Committed to becoming a top-notch innovative academic talent or a high-level applied talent, is the rational and scientific motivation for postgraduate study
 

A few days ago, the China Graduate Admissions Information Network released a data analysis report on the national postgraduate examinations for the past four years. According to the report, the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examinations in China and the proportion of previous graduates have gradually increased. At the same time, the number of candidates for professional degree masters has increased significantly, and the number of graduates with professional degree masters has exceeded the number of academic masters. It is mutually confirmed with the data that in recent years, many undergraduate students in a dormitory have been admitted to graduate students and other news frequently appear in newspapers, and the "post-study fever" has become a phenomenon of widespread concern in society.
 

Without a strong graduate education, there is no strong national innovation system. As the top of the national education system, postgraduate education is an important way to cultivate high-level talents and release talent dividends. Especially at present, the competition between education and talents is becoming increasingly fierce. Many countries have adopted postgraduate education as an important way to cultivate and attract outstanding talents. For China, the number of graduate students has increased year by year, which is in line with the needs of national innovation and development and the construction of new competitive advantages with high-quality talents.
 

The increase in the number of candidates for professional degree masters is also in line with the current adjustment of the layout of postgraduate training structures in China. The 13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Degree and Postgraduate Education has made it clear that by 2020, China’s “professional degree enrollment will account for about 60%”. In the past, we mainly changed the academic master's degree, actively developed the master's degree education, and established the professional demand-oriented master's degree graduate education development mechanism to meet the needs of all walks of life for high-level applied talents. The important direction of the development of educational connotation. It is the embodiment of more and more undergraduate graduates who are committed to growing into high-level applied talents.
 

Of course, everything has two sides and even multiple faces. While seeing the positive causes of the "research fever", we must also carry out the necessary "cold" thinking on the "hot" phenomenon.
 

In our interviews, we found that the reasons for the postgraduate entrance examinations are different. Most of them are for self-improvement, and they can learn and learn. Many students have relatively clear plans for their future, which is in line with the needs of social development and their own characteristics. However, there are also some notable issues, such as the escape mentality of delaying employment time, the blind pursuit of chasing hot majors, and so on. Although it is only a few phenomena, it also reminds us that it is necessary to strengthen the guidance of students on the postgraduate entrance examination questions, and guide them to understand themselves more rationally and plan the future more scientifically according to their own personalities and interests. It is necessary to recognize that graduate education should be a process of enhancing knowledge and improving abilities, and can not only be regarded as a “golden plate” for upgrading academic qualifications or a “knock-and-click” for finding a job.
 

Educational practice tells us that for individual candidates, learning motivation will directly affect the learning effect. The master's degree system is only two to three years. If you don't have a clear professional goal, you will not be able to obtain high-quality results, and you will not be able to get rid of the “employment difficulties” caused by lack of competitive advantage. On the other hand, you will pursue the qualifications and diplomas. Rather than basing on the improvement of abilities and skills, it is not conducive to the entire society to move from “educational society” to “capable society” as soon as possible. From this point of view, in the important life of the undergraduate graduation, careful choice, committed to become top-notch innovative academic talents or high-level applied talents, is the rational and scientific motivation for postgraduate entrance examination.
 

Of course, for the majority of colleges and universities, the "post-study fever" also puts forward a new topic for the quality of postgraduate education. There is still a problem in China's postgraduate training that actively meets the needs of the country's economic and social development, and the training model cannot fully meet the requirements of high-level innovation ability and practical ability training. Face up to such problems, make great efforts to improve the quality of postgraduate training, better meet the needs of scientific and technological innovation and talent market, improve the satisfaction of employers and the contribution rate of graduate students to high-level scientific research achievements and economic and social development. An important topic in front of all colleges and universities.