No, in the past, publicly-funded postgraduate students had to meet certain conditions before they could be free; the school had some regulations on postgraduate entrance examination scores. For example, if your English did not reach the minimum score line, even if you ranked first in the exam, you could not be admitted to public funds; there were also public-funded places. There are restrictions. Schools are ranked based on the sum of the final preliminary test and retest scores. For example, if 10 students were admitted that year and there were 5 publicly funded places, then if the final ranking was sixth, then they were self-funded students. Now, publicly funded postgraduate studies have been cancelled.

Publicly funded graduate students

Publicly funded graduate students usually refer to non-directed graduate students among the graduate students planned to be recruited by the state. The training funds for the planned graduate students are provided by the state.

Non-directed graduate students should obey the national employment guidance when they graduate, and implement a two-way employment selection system in which the applicant chooses his/her choice, is recommended by the admissions unit, and is hired by the employer on the basis of merit. All tuition fees are provided by the state and the school. You need to bear the accommodation fees, transfer of household registration and file relationships yourself.

Relevant policies and regulations for publicly funded graduate students

The State Council executive meeting held on February 6, 2013 determined that starting from the autumn semester of 2014, tuition fees will be charged to all newly admitted graduate students included in the national enrollment plan. .

In order to improve the learning, scientific research and living conditions of graduate students and improve the quality of graduate training, the meeting determined:

(1) Improve the financial appropriation system. The central finance will arrange comprehensive fixed-amount allocations per student for full-time postgraduate students in universities affiliated to central departments within the national enrollment plan, and establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for allocation standards to gradually increase the level of allocations; the central finance will set up performance allocations, which will be independently arranged by the schools for postgraduate training. . All localities should refer to this model to establish and improve the funding system for postgraduate education in local colleges and universities.

(2) Improve the postgraduate scholarship policy system. Establish a national scholarship for graduate students to award 45,000 graduate students every year. Starting from the autumn semester of 2014, the general scholarship for postgraduate students will be adjusted to a national scholarship, with the standard annual funding of no less than 10,000 yuan for doctoral students and no less than 6,000 yuan for master's students; a postgraduate academic scholarship will also be established. Increase subsidies for postgraduate teaching assistants, research assistants and management assistants. Increase state student loan maximums. Implement and improve preferential policies to encourage donations for education.

(3) Establish and improve the fee system for postgraduate education. Starting from the fall semester of 2014, tuition fees will be charged to all newly admitted graduate students included in the national enrollment plan. The current charging standard for full-time academic degree graduate students is, in principle, no more than 8,000 yuan per year for master's degree students and no more than 10,000 yuan for doctoral students. Full-time professional degree graduate students and graduate students who have implemented charging policies in accordance with regulations are temporarily subject to the original charging policy.

The impact of the abolition of the policy for public-funded graduate students

Both Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology said that the new policy will have little impact, because the two schools already "collect tuition fees and return them with a large coverage of scholarships." ". Guangzhou University, where graduate students are almost free of charge, said it would discuss how to implement the new policy after the semester starts.

In fact, starting in 2009, all postgraduate students at institutions affiliated with central ministries began to pay tuition and then strive for scholarships. However, these universities usually provide sufficient scholarships and grants to offset the tuition fees. This is also part of the reform of the graduate training mechanism.

Relevant people at Sun Yat-sen University said that the school’s postgraduate enrollment types are divided into scholarship and non-scholarship categories. Scholarship students do not need to pay tuition, which is equivalent to the previous "publicly funded students", while Chinese, philosophy, Postgraduate students in basic disciplines such as history are basically in the scholarship category. Non-scholarship students need to pay tuition. However, they can also obtain scholarships and stipends by participating in projects and scientific research projects, which can basically offset the tuition fees. "So the new policy should have an impact on CUHK. Not big”.