The opening report is generally aimed at the second year of graduate students, and the mid-term assessment is the third year of graduate students who are about to graduate.

The purpose of the opening report is to expound, examine and determine the innovation and feasibility of the topic selection of graduation thesis, and to supervise and ensure the quality of graduation thesis. The purpose of regular evaluation is to evaluate the graduate students' learning and project progress, and find out the problems in progress in time.