Notice to all relevant colleges: The first batch of graduate degree awarding work of our university in 2024 will be carried out according to the relevant graduate degree system of the university, and will be completed by the middle of June 2024. Now, the relevant matters are notified as follows

1. Thesis submission for approval

Before submitting the thesis for examination and approval, the graduate students log into the "Graduate Management Information System" and follow the steps.

A. Upload the information in "Academic information" Apply for thesis proposal, Evaluation form of discussion for seminars, and Registration of academic activities are mandatory; the rest are optional.

B. Upload the information in "Registration of academic achievements" Registration of published papers is mandatory.

C. Upload the information in "Submit academic dissertation" Verify the data for the degree award and save and print to generate "Basic information form".

D. After completing all the above steps, attach a soft copy of the "Basic information form" and email ieao@ujs.edu.cn requesting to verify the training program. After verification, a portal will be opened to upload the soft copy of the thesis into the system.

E. Upload the Blind review format electronic version of the paper (PDF file) in "Submit academic dissertation" Apply to submit an academic dissertation, and the supervisor and school must confirm it. Note: The degree office will use the exact copy for external review.

2. Detection of academic misconduct or plagiarism in academic dissertations:

All graduate degree theses must be tested for academic misconduct, which the college should implement. Only those who pass the test results can enter the submission process. Identification and treatment of test results: If the "full-text copy ratio of the thesis" is less than 10%, the thesis can be submitted for approval after passing the test. Suppose the "full-text copy ratio of the thesis" is between 10% and 24%. In that case, the tutor shall review and determine whether there is academic misconduct in the content of the thesis and make specific handling suggestions in combination with the content of the test report. Suppose the "copy ratio of the full text of the degree thesis" is more than 24%. In that case, each degree evaluation sub-committee or sub-committee shall organize relevant experts to review and determine whether there is academic misconduct in the content of the degree thesis and make specific handling suggestions according to the determination results. In principle, dissertations with a "full-text copy ratio of dissertations" higher than 35% should be submitted for approval one semester later.

3. Verification of the authenticity and reliability of the content of the dissertation.

Before the thesis is submitted for review, the postgraduate tutor will review the postgraduate degree. The paper shall be comprehensively checked to ensure the authenticity and reliability of the content, and cheating of the degree thesis shall be avoided. The college shall retain the relevant verification materials for future reference.

4. Internal review and External review

The submission of doctoral dissertations for internal review examination shall be jointly organized and implemented by all colleges and graduate schools, and the combination of "internal review report " (1 copy) and "blind submission" (3 copies)  shall be implemented. The college is responsible for the implementation of the internal review for approval. The submission for review is implemented explicitly by the second-level training unit and reported to the Graduate School for filing. The discipline and college will determine a review expert (or expert group) according to the research content of the doctoral dissertation to be submitted for approval. The

internal review submission of doctoral candidates should be completed before the blind submission. Postgraduates can modify according to real-name experts' comments and submit for double-blind review after being reviewed by real-name experts. The review results will be signed and confirmed by the review expert (or expert group). When the doctoral dissertation is submitted for review and approval, a copy of the review opinion passed by the "internal review report" shall be attached. The graduate school is responsible for implementing the "double-blind submission for external review". The review of a professional master's degree thesis can be conducted in the form of one internal review and another blind review. The college is responsible for organizing the preliminary examination of the degree thesis of graduate students who have reached or exceeded the maximum length of study. At least five experts from the college and discipline organization shall strictly review the relevant degree papers. Only after the internal review is passed and the preliminary review result is signed and approved by the discipline leader can the subsequent submission for review be entered.It is recommended that colleges with conditions take the methods of pre-examination, pre-defence, and internal review to check the quality of graduate thesis at all levels and categories in advance.

5. Submission and Approval of Thesis

Except for doctoral dissertations, all other categories of Master's theses are submitted for review and approval. Each college is required to submit its thesis for review and approval through the Graduate Management Information System. Acceptance time: Monday afternoon and Thursday morning.To ensure the orderly progress of thesis defence and degree awarding-related work, this batch of degrees The deadline for submitting the thesis for review and approval is April 25, 2024

(Thursday) for the doctoral thesis, Master's thesis, May 2, 2024 (Thursday).  Submitted after the deadline for submission and approval. If submitted after the deadline, the application for approval is accepted commonly, and the graduate student needs to sign the relevant commitment letter.

