Dissertation opening report requirements

The dissertation opening report is an important part of the doctoral dissertation work. It is a report meeting for the purpose of expounding, reviewing and determining the topic and content of doctoral dissertations. It aims to supervise and guarantee the quality of doctoral dissertations.

The content of the dissertation opening report

The content of the dissertation opening report includes reviewing and determining the basis and research plan for the dissertation's dissertation. The basis of the topic selection includes: the theoretical significance and practical significance of the topic selection, and the analysis of the research status at home and abroad. The research plan includes: research content, research objectives, problems to be solved in the research, research methods to be adopted, characteristics and innovations, and reference files related to the selected topics. For details, please refer to the attached file: "Thesis Opening Report and Description of Related Issues".

Time of the dissertation opening report

After passing the doctoral student comprehensive examination, you can enter the dissertation opening report stage. In order to ensure the quality of thesis writing and defense, there should be at least one full semester between the semester of the dissertation opening report and the semester of the dissertation defense. The dissertation opening report is generally conducted in the fourth semester of the grade, and the sixth semester is thesis defense. The doctoral students who fail to fulfill the opening report on time, the time for the opening report and the dissertation defense should be postponed according to the above interval requirements.

Composition of the expert committee

The composition of the expert committee for the dissertation opening report consists of three to five professors and associate professors in the discipline and related disciplines. The chairman of the expert committee is a professor or an expert with a considerable title. The instructor can participate in the expert committee but cannot serve as the chairman of the expert committee.

The method and grade evaluation of the dissertation opening report

The members of the expert committee of the opening report first examine the recent research results of doctoral students and the topic of the thesis, and review and propose additional comments on the basis of the topic and the research plan as well as the research status at home and abroad. According to the comments of the expert committee group, the doctoral students revised the topic selection plan, filed and filed according to the prescribed procedures, and formally entered the paper writing stage.

The results of the dissertation opening report are based on the results of the appraisal, and are divided into pass, modified and passed. The opening report “passer” can enter the research and writing stage of the dissertation; the opening report “passed by the revised person” must be revised and supplemented according to the revised opinions of the expert committee, and sent to the expert committee determined by the expert committee of the opening report one month later to pass the examination. After that, you can enter the research and writing stage of the dissertation; if you open the report “No Pass,” you must re-prepare the opening report within half a year. After half a year, the department will reorganize the dissertation opening report meeting. After the dissertation opening report, if the topic and basic content of the dissertation need to be changed due to special circumstances, it is necessary to rewrite the dissertation opening report and complete the "Report on the opening of the doctoral dissertation of Renmin University of China" after the author's written explanation and the approval of the instructor.

Filing and management of the opening report materials

After the opening of the dissertation report, the chairman of the expert committee and the committee of the expert committee will be signed by the opening report, and then the signature of the review by the director, department and the leader will be temporarily deposited by the college, department and the secretary of the school. Reported to the Graduate School of Depository School, a copy of the doctoral student's personal file.

Description of the dissertation opening report and related issues

In view of the significance of the opening report of the paper for the writing of the thesis, the writing specifications and related requirements of the opening report are as follows:

Regarding the content of the opening report, the author should state:

1. The research object and its definition in the title of the thesis

2. Basis and reasons for the selection of the topic of the thesis

Scientific description / innovative explanation / critical explanation

Personal purpose / practical purpose / theoretical purpose

3. The scope of the paper to be covered and the issues discussed

Definition of research nature: empirical research and normative regulations

Definition of object characteristics: authenticity/meaning; generality/speciality; variables/processes; description/interpretation; comparison/causal;

Definition of subject and subject area;

Time space description:

4. The literature that the author has obtained and the possession and organization of the literature,

Obtained literature

The knowledge base already possessed by the author

Conceptual framework and research background extracted from the literature: hypothesis/hypothesis and genre differences

5. The knowledge growth work and its direction to be completed in the thesis

Basic theoretical presuppositions and main theoretical tools

Descriptive theory construction

Differences from existing theories / corrections to existing theories

6. The research method to be used by the author and the theoretical explanation on which it is based

Research methods and research paths: the basis of academic rationality

Research Technology and Research Program: The Training Background of the Discipline

Research tools and research tools: constraints on basic conditions

7. Thesis outline

Basic chapter program arrangement

Logical structure or logical connection in the program

8. Bibliography

Chinese and English classification instructions

Classic and non-classical classification instructions

Give the author's name, title/article name, place of publication/publisher/publish time