Pakistan student Orphir was expelled from school on March 17th, 2011. Before that he was a sophomore studying the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery) programme in Changsha Medical University, a privately-run college in Hunan province. The school informed that he was dismissed for failing 8 courses and frequently breaking the school rules, …
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Gambling for a PhD Degree in China
Just before graduation, PhD candidate Ye Ming got a phone call from the office of academic affairs, “you still have one more core subject to complete, otherwise you couldn’t obtain your degree before meeting the graduation credit requirement.” Ye felt astonished as well as ridiculous, since the course he missed was called “Scientific Research Training”. …
Several facts about China’s higher education (2)
Originally referring to the candidate who was listed as coming in first in the Imperial Examinations, the Chinese title “Zhuang Yuan”(状元) is now often given to the top scorer of a province in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination. As the biggest winners in the examination, they can choose the university and the major. It’s …
Several facts about China’s higher education (1)
In China, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (also known as Gao Kao) plays a key role in promoting mobility among social classes. For teenagers born in rural areas, studying hard in high school and entering a university is the most important and usually the only way to become an urban resident and join the …