Notice to all relevant colleges (centers, research institutes and institutes, the same below) that the third batch of postgraduate degree awarding work will be completed in 2022: according to the work arrangement and relevant regulations and requirements of the university for postgraduate degree awarding, the third batch of postgraduate degree awarding work is planned to be carried out by the end of December 2022, and the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.
1. Academic achievements and dissertations input management system. Before the dissertation is submitted for approval, the graduate students log on to the "Graduate Management Information System" to enter their academic achievements (including academic papers, patents, research awards, etc.) during the semester, and upload the electronic version (PDF file) of the dissertation in blind review format.
2. Detection of academic misconduct or plagiarism in academic dissertations. The College will test the academic misconduct of all types of postgraduate dissertations , and only those who pass the test can enter the submission process.
3. Verification of the authenticity and reliability of the content data of the dissertation. Before the thesis is submitted for approval, the tutor of all types of graduate students shall check the authenticity and reliability of the content data of the thesis of the graduate students under their guidance, and the relevant verification materials shall be kept in the College for future reference. In case of academic misconduct such as fraud in the dissertation submission and subsequent links, it will be handled according to relevant regulations.
4. PhD students must pass Internal review, before "blind review" of the dissertation. All colleges responsible for the internal review submission.All colleges are encouraged to check in advance in various forms such as pre examination, pre defense and meeting evaluation before the submission of all types of postgraduate dissertations for trial.
5. Thesis submission for blind trial. All types of graduate students except doctoral students shall submit their dissertations for approval by the college (the college side downloads the submission form for approval in the system). In principle, offline submission is adopted. If it is true that students cannot return to school must communicate in advance, online submission can also be used. Acceptance time: Monday afternoon and Thursday morning. In order to ensure the smooth development of dissertation defense and degree awarding ,the deadline for submission is : November 4 (Friday) for doctoral students and November 10 (Thursday) for master students.For dissertations submitted after the deadline for submission for approval, the submission for approval shall be accepted normally, and the graduate students shall sign the relevant letter of commitment.
6. Feedback and exception handling of thesis submission comments: After the review comments of all types of graduate students submitted by the Graduate School are received, the Academic Degrees Office will send the review comments electronically to the teaching secretary of the College. After the review comments of the graduate students submitted by the College are received, the College will feed back to the relevant graduate students or instructors.
7. The defense date of a postgraduate's dissertation shall be determined after receiving the comments on "Agree to Defense". The dissertation defense arranged in the absence of dissertation review opinions, or when the review experts disagree with the defense, shall be invalid. In principle, the dissertation defense is offline defense, and the defense regulations are detailed in the Implementation Rules for Degree Awarding of Jiangsu University. In case of special circumstances such as being unable to go back to school, online defense can be adopted after the application is approved.
8. Before the oral defense, the doctoral students should write detailed modification instructions for all the review comments and submit them to the secondary training unit and the graduate school. The oral defense should be handled at the University Degree Office after the preliminary review of the college's sub committee. If there are different academic opinions or different opinions, the reasons shall be clearly stated. The dissertation defense can be conducted only after the confirmation of the tutor. The revised explanation shall be submitted to the Defense Committee for review. Before the oral defense, the postgraduate should write a detailed revision description for all the review comments, and submit it to the secondary training unit to handle the oral defense procedures. If there are different academic opinions or different opinions, the reasons shall be clearly stated. The dissertation defense can be conducted only after the confirmation of the tutor. The revised explanation shall be submitted to the Defense Committee for review. Dissertation defense is an important form of reviewing dissertations, exchanging academic knowledge and improving the quality of dissertations. Colleges should attach importance to this link, answer and argue, and refrain from making defense a mere formality.