Assessment goals and requirements
The mid-term assessment of international graduates is necessary in the educating process. It aims to comprehensively examine the ideological and political performance, course learning and self-study, scientific research innovation and practical ability of international graduates after enrollment, identify problems in the educating process in time, and improve the educating quality. All schools shall earnestly strengthen the organization and leadership of this work, and ensure timely completion with quality in accordance with relevant regulations.
Assessment organization and process
2.1 Assessment organization
(1) Each school is responsible for organizing and implementing the mid-term assessment. It shall be carried out in combination with the characteristics of the discipline and the actual situation, and the assessment results shall be submitted to the School of International Education for archive.
(2) Each school shall set up an assessment team for the mid-term assessment which is generally composed of off-campus experts, relevant leader in the school, supervisors, and relating teachers and counselor, among whom there shall be at least 3 person with senior professional titles or above.
2.2 Assessment process
(1) Students shall fill in the Mid-term Assessment Registration Form for International Master Students at HBUT (Annex 1), make personal summary and submit relevant supporting materials.
(2) The teaching secretary shall verify the completion of the course credits and other educating process of the international graduates, and determine the list of candidates for the mid-term assessment. Students who fail to meet the requirements of the mid-term assessment shall be postponed for the assessment according to the relevant provisions.
(3) The educating school shall organize graduates to participate in the mid-term assessment to present their achievements. Each school can display the achievements related to the thesis in the form of posters, works exhibitions, etc. in combination with the characteristics of the discipline.
(4) The assessment team shall examine the ideological and political performance, learning and scientific research of international graduates, and score each process, assess the level and write comments.
(5) The school shall review the mid-term assessment opinions and give the final review opinions. The teaching secretary shall post the list of graduates who have passed the mid-term assessment in the school for three days according to the final review results. If there is no objection, the list will be submitted to the School of International Education for review and archive.
Assessment content and criteria
Assessment content
Ideological and political assessment. Students’ ideological performance and behavior, academic morality and attitude.
Academic assessment. The completion of course learning, literature retrieval and reading and other self-study effects; thesis proposal, etc..
Scientific research innovation assessment. The ability of participating in scientific research and using professional knowledge to independently analyze and solve problems, including the publication of scientific research papers, awards of scientific research achievements and academic exchanges.
Practical ability assessment. Participation in teaching practice, scientific research practice or social practice.
Assessment criteria
The basic requirements for the mid-term assessment are to have a correct learning and academic attitude, complete all courses specified in the educating plan and pass the examination, and successfully complete thesis proposal, and possess certain scientific research innovation and practical ability. The assessment results are divided into four levels: Excellent (≥90 points), Good (75-90 points), Pass (60-75 points), and Fail (<60 points). The assessment results shall be reasonably distributed. Please refer to the Mid-term Assessment Registration Form for International Master Students at HBUT (Annex 1) for the calculation of the assessment score.
Students with one of the following conditions shall be determined as unqualified:
Students fail two degree courses or fail one degree course after the course retaken in one semester;
Practicing academic fraud, causing heavy losses and other damages to the reputation of the university;
Violating school regulations and disciplines, and refuse to correct after criticism and education;
Poor analytical and scientific research ability in literature reading and thesis proposal preparation;
Failing to participate in the mid-term assessment without reason.
Assessment results and consequences
Those who are assessed as “Excellent” will be awarded the title of “Academic Star” at the school level and given certain rewards by the educating school. The “Academic star” at the school level will be the recommended as candidates for the “Academic Star” at the university level. The early warning mechanism shall be commenced for those who fail to pass the assessment or postpone the assessment.
Students who pass the assessment can continue their study for doctoral or master degree.
For those who fail the mid-term assessment, the educating school shall put forward a preliminary opinion on postponing the assessment or terminating the education, and then submit it to the School of International Education for approval before postponing the assessment or dropping out; Graduates who have dropped out shall be recognized for the credits they gained during their graduate studies and be treated as undergraduate.
For students who apply for postponement of assessment, the school shall focus on tracking, giving key guidance to their course learning, proposal, paper submission, defense and other process, and conduct the second assessment within 3 months after the first mid-term assessment. They can apply for thesis defense only after they pass the mid-term assessment. Those who fail to pass the second assessment will be considered as undergraduate.
Students having any objection to the assessment results can appeal to the School of International Education within 7 days from the date of publicity. The School of International Education will organize relevant personnel to review and make corresponding decision according to the review results.
Assessment time and archiving
Assessment time. Each school shall organize and complete the mid-term assessment before the end of this semester according to the practical situation. The arrangement of the assessment work shall be submitted to School of International Education before May 28th.
Material archiving. Each school shall submit the Mid-term Assessment Registration Form for International Master Students at HBUT to School of International Education for archiving.