6. Synchronous sampling of thesis

The first submission of master's degree theses for all categories is the college's responsibility, and the graduate school conducts the same process. Step-by-step sampling (the list of sampling and evaluation is not publicly available, and 100% coverage is provided for those with longer learning years) sampling is not allowed. The qualified results will be promptly fed back to the relevant colleges, and the colleges will evaluate whether or not Jiangsu University has any objections to the sampling and evaluation. Measures for Handling Graduate Theses with Qualified Opinions.

7. Feedback and abnormal handling of thesis review comments

After the review opinions are complete, the Degree Office will notify the College electronically. The College will feed back the review results to the graduate students or supervisors. For the graduate thesis submitted by the College for review, after the review opinions are complete, the College will feed back the review results to the graduate student or supervisor. In case of "abnormal submission of degree papers for examination", the graduate school and each College shall deal with it in strict accordance with the Measures of Jiangsu University for Submitting Postgraduate Dissertations for Examination.

8. Dissertation defense

The defense date of the graduate thesis shall be determined after receiving the comments of "Agree to Defense". A dissertation defense arranged without dissertation review opinions or evaluation experts' "disapproval of defense" is invalid. In principle, the defense of the degree thesis adopts the offline defense method. See the Detailed Rules for Implementing the Degree Award Work of Jiangsu University (JDX [2010] No. 186) for the defense provisions. If there are exceptional circumstances, such as being unable to return to university, you can reply online after the application is approved. Before the defense of the degree thesis, the graduate student should write a detailed modification description according to the review comments of the thesis and submit it to the college (master) and graduate school (doctor) for approval before handling the defense application procedures. Suppose there are differences in academic opinions or disagree with the opinions of the review experts. In that case, the reasons shall be stated, and the thesis defense can be conducted only after the tutor's confirmation. The revised explanation shall be

submitted to the defense committee for review. The dissertation defense is a meaningful way to review the content of dissertations, carry out academic exchanges and improve the quality of dissertations. All colleges should attach great importance to it, ensure there are answers and arguments and try to avoid being a mere formality.

9. Granting graduation and degree certificates

All graduate diplomas are prepared and printed by the graduate school. The time for exclusive collection of certificates will be notified separately in due course. Certificate holders are requested to receive the certificate at the exclusive time. Otherwise, only Thursday afternoons, after one month of expiratory period, will be the time for obtaining the certificate (except holidays).

10. Replacement of certificate

Students who need to change their certificates due to errors in the information must submit written applications to the Graduate School Degree Office at the beginning of the next batch. The certificates can be replaced only after the valid reason of the application certificate is accepted. Such applications are not accepted in this batch. All colleges are warmly invited to do a good job in awarding the graduate students for the first batch of 2024.

11. Documents required for evaluation:

a. Application form to submit dissertation [soft and hard copy, 2 copies]

b. Basic information form[Must be generated from academic portal as mentioned in notice above]

c. Dissertation information form [soft and hard copy, must be filled under the supervision of supervisor]

d. Handbook [Must be filled and signed] [If you are outside China and do not have a training book, see Annex for soft copy]

e. Transcript [Will be prepared and attested during verification of documents]

f. Academic card [master: at least 10 times. PhD: at least 15 times]

g. Plagiarism report [Signed by school secretary]

h. HSK certificate

i. Thesis [PDF and should not contain any information regarding supervisor or publications. Students must verify information in the system and upload the thesis and other information in the portal prior to submission as mentioned above]

j. PhD students [Internal review report]

k. First page of your publications [PhD students must download their article from WEB OF SCIENCE Document search - All Databases (webofscience.com), Master students must show the proof of valid ISSN of their publication from Welcome to The ISSN Portal | The ISSN Portal

Note: Join Wechat group for June Graduation through the QR code shared in the attachment.

Appendix

1. Application Form for Submitting Dissertation of Overseas Master

2. Application Form for Submitting Dissertation of Overseas PhD

3. Master Dissertation information form

4. PhD Dissertation information form

5. Master Training Handbook

6. PhD Training Handbook

7. PhD Internal review report sample

8. QR Code