China ’s National Master's Graduate Admissions Examination on Saturday (December 23) was officially launched in 2024. The number of candidates this year was 4.38 million, which was the first time in three years.
According to the Ministry of Education of China, the initial test time is from December 23 to 24, 2023. Examination subjects that take more than three hours or have special requirements such as painting boards will be held on December 25.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the National Master's Graduate Examination in 2024 was 4.38 million, a decrease of 360,000 compared with the previous year.
According to China News Service, the number of Chinese postgraduate entrance examination applicants has continued to increase in recent years.New high.The number of postgraduate applicants in 2024 fell, a decrease of 360,000 compared with the previous year, the first time in three years.
The Shanxi Evening News previously reported that "this is indeed a puzzling turning point", because according to the data of the Ministry of Education, the number of Chinese college graduates in 2023 reached 11.58 million, and it was expected to reach 11.79 million in 2024 in 2024.People increased by 210,000 people over the previous year.It is said that the potential base of the postgraduate army is greater, but the person who chose to take the postgraduate entrance examination has been reduced by nearly one -tenth.
In recent years, China Education has conducted continuous investigations on the postgraduate entrance examination.The 2020 Graduate Survey Report shows that one of the main motivations for candidates is to improve employment and core competitiveness.
According to the surging news report, Chen Zhiwen, a member of the expert group of the National Education Examination Commission, said, "If it is simply employment -oriented, the master's degree may not bring high returns."
With the number of college graduates reached a new high, everyone began to "volume academic qualifications", and hopes that they can find "decent" work through postgraduate education.
Chen Zhiwen pointed out, "But everyone has gradually discovered that after studying the master's degree may also face employment difficulties. As a result, candidates have begun to calculate the cost -effectiveness of the postgraduate entrance examination. This is a rational return, and everyone will no longer blindly 'follow the big current'It is a good thing " For the decline in the number of postgraduate entrance examinations, Wang Chuanyi, deputy director of the graduate education strategy research base of Tsinghua University, added that the number of students studying abroad this year will increase significantly compared to the past few years, which will also increase significantly in the past few years.Some students who originally intended to be in the domestic postgraduate entrance examination.
At the same time, the test compilation has continued to heat up.In the 20224 National Civil Servant Examination Public Accounting Written Test, the test began on November 26. The number of applicants for the national examination exceeded 3 million for the first time, a record high.
