[Yicai] Wang Shuguo: Fuyao Technology University offers an eight‑year combined bachelor’s, master’s and PhD program

What is it like to pursue a combined bachelor’s‑master’s‑PhD program in one go? Fuyao University of Technology was recently approved for establishment, and President Wang Shuguo said that Fuyao University of Technology offers an eight‑year integrated bachelor’s‑master’s‑PhD program that removes the barriers between undergraduate, master’s and doctoral studies. A broad avenue is laid out before the children, so they no longer have to anxiously and competitively go through each stage one by one.

Wang Shuguo stated that interrupting the combined program would waste a lot of unnecessary time, and this time is extremely valuable for young people of this age group. Whether a student can go all the way to the end is a personal choice; if they need to step off midway due to family or personal reasons, they can still be trained in stages.

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Anyone who dares to report it must be pretty bold.

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xhs sees that a person from Hunan was admitted with 636 points, has already started the account and is using up traffic, (how is it Milan Polytechnic again) :hushed_face:

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How to say :thinking:

The idea seems good, but will it be allowed to be implemented? :thinking:

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Nankai University looked great back then, but later it got screwed.

Agree.

Choosing not to go to a prestigious 985 university but to a school backed by a private enterprise always feels insecure; a degree follows a person for life. Not to mention what will happen to Fuyao Glass in the future—once you enter the job market, you’ll understand the importance of “92.” And if you like research, why not go to Westlake University, which has already become sizable? I’m not familiar with other majors, but Westlake’s mathematics lectures and discussion groups are thriving, and under the influence of Shi Yigong, the biology discipline should be even stronger. If you enjoy taking a different path, why not go there?

A classmate of mine was in a similar situation; he could have gone to a 985 university but was swayed by the admissions office and went to USTC, and now he regrets it deeply. According to him, the school has few students, and his major has few people, resulting in only rk1 being able to pass the resume screening of Tsinghua, Peking, and the top five universities. I also have a high‑school friend who was in the top 3% of a 211 university’s CS program; his applications to 985 schools were repeatedly blocked…

In my opinion, the college‑application strategy during the gaokao should be: aim for a 9 if possible, then consider the major.

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TikTok’s influence is too strong.

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Douyin mainly affects parents; if there is no reliable university student known in the family to consult, it is indeed impossible to provide support for the examinee.

I saw a screenshot of a small black box on Xiaohongshu, not sure if the person in the picture is the one (from Henan, the one with 669 points). He opened a building, in short: the parents want him to apply to the National University of Defense Technology, he firmly refuses, then contacted Fuyao University of Technology. An academician even had a WeChat video call with him. After careful consideration, he decided to apply to Fuyao University of Technology.

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As the employment market changes, traditional universities face increasing challenges. Including in the United States, more members of Gen Z are choosing vocational education and taking blue‑collar jobs, and attitudes toward education and employment are shifting.

Putting aside how much emerging universities can affect the educational landscape, traditional institutions must develop a sense of crisis and make changes.

A degree won’t last a lifetime, but skills will. Using a degree as a stepping stone works, but after many years in the workforce, your capital is your work experience; no one cares where you graduated from.

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Yes, what I mentioned above is exactly the issue of the stepping stone. I agree with your point: education can only determine the lower bound of the future, while ability determines the upper bound.

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That depends on personal choice. However, when students face the admissions office’s hype, they have no way to resist; the school boasts without even drafting a script.

I feel we should sign a formal contract; whatever you promised when you recruited me must be fulfilled.

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Perhaps the first cohort of students can still ensure a result that’s not too bad, but it still feels a lot like gambling.

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The admissions office are all scammers; in a sense, we have all been deceived.

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It’s hard to say how things will turn out later, but with such a small sample in the first cohort, I personally feel that employment shouldn’t be a concern. For a cohort of hundreds or thousands, arranging jobs is impossible, but for just a few dozen people, even if they haven’t learned anything during four years of undergraduate study, relying on the leadership’s network to place them in jobs is more than sufficient. Once you have that foot‑in‑the‑door, the rest depends on your own effort.

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It feels better not to pursue a PhD and just directly find a job for someone at Lao Cao’s company.

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