The "female doctor" is in the mood for love, dazzling, with a bright future and smooth road. She has been studying all the way for more than 20 years and is about to become famous. She is the pride of her parents, the pillar of the country and the winner of life. Why did she end her life when she was about to become famous?
Behind the light must be full of ups and downs and hardships. According to a student from NTU, this female doctor is in the fourth year of doctoral study this year and has been postponed to Pubo.
There has always been a question about the extension of master students and doctoral students.
In the past, we often heard the news that a graduate student committed suicide because of the pressure of graduation. However, these people are often accompanied by the aura of "three good students", "good girls" and "other people's children", from childhood to adulthood. Nowadays, they live in fear every day, and even jump off a building to end their lives because of the pressure that cannot be solved. "Great pressure on scientific research" and "delayed completion" have become problems that almost all doctoral students face and worry about. It has become a normal state that doctoral students can't finish it, and it should be more appropriate to describe it as "morbid". It is normal for doctoral students to delay completion, but it is abnormal if they don't.
Today I want to talk to you about what happened when the master's degree and doctor's degree were postponed.
First, delay those things: what is it?
According to the data of the Ministry of Education, in 20 165296, the number of doctoral graduates nationwide was 165296, and the actual number of doctoral graduates was 5645 1 person, with an abnormal graduation rate of 65.85%.
According to the data, the delay rate of doctoral students has increased year by year, from 2006 to 20 14. In recent years, it has entered the platform period, and the delay rate is about 65%, which means that 60% of doctoral students cannot graduate on time.
August 2 1 day According to the relevant provisions of Article 30 of the Regulations of the Ministry of Education on the Management of Students in Colleges and Universities and Article 26 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Management of Postgraduates' Status in xidian university, xidian university plans to treat doctoral students who have exceeded the longest study period as dropping out of school.
In fact, xidian university's practice is not unique. Previously, many colleges and universities announced that doctoral students were expelled for exceeding the study regulations.
For example, Beijing Jiaotong University revoked the status of 59 doctoral students with the longest study period because they exceeded the full-time doctoral degree (including undergraduate students directly studying for doctoral students).
Yanbian University 136 graduate students (14 doctors, 122 masters) dropped out after finishing the year. Tsinghua University dismissed 2 doctoral students, and Hebei University of Technology dismissed them at one time 143 doctoral students.
Image source: xidian university Graduate School
Second, postpone those things: why?
As for the reasons for delaying the graduation of the doctor, there are different opinions from the example of his brother and sister.
Brother a:
This year's doctoral thesis defense is stuck by my tutor, and it will be postponed for at least half a year.
In this way, my brother is a great god who could have graduated on time but was held back by his tutor. Finally, it was postponed because the tutor said that his doctoral thesis was not perfect.
Brother b:
His tutor was poached by other colleges and universities, and all the previous subject resources were taken away. Finally, he had to re-engage in research in new fields with his new tutor. Starting from scratch, he certainly could not graduate on time.
Senior c:
The reason why I can't graduate on time is that my senior's short thesis doesn't meet the requirements of the school, so I can't graduate no matter how well I do my big thesis.
From the actual situation of brothers and sisters, the author believes that the main reasons for delay can be divided into internal and external causes:
1. Internal reasons
It takes hard work to strike while the iron is hot, and many doctors have been slow to finish it, largely because of personal reasons.
1) The thesis can't meet the requirements of school graduation.
Generally speaking, it is mandatory to publish small papers after doctoral graduation. For example, some schools require the publication of three cores, and some schools require the publication of an SCI with a score of 5 or more.
In addition to school requirements, some tutor research groups also have additional requirements.
2) The graduation thesis can't meet the requirements of the tutor.
There are many problems that graduate students delay graduation thesis. General schools and tutors have higher requirements for graduation thesis, especially doctoral thesis, which needs innovation.
However, the problem of innovation is very difficult, and there is no topic selection and innovation, which leads to the delay.
3) Individuals are lazy to study.
Bo Yi went fishing in class, Bo Er went fishing in the laboratory, and Bo San said he would write a paper, but procrastination was committed again. Bos panicked when he found that there was no paper yet. He can't settle down to do the experiment, let alone write it.
