The Measures for the Establishment and Management of Cross Disciplines (Trial) is a method for regulating the management of cross disciplines and improving the discipline system with Chinese characteristics in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees, its provisional implementation measures and the relevant management provisions of the discipline catalog, in order to promote the cross discipline integration, accelerate the reform of the knowledge production mode and the innovation of the talent training mode.Issued and implemented by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council on November 17, 2021.
Chinese name
Measures for the Establishment and Management of Interdisciplinary Studies (for Trial Implementation)
Date of issue
November 17, 2021
Implementation time
November 17, 2021
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the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
Circular of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Measures for the Establishment and Administration of Interdisciplinary Studies (for Trial Implementation)
Degree [2021] No. 21
Academic Degrees Committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Academic Degrees Committee of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Academic Degrees Committee of the armed forces, and authorized independent review units of academic degrees:
In order to thoroughly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on postgraduate education, implement the spirit of the National Education Conference and the National Postgraduate Education Conference, and in accordance with the deployment of the State Council on deepening the reform of the discipline and specialty system of higher education, standardize the setting and management of disciplines at the next level under the interdisciplinary category, and promote the development of interdisciplinary,The Measures for the Establishment and Management of Interdisciplinary Studies (for Trial Implementation), which were reviewed and approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, are hereby printed and distributed to you. Please earnestly implement them in light of actual conditions.
Annex: Measures for the Establishment and Management of Interdisciplinary Studies (for Trial Implementation)
the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
November 17, 2021[0]
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Measures for the Establishment and Management of Interdisciplinary Studies (for Trial Implementation)
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Article 1 In order to promote interdisciplinary integration, accelerate the reform of knowledge production mode and the innovation of talent training mode, the present Measures are hereby formulated in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees and its provisional implementation measures and the relevant administrative provisions of the subject catalogue, with a view to regulating interdisciplinary management and improving the discipline and specialty system with Chinese characteristics.
Article 2InterdisciplinaryIt is a new discipline formed by the mutual penetration and integration of multiple disciplines, which is different from the existing oneFirst level disciplineThe concept, theory and methodology of category have become a new field of discipline and knowledge development.
Article 3 The compilation of cross disciplinary category catalogue shall be carried out in the way of pilot projects first and then catalogue.
These Measures shall apply to the first level cross disciplines set up on a pilot basis and listed in the catalog.
Chapter II Setup and Withdrawal of Pilot Interdisciplinary
Article 4 The establishment of pilot interdisciplinary programs shall be independently carried out by the degree authorization independent review unit according to the discipline development and talent needs.In principle, those that can be developed through interdisciplinary development should not be set as interdisciplinary.
Article 5 The establishment of interdisciplinary subjects shall meet the following basic conditions:
（1） It has new and clear research objects and new scientific problems and phenomena that need to be solved by interdisciplinary theories and methods, and has the development potential to form a relatively independent system of theories, knowledge and methods;
（2） The society has a certain scale of urgent demand for talents in this discipline, and has a stable demand development trend;
（3） It has a high level of teachers with reasonable structure, a solid foundation of related disciplines, excellent talent training conditions, and basically forms a graduate training system that adapts to the training objectives.
Article 6 An independent examination unit shall, in accordance with the basic requirements of the independent examination of degree authorization, follow the principles of standardization, science and transparency, and formulate its own procedures for the independent establishment of pilot interdisciplinary programs.The establishment procedure must include the following steps: the main responsible department for the construction of the degree authorization point submits a written application, the management department of the degree authorization point preliminarily reviews, solicits opinions from other degree authorization points related to cross disciplines, prepares demonstration reports according to the outline, organizes peer experts at home and abroad to discuss, proposes to add a new degree authorization point to the campus for publicity, and the degree evaluation committee reviewsThe meeting of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee shall study and decide, and the provincial academic degree committee shall report to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for approval.
Article 7 In accordance with major national needs, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education may guide and support the independent examination and approval units authorized by academic degrees to carry out pilot work on the establishment of cross disciplines.
Article 8 PilotInterdisciplinaryThe list shall be published to the public regularly every year by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council.
Article 9 The names of pilot interdisciplinary subjects shall be scientific, standardized, concise and easy to understand, reflect the connotation and characteristics of the subject, generally not more than 10 Chinese characters, and shall not be the same or similar to the existing subject names.The pilot interdisciplinary code has 4 digits in total, the first two digits are "99", and the last two digits are sequence numbers, starting from "01".
Article 10 For pilot cross disciplines that do not meet the requirements of discipline development, are seriously inadequate in social needs, and are difficult to sustain the pilot work, the degree authorization independent review unit shall stop enrollment in a timely manner. After graduation, students shall voluntarily withdraw according to relevant procedures, and the provincial academic degree committee shall report to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council to cancel the authorization.
Chapter III Catalog Entry and Exit
Article 11 The pilot cross disciplines shall be included in the cross discipline category catalogue, which shall be revised at the same time with the revision of the discipline and specialty catalogue, and shall be revised every five years.
