All educating schools:

In accordance with the Specific Regulations on the Implementation of International Students’ Degree Conferral[2015]No.5, international graduates who have obtained relevant credits and met all the requirements of the graduate curriculum can apply to graduate after two-year studies. The thesis proposal shall start in the third semester. In order to ensure the work of thesis proposal of international graduate, the relevant matters are notified as follows:

1. The content of the thesis proposal

Graduates shall write a thesis proposal before the writing of the thesis. Based on the selected theme and research, and by referring to the relevant domestic and foreign research literature and theoretical analysis, the graduates shall write the thesis proposal in no less than 3000 words. The thesis proposal shall include the following aspects:

(1) The source, basis, background, purpose, theoretical significance and practical application value of the theme;

(2) Research status and development trend, the scope and means of reference of literature;

(3) Academic conception, main research content, and key technology to be solved;

(4) Research methods, technical routes, implementation plans and feasibility analysis to be adopted;

(5) Required experimental means, research conditions and experimental conditions;

(6) Required funds, including sources of funds, expenditure budget (the name, specifications, and quantity of engineering equipment and materials shall be filled in);

(7) Work plan.

2. The composition of the thesis proposal review group

   The graduate’s thesis proposal shall be reviewed by the thesis proposal review group. The review group should be composed of three to five faculty members of the same discipline with senior professional titles, one being the group leader (generally is the person responsible for the Master program) and one secretary, and the supervisor can be a member of the review group but not the leader. The list of members of the review group shall be submitted to the Chairman of the School Academic Degree Evaluation Sub-committee for approval.

3. The procedure of the thesis proposal defense meeting

(1) The graduates who intend to make the thesis proposal shall submit their application to the the School Academy Degree Evaluation Sub-committee of the school, and the thesis proposal can only be conducted after approval;

(2) The review group leader presides over the thesis proposal meeting;

(3) The graduates put forward the thesis proposal in the meeting;

(4) The members of the review group raise questions about the thesis proposal, and the graduates answer the questions;

(5) The review group reviews the thesis proposal. If the selected theme is appropriate, the arguments are sufficient and the measures are implemented, it shall be approved to enter the work of dissertation; if there are still deficiencies, the graduates shall be required to make further amendments and supplements, and the thesis proposal will be done again.

4. The time of the thesis proposal in each educating school shall be May 18 to June 20, 2020, and the specific time shall be determined by the school according to the actual situation and reported to the School of International Education for record one week before the thesis proposal.

5. Relevant requirements

(1) The thesis proposal shall be done publicly in the school or online. The title, time, place, graduates and supervisors of the thesis shall be posted within one week before the thesis proposal;

(2) Graduates shall submit the summary report to the members of the review group before the thesis proposal, so as to prepare for the meeting;

(3) Those who fail to pass the thesis proposal are allowed to repeat it within one month. If they fail it again, they may defer their application until the next year;

(4) After the graduates pass the thesis proposal, the theme can not be changed randomly. If it has to be changed due to special circumstances, the thesis proposal shall be made again and submitted to the School of International Education for record. If the theme of the thesis is changed without permission, the school will not accept the application for thesis defense.

6. General Work Arrangement

Based on the current situation of international student work in China and the general work arrangement in the university during the special period of epidemic situation, the specific work is arranged as follows:

(1) Each educating school shall pack and submit the first draft of Graduate Thesis Proposal of International Students(Annex 2) named after the school name before April 20, 2020.

(2) Each educating school shall complete the Application Form of Graduate Thesis Proposal for International Students at Hubei University of Technology (Annex 1) through Tencent online document before April 30 (Note: if the school does not return to work, the signature part of graduate, supervisor and the Dean of the school will be sent to Wang Chongju after the confirmation of international student’s teaching secretary in each educating school with the supervisor and leader in charge, and printed and signed after returning to work); Transcript of International Graduate in Hubei University of Technology (Annex 1) is provided by the School of International Education.

(3) Each educating school shall submit the final thesis proposal and the electronic file (doc file, named after “student number + student name. doc”) to the teaching secretary of international students in the educating school for summary and then report to the School of International Education before May 15. The thesis proposal defense will be carried out on-site or via online video (schools shall decide depending on the epidemic situation) from May 18 to June 20. All educating schools shall report to the School of International Education three days before thesis proposal.

(4) Each educating school shall fill in the Summary of Graduates’ Thesis Proposal of International Students at Hubei University of Technology (Annex 3) before June 22 (Note: fill in the specific score of the thesis proposal). Annex 1, Annex 2 (two copies of students’ thesis proposal), Annex 3 and other paper materials shall be signed and sealed by each educating school and submitted to the School of International Education for filing after the epidemic ends.

In the special period of epidemic prevention and control, the supervisor shall earnestly fulfill the responsibility of cultivating talents through morality, actively play the role of the first responsible person for graduates training, keep in touch with each graduate through e-mail, telephone, QQ, Wechat or other ways, strengthen remote instruction for graduates, reasonably predict the possibility of thesis proposal for graduates who refuse to cooperate, and timely report to the educating school and the School of International Education and give suggestions on postponing the thesis proposal.

All educating schools shall further improve their ideological awareness, earnestly fulfill the main responsibility of guaranteeing the quality of graduate training, convey the requirements of the university to the supervisor, and timely announce the contact information of the degree application work such as the international student teaching secretary to the supervisor of the educating school, so as to form a four-party linkage work situation of the supervisor, the student, the School of International Education and the educating school. All schools are required to ensure timely completion in good quality in strict accordance with the relevant regulations.

Contact person for international graduate work: Wang Chongju through the telephone number: 15871492776.

The attached is the information of graduates who intend to graduate in the winter of 2020 and the annexes.

It is hereby announced.

School of International Education

April 4, 2020

International Graduates’Information Sheet