But if you don't want to get a diploma, but want to go to a higher level, and you are interested in sociology and want to engage in some sociology-related careers in the future, then the choice of schools can't be so casual.
Personally, there are three main conditions that affect the choice of schools: first, the strength of school sociology. Second, the overall strength and reputation of the school. Third, what is the location of the school?
The third condition is not decisive for choosing a school. Most students don't put the region in the highest position when choosing schools. Every year, many comrades are admitted to Sichuan University, Lanzhou University and Xi Jiaotong University. Although it is true that colleges and universities in the western region will have certain disadvantages when competing with the same level colleges and universities in the east, this will not fundamentally affect the choice of applying for the exam. The only thing that can have a greater impact is that some students may choose schools close to home, which will affect the scores of a school to some extent.
The first condition and the second condition seem to be very important, but personally, the first condition should be the most fundamental reference for comrades to choose schools. Why? We can think about it, just said, what do most people take the postgraduate entrance examination for? Improve your level to a higher level platform. So how does this goal need to be achieved? We need good teachers, good learning conditions, more practical opportunities and more opportunities for foreign exchange. Then providing these things must be funded. Think about it, prestigious schools with relatively weak sociology disciplines will spend their funds on sociology even if they have hundreds of millions of funds every year? They will be more willing to invest money in the fist major of the school, so that the school will become famous and attract better students and resources. There is no money, no good teachers, no good practical exchange opportunities, and no higher-level platform. Therefore, schools with good sociology majors and schools that pay more attention to sociology are the most worthy of our application.
But then again, in fact, the first condition and the second condition overlap in most cases, and the comprehensive strength of a school with strong sociology is not much different. The only exception may be Shanghai University.
Then we know the more important conditions for choosing a school, so that we have more ideas about choosing a school. There are more than 90 schools with master's degree in sociology in China. It's not an exaggeration to talk more, but it's also a lot to say less. How to objectively evaluate the social science strength of a school is a difficult problem. All kinds of online rankings, one says one feels very chaotic. Then we need to find a more objective, stable and authoritative standard. There is a more appropriate standard, that is, doctoral degree.
Doctor is the highest degree, and a major with a doctor's degree is an affirmation of its academic level. We can use a doctorate as a yardstick to measure the level of sociology in a school. Comrades who are interested in studying sociology, it is best to choose a school with a doctoral program, otherwise it will lose the significance of postgraduate entrance examination. The following are schools with doctoral programs in China 19.
First-class doctoral program (15)
Peking University
Nankai University
Tsinghua University
Renmin University of China
graduate school of chineseacademy of social sciences
Sun Yat-sen University
Fudan University
East China University Of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jilin University
Nanjing University
Shanghai University
Minzu University of China
East China Normal University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Doctoral programs in two disciplines (4)
Hohai University
Huazhong normal university (CCNU)
Wuhan University
Xiamen University
Relatively speaking, the first-class doctoral program is better than the second-class doctoral program.
In addition, there are some information worthy of reference, such as postdoctoral mobile stations:
12 postdoctoral mobile station: Peking University (1986); Academy of Social Sciences of the National People's Congress (1998); Nanda, Nankai and Shangda (2003); Zhongshan, Fudan and Tsinghua (2007); Huazhong Normal University, Jida and east china institute of technology (2009)
There are also national key disciplines:
First-class national key discipline
Peking University
Renmin University of China
Second-level national key discipline
Nanjing University
Shanghai University
National second-class key (cultivation) discipline
Sun Yat-sen University
Do you feel that there is a gradient in applying for the exam at once?
Then I think students who take the postgraduate entrance examination can directly choose their favorite schools, with 19 doctoral schools as the main scope.
Of course, the difficulty of this 19 school is different. Because not every school knows it very well, I can only give a rough ranking of my personal views. I hope you can correct me.
The first gear: Tsinghua and Peking University.
Two top schools in China must be very difficult. The headquarters of Peking University and Tsinghua recruit relatively few people every year, but they may not be full because people are afraid to report. In addition, the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University is another matter, and the relative difficulty will be relatively lower, because there are many people recruited. If you feel strong, confident students can work hard in these two schools.
Between the first gear and the second gear: Academy of Social Sciences
Personally, I think the Academy of Social Sciences is considered very difficult, because its information is too scarce, and as the highest level of the National Institute of Social Sciences, it is a bit mysterious. With less information, fewer people will report, fewer people will report, and the competition will be relatively small. One of my last seniors was admitted to the Academy of Social Sciences, so the Academy of Social Sciences is not unattainable.