4) Physical reasons
This point also needs attention. There are many things around me that have been postponed for physical reasons.
The pressure of reading PhD is great, anxiety, insomnia, hair loss, and finally the body can't carry it into the hospital, and the body is not allowed to postpone it.
5) Self-righteous
I think I am smart, and I have many ideas. However, either you can't find it by hand, or someone beat you to it.
Walking around and trying a bunch of methods, I still don't know where mine is.
6) On-the-job doctors are strict.
Active doctors push away more. Those doctors who have better jobs and have no motivation to change jobs are mostly lack of motivation. Anyway, it doesn't matter if they graduate one day earlier or one day later, so they slowly live the last "repeated" life in their lives.
2. External factors
In addition to their own reasons, some irresistible external factors are also stumbling blocks to doctoral graduation.
1) tutor crowded
Boyi went to Booz last semester and worked every day, so he didn't have time to write and send papers. The state pays for training the labor force, and the instructors pick it up for nothing.
2) The tutor deliberately procrastinated.
In order to catch a free "able-bodied man", some tutors ask you to work for him for a few more years, deliberately picking on your graduation thesis and not letting you pass, but you can only do nothing.
3) Young tutors grab papers
Generally, young tutors are on the rise, and the judges want papers, which is a fatal reminder. They watch the whole thing every day, and both of them are tired to death. However, the thesis is not necessarily a student's, and even you are not qualified to be a leader.
4) Retired Buddhist teachers
The old teacher faces retirement. There are few general projects and the funds are tight. If they have no money, they can only find a way to solve it themselves.
Put off those things: what should I do?
In many cases, it is not for individuals to decide whether to graduate or not. So, don't be too hard on yourself.
What we can do is to find out the reason for the delay and prescribe the right medicine. If you are really unlucky, when you encounter delay, I have the following suggestions:
1. Adjust your mentality
As mentioned above, in 20 17, 65% of doctoral students graduated in China, so it is normal for most doctoral students to postpone graduation.
We should adjust our mentality, and don't give up on ourselves. Think about how long we've been working hard for four years. Finally, just stick to it.
It is not so easy to succeed in scientific research. Any scientific researcher is like this. After many experiments and failures, he may get good results or good ideas one day.
2. Keep a good relationship with the tutor and strengthen communication.
Part of the reason for the delay is the tutor, which may be that the tutor's guidance is not in place and has not taught you the basic vision and methods that you should have in this field.
Especially for academic science graduate students, the undergraduate study of such students is only exam-oriented, and it is not until the postgraduate stage that they really begin to study. Not everyone can complete this transformation independently, so keep a good relationship with the tutor.
3. Publish the paper as soon as possible
Ph.D., if you don't publish it, you're out. The publication of the thesis is very important, which can not only help us graduate smoothly, but also bring benefits.
A good paper is certainly not available at once. Writing articles also needs more practice. Don't think about how high the first one or the first few are. Learn from others' strengths, learn more about the structure, logic and style of high-quality papers, and read more books and think more.
4. Do a good job in the topic selection and innovation of graduation thesis.
To determine a good topic, it is necessary to collect materials, sort out materials, analyze materials, and determine the direction. The topic of the paper should be difficult and appropriate.
If it is too simple, you can't show your ability; If the topic is too difficult, you may be forced to give up the whole paper because you encounter difficulties halfway.
Read more literature, generate new ideas and carry out innovative processing in the process of reading.
5. Do scientific research in a down-to-earth manner and make a serious summary.
Scientific research rejects lazy people. If you are lazy about scientific research, scientific research will be lazy about you. Therefore, we should get out of the "comfort zone" as soon as possible and take action, and we should not take any chances in scientific research.
Write it at the end
Almost all doctors are worried about the delay in graduation, and I have been unable to sleep at night. The proportion of delayed completion is very high, and delayed completion is not a big deal, so there is no need to demonize it excessively.
Postponement is normal, and many times it is not up to you to decide. It takes fate to meet a good tutor and a good topic. Do what you can and plan as well as possible. You won't regret it.
Finally, I wish all masters and doctors a smooth graduation!