Article 12 The list of interdisciplinary subjects shall meet the following basic conditions:
（1） The number of self audit units set up in the pilot project has reached a certain level and the number of doctoral graduates has reached a certain scale;
（2） Several relatively stable and mature discipline directions have been formed;
（3） It has formed a stable teaching staff, a perfect curriculum system and textbook system, a mature training mechanism, high-level scientific research support and a sound quality assurance mechanism;
（4） The employment rate and quality of graduates are high, and the future employment is expected to be good.
Article 13 The demonstration work of cross disciplinary cataloguing includes the following links:
（1） The independent audit unit shall prepare the demonstration report according to the "Reference Outline for Preparation of Demonstration Report on New Cross Disciplines" and submit an application for listing to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council according to relevant requirements;
（2） The Office of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council shall organize experts from relevant disciplines to vote on the demonstration application by secret ballot and put forward comments.It is approved when more than two thirds (including two thirds) of voting experts agree.Submit the voted applications to the Discipline Development Strategy Advisory Committee for review;
（3） The Discipline Development Strategy Advisory Committee held a special meeting to review the application and vote by secret ballot according to the demonstration report, experts' comments and voting results. If more than two thirds (including two thirds) of the voting members agree, the application will be approved.Those approved by voting shall be submitted to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for approval;
（4） After deliberation and approval, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council shall compile it into the list of interdisciplinary subjects and publish it to the public.
Article 14 The code of the first level interdisciplinary subject approved for listing is 4 digits, the first two digits are "14", and the last two digits are sequence numbers, starting from "01".
Article 15 The Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council shall withdraw the interdisciplinary subjects that no longer conform to the development trend of science and technology, and the social demand is shrinking.For cross disciplines that have withdrawn from the catalog, relevant degree awarding units can combine their own school running characteristics and disciplinary advantages to convert them into pilot cross disciplines or self established secondary disciplines to continue to carry out talent training.
Chapter IV Management and Supervision
Article 16 Listed in the CatalogInterdisciplinaryThe degree awarding unit shall apply for degree authorization according to the relevant measures for degree authorization review.
Article 17 A pilot interdisciplinary degree shall be awarded by the degree authorization independent examination and approval unit according to the procedures of the discipline category (excluding the interdisciplinary category) determined at the time of the establishment of the discipline.For cross disciplines listed in the catalog, degrees shall be awarded according to the disciplines specified in the catalog.
Article 18 The basic requirements for degree awarding of pilot interdisciplinary subjects shall be formulated by the independent examination and approval unit of degree authorization, which shall reflect the characteristics of interdisciplinary subjects and the quality requirements for doctoral and master degrees.The basic requirements for conferring academic degrees in cross disciplines listed in the catalog shall be formulated by the relevant disciplinary review groups of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council.
Article 19 For the enrollment of pilot interdisciplinary students, the degree authorized independent examination unit shall define the examination subjects and basic requirements in accordance with the discipline foundation and talent training objectives, with reference to the requirements for the setting of postgraduate enrollment examination subjects and the selection of test questions.The cross disciplinary enrollment listed in the catalog shall be subject to the relevant enrollment regulations of the Ministry of Education.
Article 20 Interdisciplinary training programs should be developed to clarify the training requirements, fully reflect the forward-looking and interdisciplinary characteristics, and ensure the quality of postgraduate training.
Article 21 All interdisciplinary degree authorization points must participate in periodic qualification assessment as required, and may not participate in special qualification assessment. Relevant achievements can be shared with other disciplines in the assessment.The pilot interdisciplinary may not participate in the evaluation of the third party organization.
Article 22 Degree awarding units shall innovate the construction, management and guarantee mechanism of interdisciplinary, highlight the characteristic advantages, focus on specific key fields, improve the assessment and evaluation mechanism of personnel, achievements and performance, and promote the construction and development of interdisciplinary.It is necessary to strengthen tracking management, regularly conduct self-evaluation on the construction, and disclose the results of interdisciplinary construction and talent training to the public through appropriate ways.
Article 23 The Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council shall set up a disciplinary review group according to the first level disciplines to undertake the relevant work for the interdisciplinary disciplines listed in the catalog.
