degree awarded cannot be guaranteed and the degree authorization shall be revoked.
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The Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education have successively issued Opinions on Strengthening the Quality Assurance and Supervision System Construction of Degree and Postgraduate Education (hereinafter referred to as Opinions), Measures for Qualification Evaluation of Degree Authorization Points (hereinafter referred to as Evaluation) and Measures for Sampling Doctoral and Master's Dissertations (hereinafter referred to as Sampling), which will comprehensively build a quality assurance system for postgraduate education and completely reverse the reality of low quality of postgraduate education.
According to the evaluation requirements, the qualification evaluation of degree authorization points should focus on talent training, postgraduate education and the quality of degree awarding, and improve the compulsory withdrawal mechanism of unqualified degree authorization points.
The evaluation is conducted every six years, and the degree authorization points and professional degree authorization points that have been authorized for six years must have evaluation qualifications; At the same time, the evaluation is divided into two stages: self-evaluation by degree-granting units and random evaluation by education administrative departments, with self-evaluation by degree-granting units as the main stage; The first five years of each round of evaluation is the self-evaluation stage, and the next 1 year is the random sampling stage; A degree authorization point that has not carried out self-assessment is regarded as an automatic waiver of degree authorization and is identified as an unqualified degree authorization point.