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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Review: Recommended Graduates at<br />

<strong>PKU</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2005--12-15<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=134719102<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Dec. 15th, 2005: As the end <strong>of</strong> the year is drawing near,<br />

the 2006 recommendation <strong>of</strong> undergraduates to be graduates (without the national<br />

examination) has been finished. Now that the ―recommended graduates‖ has<br />

become an enduring topic on the campus, the reporter visited Ms. Dong Nanyan, the<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> Educational Administration, and Mr. Wei Zhiyi, director <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong><br />

Graduate Institute.<br />

Current Situation<br />

Apart from the excellent academic credit, which is the main approach, the students<br />

have other chances – such as being a student assistant or having sports/artistic<br />

specialty – to become the recommended graduates, on condition that they all have<br />

the basic qualification which allows them not to take the national examination. The<br />

undergraduate-master-PHD program is five years, operated according to the master<br />

matriculation regulations, while undergraduate-PHD program, which also lasts five<br />

years, needed to be manipulated according to the PHD matriculation rules.<br />

The recommendation process is shared between the Educational Administration,<br />

which is to evaluate the applications <strong>of</strong> the students and to <strong>of</strong>fer the recommended<br />

letters for them, and the Graduate Institute, which is to organize the examinations,<br />

interviews and to admit the qualified undergraduates. This year most departments<br />

adopted the three-round model: evaluation <strong>of</strong> applications – examination – interview.<br />

1082 <strong>PKU</strong> students were admitted this year as recommended graduates, including<br />

those who would enter other universities and institutes, and 1213 students were<br />

admitted into <strong>PKU</strong> – 1074 masters and 139 doctors (110 from other universities),<br />

while the number <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>ers was 742 (61%). The recommendation rate in scientific<br />

departments was higher than that in liberal arts, and the total number larger, too.<br />

Harsh Competition<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> advocates liberal education, which provides a sophisticated and solid academic<br />

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