Shanghai University
Sociology
Doctoral1. Training Objectives To implement the party and the government's educational policy, and foster moral, intellectual, physical development of a comprehensive teaching, research and adaptation to the country's economic construction and social development needs of senior professionals, the students' training requests the basic requirements for the following:
1.1 Adhere to the basic principles of Marxism and the Party's basic line, love the motherland, rigorous study with a strong sense of professionalism, and consciously set for socialist modernization services conviction.
1.2 Systematically and effectively master the basic theory and application of the disciplinary research methods, have the ability to work with independent scientific research and innovation capacity and excellent ability to complete a doctorate thesis.
2. Study period 3-6 years for the professional doctorate
3. The major research direction 1) Study of community 2) Study of social culture 3) Study of social idea 4) Analysis of organization strategic 5) Sociology of Family
4. Curriculum
| Catagory | Course Number | Course Name | Period | Credit | Term | |
| Academic Degree Courses | Public Basic Courses | 000000702 | Marxism and Social Contemporary Trend of Thought | 60 | 3 | 1 |
| 000000703 | The First Foreign Language (English) | 120 | 4 | 1, 2 | ||
| Basic and Specialized Courses | 020201701 | The Development of Modern Sociological Theory | 40 | 4 | 1 | |
| 020201702 | The Methodology of the Sociological Studies | 40 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Required Courses | Seminars | 5 | ||||
5. Scientific research and thesis work
5.1 After 20 credits for the doctoral and 68 credits for the master-doctoral, students can start preparing Ph.D. thesis. The basic theoretical research papers can be a fundamental research, and also be applied basic research, with China's economic construction and social development linked. Ph.D. thesis which under the guidance of instructors should be independently completed papers in the relevant disciplines, the selection of subjects allow to emerging encourage cross-disciplinary work, but should reach the forefront of academic and theoretical creativity.
5.2 Doctoral student in the school must finish the opening of that report within one year after enrollment, the written report should not be less than 8000 words, at least 50 articles cited literature. And the report should be open, interdisciplinary topics related disciplines should have Professor (4), Associate Professor (3) to attended. Papers in the second phase report third semester or academic year for three academic years the first semester. Ph.D. thesis work to achieve the progress and interim results from the 2000 word essay about the work either in the context of the secondary subjects focus on open, interdisciplinary topics related disciplines should employ professors, associate professor in (participants not less than five persons). Accreditation will be given a warning to those students whose thesis did not pass. And those couldn't pass in the review after 6 month, will accept for disposal by the school management according to the relevant provisions.
5.3 A former student in the application must meet the "Shanghai University postgraduate degrees awarded research quantified targets".
5.4 The training exercise program combining mentoring and collective training. Doctorate program led to the establishment of the steering group of students (not less than three members) and the College (department) validation after postgraduate Department reported for the record. Steering Group is an academic group which offers the doctoral students specific guidance and management, with discussion, modification and validation program learning plan, and also examining the implementation of a doctoral degree from the papers that report and the report stage, guiding graduate dissertation. Sociology professional doctoral curriculum.
- To be eligible, applicants should be non-Chinese citizens with a valid ordinary-type passport, and in good health, and have attained the Master's degree.
- HSK 4 above 180 for Art;
- HSK 4 above 195 for Science or Engineering;
- HSK 4 above 210 for Economics or Management;
- HSK 5 above 180 for Humanities.
Note: 1. Graduates who did not receive their degree certificates at the time of application should provide pre-graduation certificates issued by their schools or colleges to prove their ability to graduate smoothly and obtain their degree certificates by July 2019 2. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education of China, those who immigrated to other countries from the Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan and applying to study in Shanghai University as international students, should meet the following additional requirements: the applicants must hold valid passport or other relevant international recognized documents for at least 4 years; meanwhile, in the latest 4 years (by each April 30th of the year of University registration), the applicants must have lived overseas for 2 years (Living overseas for 9 months can be converted to 1 year, which is subject to the exit-entry stamp on visa.)