Second-round Examination and Admission Program for Receiving the Recommended Exam-free Candidates in 2024 by the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

In accordance with the spirit of the “Program for Receiving the Recommended Exam-free Candidates in 2024 of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)” (ZDDYF [2023] No. 50), this program is hereby formulated for the purpose of successfully completing the second-round examination and admission of the recommended exam-free candidates in 2024.

I. Guidelines

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we must focus on the fundamental task of implementing the moral education of the people, firmly establish the quality awareness, actively serve the development needs of the nation, take quality improvement as the core, adhere to the principle of “taking morality first, comprehensively measuring morality, intelligence and physique, and selecting the best”, strive to strengthen scientific selection, further promote information disclosure, constantly strengthen supervision and management, and earnestly and strictly enforce admission discipline, so as to ensure that the second-round examination and admission of the recommended exam-free candidates are scientific, fair, standardized and transparent.

II. Disciplines and Program

III. Application Conditions

1. Citizens of the People’s Republic of China, who uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, have good moral character, abide by laws and observe discipline, and are physically and mentally healthy.

2. The applicant must be a fresh graduate with the recommended exam-free qualification, and obtain the recommended exam-free qualification from the university where he/she studies, and provide complete recommendation procedures and complete materials.

3. During the undergraduate period, the applicant should achieve excellent academic performance, be honest and trustworthy, has correct style of study and no record of cheating in exams, plagiarizing other people’s academic achievements and other violations of laws and disciplines.

4. Our school welcomes and encourages outstanding students to continue their studies in our school in the form of bachelor-PhD or master-PhD. Bachelor-PhD based candidates shall be included in the supervisor’s doctoral admission quota in 2024. The applicant should first contact the doctoral supervisor to confirm his/her acceptance intention.

Selection conditions: The candidates should have excellent undergraduate academic performance; pass CET-6, or pass TOEFL and IELTS, or have more than three months experience in studying abroad, or have published English papers as the first author; have certain scientific research experience and won national discipline competition awards, or publish academic papers in regional journals of T5 and above, or obtain authorized national invention patents.

Selection procedures: The candidates with the qualification for academic exemption from examination should apply before the second-round examination (indicated on the second-round examination form). After passing the second-round examination with the consent of the doctoral supervisor, they will be reported to the graduate school without objection. When the “exam-free recommendation service system” of the Ministry of Education is opened, the applicants should complete the system registration and admission, and the application type should be “bachelor-PhD candidate”.

IV. Receiving Procedure

1. Pre-registration. Candidates with recommended exam-free qualification should apply in the Pre-registration System for Recommended Exam-free Candidates before Sept. 27, 2023. (The registration for the first batch of applicants will be closed on Sept. 25, after which the School will organize a separate small-scale second-round examination for the applicants.)

2. Submit the application materials.

1) Candidates should merge the following materials into one PDF document and send it via email before 24:00 on September 25 (Order of materials: application form, ID card, student ID card, undergraduate transcripts (with the red seal of the Academic Affairs Department), transcripts of CET-4 and CET-6, award-winning certificates and academic achievements).

They must be scanned one by one in the order above and then merged into one PDF. The email file name is “name - name of undergraduate school - name of registered major”, and the application materials should be submitted to 1481652818@qq.com.

2) Materials must include:

① Scanned copy of the original of the second generation resident ID card and student card;

② Scanned copy of the original academic report card (with the official seal of the Academic Affairs Department of the University);

③ Scanned copies of other supporting materials (such as transcripts of CET-4 and CET-6, award-winning certificates, academic papers, publications or original work achievements, etc.).

3. Review of materials. Our School will review and comment on the materials of the applicants and determine the list of second-round examination. Notification of second-round examination will be sent to the candidates in batches by 24:00 on September 26.

4. Second-round examination. The applicants who agree to participate in the second-round examination should attend the examination on time according to the requirements.

5. Complete the admission procedures. On Sept. 29, the candidates log into the “exam-free recommendation service system” of China Graduate Admission Information Network (hereinafter referred to as “Graduate Admission Network”) to complete their personal information and fill in major choice; the School will send the second-round examination notice and the notice of waiting for admission to the candidates. The candidates must log in the “exam-free recommendation service system” to accept the notice of waiting for admission within in 2 hours after receiving the notice of waiting for admission, otherwise, the School can cancel the admission qualification. The list of candidates to be accepted will be included in the formal admission list after being publicized without objection, and they will no longer participate in the unified examination.

6. For the candidates who have not participated in the pre-registration or second-round examination, but directly apply for our School in the “exam-free recommendation service system” of graduate admission network, our School will conduct online or offline second-round examination in multiple batches. The candidates must receive the second-round examination notice and the notice of waiting for admission in time.

V. Second-round Examination

1. Objects of second-round examination

All pre-registered recommended exam-free candidates from our University and other universities.

2. Qualification examination

Our School will strictly check the candidates’ application information according to the materials, and strictly examine the candidates’ application qualifications according to the receiving conditions.

3. Form of second-round examination

Our School will take an online approach for second-round examination.

4. Time of second-round examination

The date of second-round examination for the first batch will be Sept. 27, and the exact time and method will be further notified by the School when confirming the list for second-round examination.

5. Content of second-round examination

The content focuses on the examinee’s knowledge structure, the ability to comprehensively utilized knowledge and the potential for scientific research and innovation, generally no less than 15 minutes.

(1) Professional ability and comprehensive quality interview (full score: 100, weight: 80%)

It comprehensively assesses the candidates’ mastery of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the discipline (major), their ability to discover, analyze and solve problems by using the theories they have learned, their understanding of the development trends of the discipline and the development potential in the professional field, the innovative spirit, innovation ability and comprehensive quality, etc.

(2) Foreign language listening and speaking (full score: 100, weight: 20%)

It examines their listening and speaking ability in foreign language.

VI. Admission

1. Result of second-round examination

The second-round examination is scored in 100 points system. Score of second-round examination = professional ability and comprehensive quality interview score *0.8 + score of foreign language listening and speaking*0.2

2. Admission rules

The admission list of recommended exam-free candidates shall be determined according to the admission program of the each major and the total scores of the candidates. Those who fail to pass the second-round examination, or fail to pass the physical examination will not be accepted.

3. Tuition and grants

In the first year, all the recommended exam-free candidates will enjoy the first-class scholarship for master’s degree. After that, they will be evaluated dynamically according to their academic performance and scientific research performance. Bachelor-PhD candidates will enjoy doctoral scholarships and grants.

VII. Information Disclosure

The list of candidates for second-round examination, their scores and the proposed admission list will be publicized on our website for 10 working days.

VIII. Supervision and Appeal Channels

Admission Office of Graduate School:

Tel: 027-67885153, Email: yzb@cug.edu.cn.

IX. Miscellaneous

1. The applicant must guarantee the authenticity and accuracy of the application materials submitted. Once the information submitted by the applicant is found to be untrue or inaccurate, our School will not accept or cancel the admission qualification.

2. No physical examinations will be organized during the second-round examination and proposed admission, and those to be admitted will take the entrance physical examination for the new students.

3. Even the candidates are accepted by our university, the admission qualification will be cancelled if they fail to obtain the undergraduate graduation certificate at the time of entrance registration.

X. Contact Information

Mailing address: Room 501, No. 2 Teaching Building, School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), No. 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Postal Code: 430074

Contact: Mr. Li

Phone No.: 027-67883382

Email: 529485986@qq.com

School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Sept. 20, 2023