我国博士生合理学制探讨

Study on the Normative Time to Doctoral Degree in China

博士生学习年限长短是管理者、教育者和受教育者所共同关心的问题。研究发现,我国的博士生学制规定具有较为明显的历史阶段性特征;实行弹性学制、自行确定博士生修业年限已成为高校的共识和普遍性做法;博士生获得学位的平均学习年限已从十年前的三年半左右延长到目前的四年半左右,博士生的实际修业年限已经普遍延长。据此,将博士生基本学制调整为4年,进而完善博士生管理规定、合理配置教育资源,符合当前我国博士生培养和管理的实际,是促进博士生培养质量的有效策略。

Normative time to doctoral degree has become the sharing concern among educational administrators, educators and doctoral students. The following arguments are emphasized in this article： the policy on the normative time to doctoral degree in China could evidently be separated by several historical stages, the practical implementation nowadays has shown much flexibility which allows HEIs to decide their own normative time, the actual time to doctoral degree has been prolonged generally： one has to study for an average of 4.5 years to earn a doctoral degree, which was 1 year longer than ten years ago. Accordingly, as to improve the administrative system of doctoral education and to allocate the educational resources more rationally, suggestions are made to set the normative span into 4 years.