BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — China saw more than 600,000 new graduates with doctoral degrees and 6.5 million new graduates with master's degrees in the last 10 years, providing powerful talent support for the country's development, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday.
Apart from making steady progress in developing academic degree programs, China had stepped up its efforts in professional degree programs over the years, noted Hong Dayong, head of the ministry's Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education, at a press conference.
Recipients of professional master's degrees accounted for 35 percent of the total of new master's degree recipients in 2012, while the ratio rose to 58 percent in 2021, said Hong.
The ratio for professional doctoral degree recipients increased from 5.8 percent to 9 percent during the same period.
(Source: Xinhua)
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