Characterizing graduate education development for creating world-class universities: Evidence from doctoral education in China

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to characterize the graduate education development for creating world-class universities from the insight of the doctoral education in China. A systematic review is applied to examine the doctoral education development in contemporary China. The findings argue that there are tremendous challenges in China’s current doctoral cultivation system. The current doctoral talent cultivation encountered various difficulties, specifically for creating the effectiveness of world-class universities. The student–faculty relations were regard as a key theme to investigate the doctoral education development in current China’s higher education system. The findings indicated that the selected studies in regard to the doctoral graduate education focusing on the cultivation of innovation ability, the interdisciplinary graduate student training has become one of the important ways of graduate education reform. In addition, the conclusion and remark were offered in the last.

Keywords:

• Graduate education development
• world-class universities
• doctoral education in China
• higher education development
• China’s higher education

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

The study received funding from Beijing Education Science Planning (Key project) Research on Internationalization Development Strategy and Evaluation Index System of Capital Universities under the Background of “Double First- Class” [No. AAAA19009].

Notes on contributors

Jian Li

Eryong, Xue, is a Professor, China Institute of Education Policy, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Eryong Xue

Jian Li, is an Assistant Professor, China Institute of Education Policy, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.