1984 In September, with the approval of the former State Education Commission, Nankai University, as one of the first 22 universities in China, set up a pilot graduate school. Since then, the postgraduate education of Nankai University has made unprecedented rapid development in education level, education scale and school-running mode, and has entered a standardized and professional development path.
In the 30 years before and after the establishment of the graduate school, Nankai University has always placed discipline construction in the position of "leading", and promoted the development of other aspects by vigorously developing disciplines. At present, Nankai University has 26 colleges (departments, institutes) and research institutes with postgraduate enrollment qualifications, covering all disciplines 13 such as philosophy, economics, law, history, literature, education, mechanics, engineering, medicine, agriculture, management, military science, art, etc. The graduate school of Nankai University is an important institution responsible for the discipline construction planning of the whole school and the education and training of more than 10,000 graduate students. "Don't stick to one model and leave behind talents". Nankai University will always open its doors to those who have the ability, achievements and expertise, and provide all high-quality software and hardware conditions as far as possible to serve their scientific research and teaching. Chen Shengshen, Wu Dayou, Cao Yu and other outstanding talents of the older generation have emerged here. Now there are a group of young and middle-aged talents headed by the older generation. At present, Nankai University has formed a team of teachers with neat lineup, reasonable structure, exquisite knowledge and innovation.
In the past 80 years, the postgraduate education of Nankai University has been adhering to the development concept of "ruling the country by literature, strengthening the country by reason and enriching the country by business" advocated by President Zhang Boling, and has been closely linked with social reality, adhering to the principle of "applying what you have learned", fully serving the social, political and economic development of China and forming a solid style of study of "doing research in a down-to-earth manner".
"The blade is sharpened." After several years' efforts, we strive to make our school step into the ranks of world-class universities, not only become the representative and leader of advanced educational concepts, educational practices and educational systems, but also cultivate people with lofty ideals around "innovation" in the whole process of postgraduate education and training, so that its educational quality, academic level and overall school-running strength have been significantly improved, and some advantageous disciplines have reached the international advanced level, becoming an important base for the cultivation of high-level creative talents and knowledge innovation in China.