Engineering master‑PhD programs are a policy that has only been introduced in the past two years, and I’m not sure how this program works. Does anyone have a better understanding of it?
Here’s the information I’ve gathered from various sources (only for the master’s level); please correct me if anything is wrong:
The program consists of 1 year at the university and 2 years at a company.
It is jointly supervised by university mentors and company mentors.
Qualification is determined using the grades and ranking calculated during the guaranteed postgraduate admission (保研).
An interview is required, and you may not pass (the quota rolls over).
The university assigns an internal mentor and a company mentor; students have no choice.
The company mentor assigns your research project, and you must do it, otherwise you have to drop out.
Because this program has only existed for two years, no one has graduated yet, the training plan is not very detailed, and the prospects are unclear. Can anyone evaluate this program?
Currently, borderline guaranteed‑admission candidates plan to try this program if they fail the guaranteed admission I heard the Computer Science department had about 10 slots last year.
For example, the engineering master’s and doctoral programs at Shenzhen University and Southern University of Science and Technology have Tencent as the partner company for computer science, which feels pretty good.
If the partnership is with some companies that cannot be disclosed publicly, the cost‑performance ratio is a bit low?
I asked a master’s student a year ago and he wasn’t very clear; I also think there’s not much information.
A friend went to Zhejiang University for an engineering (teacher) master’s? It’s two years at the university and one year in a company. It’s a bit different from your situation.
At that time I felt a master’s in engineering wasn’t very reliable; pursuing an academic path later, like applying for a PhD, might have drawbacks, and I also have thoughts of going abroad… I’m also afraid that joining Tencent would be too exhausting. In short, it’s a mix of various factors.