1．Does the school enroll part-time postgraduate students? If so, how about the schedule of classes?

Answer: The school doesn’t enroll any part-time postgraduate students for master-of-science degrees, and all of our master and PhD students are full-time students, who then divide into four categories, that is: non-predesignated purpose, predesignated purpose, sponsorship, and self-financed. For anyone who has interest in further training outside of work, he or she is strongly welcomed to apply for part-time MBA programs in the school.

2. How is the process of postgraduates selecting their supervisors? Is there any need that they have to contact any supervisor in any situation?

Answer: It is before their entry into the school that PhD students have to make decisions on who should be their supervisors. While for master students, it is at the end of their first semester that they have to decide on respective supervisors. Anyone who just wants to register for enrollment exams for master’s or PhD degree, doesn’t have to contact any supervisor before exams.

3. What is the rate of exam-free students (including same-university students and students from other universities) into the total enrollments every year?

Answer: It is normally 30% or so, while the exact rate for different disciplines might vary.

4. What are the application standards and requirements for entrance exams the school have designed for the students who are of de facto academic equivalence of four-year university undergraduates?

Answer: 1. The students, for whom it has been two years since they graduated from three-year college study and who have completed exams for eight courses required for four-year university education level, are eligible to register for entrance exams for master degrees. They have to sit for two extra exams which focus on two main courses of the programs they apply for.

2. The students, who have worked more than 6 years in the field related to the program they apply for since graduation from four-year university education, and have completed exams for at least 5 courses required for master’s degrees, and publicized at least 1 academic article on domestic or overseas key periodicals, are eligible to register for entrance exams for doctoral degrees. They have sit for exams for course of politics and two relevant master’s-degree courses.

5. Can I apply to register for the exams for those programs which are different from my undergraduate one? If so, is there any difference when it comes to enrolling process?

Answer: Students are welcomed to apply to take exams for cross-disciplinary purposes, and the school doesn’t have any extra demand in this regard.

6. How does the basic admission line for postgraduate entrance exams come out? How is the ratio of enrollment-targeted student number to the number of students on the waiting list? Can I switch to other universities automatically?

Answer: The basic admission line is depending on number of students applying for exams and their academic quality every year. The ratio is approximately 1:1.2. The students who are beyond the basic line stipulated by national Ministry of Education, can automatically switch to other universities which accept them.

7. Is it a truth that the admission line is extremely low for self-financed students who have sat for entrance exams? How do you decide on the exact number of enrollments?

Answer: Academic performance of students, development plan and disciplinary construction process of the school are to be factored into final results of enrolling self-financed students. The students whose exam results are below ministerial standards but meet the requirements the university sets up for enrolling self-financed students, are going to be enrolled as self-financed students.

8. Does the school have any kind of training class for postgraduate programs? Does the school accept the people who want to sit in on the courses?

Answer: The school doesn’t have any kind of training class for postgraduate programs. People the school allows to sit in for courses are those who are postgraduates from universities or research institutes, or those who are university faculty members and researchers sitting for further training out of demand by their jobs. Those people have to register in the school of postgraduate studies before allowed in.

9. Does the school set up any pre-exam training class for postgraduate entrance exams? Does the school sell any related exams preparation materials?

Answer: The school doesn’t set up any kind of pre-exam training class for postgraduate entrance exams (except for MBA programs), and any such class that is available out of the campus is not within jurisdiction of the school in any case. The school doesn’t publish any related exams preparation materials, and the students are recommended to prepare for the exams on their own.

10. How to purchase the reference books for postgraduate entrance exams?

Answer: The reference books recommended on the book-list for postgraduate entrance exams are publicly available in local bookstores. If not available, students are suggested to rely on similar books for preparations. The school doesn’t provide any services like mailing or act as an agency to buy books for students. The listed reference books are applicable to both first- and second-round exams.