The second file: China Renmin University, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-sen University and Nankai University.
Compared with Peking University Tsinghua, the first three schools recruit more people, so the difficulty will be slightly reduced. However, due to the top academic strength and the popularity of the school, it is not difficult to get into the exam, and there are many high-tech candidates in these three schools every year, which is likely to get together. Excluding the interference of the difficulty of the topic, I personally think that students in these three schools should take 380 points as the minimum requirement. Nankai University is a school with a long history and strong strength. Although the momentum is not very strong in recent years, the thin camel is bigger than the horse. It is said through the grapevine that Nankai has a relatively small number of students enrolled each year and a relatively large proportion of them are allowed to walk, so it will be more difficult. I don't know if the news is true, but I hope the insider can give an answer.
Between the second and third grades: Fudan University and Xiamen University.
These two schools are both famous schools. The difficulty of Fudan University is mainly in statistics. You can even have a choice in the exam, that is, you can choose to take number three instead of social research methods and statistics. But in the past two years, Fudan seems to be reducing the difficulty of statistics and seeking more changes in theoretical examinations. It's easier than the second gear because of its professional level. The sociological level of Xiamen University is not top-notch. The reason why the score is high is that local candidates in Fujian are generally unwilling to study outside the province, which leads to a large number of candidates flocking to Xiamen University to improve their scores. In addition, the city of Xiamen is also a good place, the holy land of petty bourgeoisie, and many people outside the province also yearn for it. The more demand, the higher the score. Students who take the Xiamen University exam hope to think twice.
The third file: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University, East China Normal University, Jilin University and Minzu University of China.
Four schools with strong comprehensive strength. Huazhong Science and Technology ranks very high in some sociology lists, and personally feel that its score may be equal to or even higher than Fudan Xiamen University in some cases. Wu Da is one of the top comprehensive universities in Central China, and its liberal arts strength is also very strong. East China Normal University is located in Shanghai, with good reputation and geographical conditions. Moreover, it is said that East China Normal University did not inform the candidates of the number of walks when applying for the exam this year, but only informed the candidates of the number of walks after the initial test, which is not true and invisibly increases the unknowable risk of the postgraduate entrance examination. Although the sociology of Jilin University has not been mentioned many times, considering several sociological rankings and postdoctoral mobile stations of doctoral programs, the strength of Jilin University can not be underestimated. The only factor that reduces the difficulty is that Jilin University is in Changchun, and some students may not want to go to the opposite northeast. If some students want to go to the Northeast, they can choose Jilin University first. Minzu University of China is a 985 university and the highest institution for nationalities in China. Its strength in ethnology, folklore and anthropology is good, and sociology should not be bad. Considering the fame and geographical factors in Beijing, Minzu University of China is relatively difficult.
The fourth file: Shanghai University, East China University of Science and Technology, Huazhong Normal University.
If you have to recommend a school with the highest cost performance from the above range, then you must go to Shanghai University. Sociology of Shanghai University is one of the four national key disciplines, with first-class doctoral programs and postdoctoral mobile stations, which are basically in the top ten in all rankings. The only problem is that Shanghai University itself is not well known. In particular, most of its undergraduate students are local students in Shanghai, so in the eyes of some Shanghainese, Shanghai University is not a good school. But in fact, Shanghai University has a complete range of disciplines, and some disciplines rank among the top in the country. Moreover, Shanghai University itself is a 2 1 1 university, and it is by no means a bad school. This year, the retest line of Shanghai University is 365, which is quite low compared with some schools above. East China University of Science and Technology doesn't know much about it, but social workers are among the best in the country, and they are 2 1 1 schools directly under the Ministry of Education, which can also be used as an alternative. There are relatively few materials in Huazhong Normal University, which may be weaker than Wuhan University and Huake University in the same city in terms of school strength. Interested students can go to the previous resource collection post to find the information of Huazhong Normal University.
The fifth file: Hohai University Harbin Institute of Technology
Hohai University has always been a little-known school, and its strongest major is water conservancy. The rise of sociology is also in recent years, and there may be more room for development, which students who are not confident about their own strength can consider. The reason why Harbin Institute of Technology is put in the last file is entirely because I don't know this school. Only recently did I know that Harbin Institute of Technology actually has a doctorate in sociology, and it is still first-class. When I visited official website, I found that the number of teachers was not too large, but there were two tutors. Students who want to take the northeast postgraduate exam can consider it, and students who have information about Harbin Institute of Technology can also provide it.