Chapter V Supplementary Provisions
Article 24 These Measures shall be interpreted by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.[0]
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Background
The interdisciplinary integration is a major feature of the current development of science and technology, an important source of new disciplines, an effective path to cultivate compound innovative talents, and an internal demand for economic and social development.The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the development of cross disciplines. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly pointed out that "we should lay a solid foundation for disciplines and cultivate new growth points of cross disciplines", "we should make great efforts to form cross discipline groups", "we should encourage qualified universities to actively set up basic research and cross discipline related disciplines", and "we should make good use of the 'catalyst' for cross discipline integration".In accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on deepening the reform of the discipline and specialty system of higher education, and with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, interdisciplinary categories were set up in 2020.At the same time, two first level disciplines under this category are set up,Integrated Circuit Science and Engineeringandnational security studies [0]。However, at present, the academic community's understanding of the concept and connotation of interdisciplinary is not uniform, and the public's recognition of it is not high enough, which needs further guidance.Therefore, in order to implement the important directive spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping, implement the spirit of the National Postgraduate Education Conference, implement the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, study and formulate documents related to the establishment and management of interdisciplinary, and explore standardized institutional arrangements for the development of interdisciplinary, it is very urgent and necessaryYes.[0]
Development process
In March 2020, the Office of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council organized relevant experts to carry out interdisciplinary research.After in-depth research, we systematically summarized the development status of cross disciplines at home and abroad, sorted out the latest research results, and drafted the Management Measures in combination with China's discipline management mechanism.The Administrative Measures successively solicited opinions from 32 provincial academic degree authorities, relevant colleges and universities, and relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Education, submitted them to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for research and consultation, and were reviewed by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State CouncilIt was approved by the conference.[0]
primary coverage
There are five chapters and 24 articles in the Administrative Measures.The first chapter, General Provisions, defines the purpose and significance of regulating interdisciplinary management,InterdisciplinaryDefinition and scope of application of.The second chapter describes the qualification, basic conditions, setting procedures, naming and coding rules and exit mechanism of pilot interdisciplinary setting.The third chapter makes clear the cycle, conditions, demonstration procedures, coding rules and exit mechanism of interdisciplinary cataloguing.Chapter IV Management and Supervision, divided into the pilot stage and the situation after listing, defines the degree awarding, basic requirements, enrollment methods, training requirements, evaluation and evaluation, discipline construction and discipline review group of interdisciplinary.Chapter V Supplementary Provisions, specifying the implementation date and reconciliationInterpretation of rights.[0]
Reform measures
The objective of the Management Measures is to build a standardized, orderly and interconnected interdisciplinary development system. The main ideas are scientific and standardized, pilot first, combination of regulation and supervision, and innovative reform.The reform measures and policy breakthroughs mainly include the following five aspects:
First, it is clearInterdisciplinaryThe connotation of.It is clearly put forward that interdisciplinary is to create a series of new concepts, theories and methods, display a new epistemology, frame a new knowledge structure, form a new and richer knowledge category, and already have various characteristics of mature disciplines through in-depth blending on the basis of interdisciplinary.This is the first time that the connotation of interdisciplinary has been clearly defined in the policy document on academic degrees.
The second is to establish the setting mechanism of the combination of interdisciplinary management.Adhering to the high starting point setting and high standard cultivation, we have established a mechanism of first exploring pilot projects and then entering the catalog after maturity. The degree authorized independent audit unit independently carries out cross discipline setting pilot projects in accordance with the procedures, and first tries first to explore a new path for training compound innovative talents.On this basis, it also clarified the application conditions and demonstration procedures for the listing of pilot cross disciplines to strictly control the quality.
Thirdly, the adjustment and withdrawal mechanism of interdisciplinary has been established.The corresponding exit mechanism has been set up in the pilot stage and after entering the directory.At the same time, the transitional linking method is proposed for interdisciplinary subjects that have withdrawn from the catalog and have a small number of social needs.
Fourth, the basic requirements for interdisciplinary degree awarding have been clarified.The basic requirements for degree awarding shall be formulated respectively in the pilot stage and after being included in the catalog.For pilot interdisciplinary subjects, the degree authorization independent review unit shall award degrees according to the discipline category determined when reviewing the establishment of the discipline, and formulate basic requirements for degree awarding;The interdisciplinary disciplines listed in the catalog shall be awarded degrees according to the disciplines specified in the catalog, and the related discipline review group shall formulate the basic requirements for degree awarding.
Fifthly, the quality assurance system of interdisciplinary has been established.In order to ensure the quality of interdisciplinary construction, specific requirements are put forward from the aspects of enrollment, cultivation and other aspects in combination with the characteristics of interdisciplinary, and it is clear that all interdisciplinary degree authorization points must participate in periodic qualification assessment, and may not participate in special qualification assessment.At the same time, in order to optimize the development environment, it is proposed that the pilot interdisciplinary may not participate in the evaluation of third-party organizations.
In addition, it should be noted that,InterdisciplinaryNot equal toInterdisciplinary。The establishment of disciplines has its own laws, which requires the differentiation and integration of knowledge and the formation of a relatively independent talent training system, which can be applied to the large-scale and standardized training of talents by degree awarding units.Degree awarding units should focus on major scientific issues and key fields, make good use of the "catalyst" of interdisciplinary integration, vigorously promote interdisciplinary integration according to the characteristics of their own disciplines, and coordinate the training of interdisciplinary innovative talents.In terms of interdisciplinary construction, degree awarding units should strengthen reform in the assessment and evaluation mechanism of teachers, achievements and performance. According to the Management Measuresscientific spirit, active and stablePush forward.[0]
