Why do you want to go to graduate school and listen to what the Ph.D. supervisor has to say

 For graduate school, you really need to have some basic qualities. For example, able to endure hardship, have enough time and energy to invest in study and research; have a healthy body and mind; have undergone basic academic training at the undergraduate level, and have a certain level of language and writing skills. If you still have a truth-seeking and pragmatic attitude, and the ability to raise and solve problems, it will be even better.

When choosing graduate students, especially doctoral students, I still give priority to students with clear academic ambitions. Before going to graduate school, especially before going to the on-the-job graduate school, you still have to think clearly whether your research is related to your established career path. If not, reading it on is actually a waste of resources. If you cannot guarantee your investment in study, it is not recommended to study Ph.D. for gold plating. Now, the Ministry of Education is paying more and more attention to the quality of postgraduate training. Trying to "pass at low altitude" by fooling around will not only not work, but it will also make your tutor very embarrassed.

In fact, the difficulty that students often encounter when entering school is confusion. I don't know what to do, I don't have a clear goal, or the goal is unrealistic, and it doesn't match my own level, which creates a sense of frustration.

From my experience in cultivating students, when graduate students first enter the school, they must be "hardened" and carry out high-intensity scientific research training for them. The sooner you catch it, the easier it is for the student to produce results; if the results are achieved, it is easier to form positive feedback, and he will be more confident.

I will let students read a lot of literature, and after a period of time, they will have to read English literature. It will take about half a year to get in touch with the true cutting-edge of the research field; I will also strengthen scientific research methods and do academic ethics and academic norm training. . If the student's writing ability is not good, I will pull the student to my side and change the writing of the essay word by word in front of him.

I spent a lot of time training students. I know that a good tutor is really important to students. I also embarked on the academic path because I met my mentor.

In my opinion, the instructor also has some basic qualities.

First of all, he should constantly update his knowledge system and understand what is happening at the forefront of the research field. If you are complacent and satisfied with your past grades, you will not be able to provide students with high-quality guidance. An important role of a mentor is to provide students with suggestions for research directions based on their own experience, insight and understanding of the students. If the direction that the tutor finds for the student is not very promising, then even if the student is the best in the world, it will be difficult to publish first-class papers in top magazines. If the tutor chooses a good direction for the student, if the student can be cutting-edge, he will be a real top scientist. To some extent, direction can determine the upper limit of student achievement.

In addition, the instructor must also do his own research. Only by doing it by yourself can you experience the bitterness and sweetness of the students, and it is easier to feel their mentality from the perspective of the students. Teachers, preaching and teaching karma to solve puzzles. The instructor should also keep in contact with the students, such as having a meal together from time to time, to understand their psychology, life, and academic status.

After graduate school, you must think clearly: Is it to learn craftsmanship or do you want to work in scientific research?

Ding Weiwei (researcher of the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, part-time doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University and Shanghai Jiaotong University):

Many graduate students, including myself, did not have clear goals when they chose to study for graduate school. Some are because everyone takes the postgraduate entrance examination, so I also take the exam; some think that it is easier to find a job in graduate school; some happen to meet the opportunity of postgraduate study, so I enrolled in graduate school. This actually doesn't matter, but once you embark on this path, you need to be clear about what your goal is: do you learn a craft or use it as a ladder to truly pursue research?

In the postgraduate stage, in fact, it is very necessary for the tutor to help and point out a clear direction for the students. It's like giving you a gun, telling you that there is a rabbit over there, and you hit it.

The most perfect situation is that this direction is what students are good at. As a result, students can gain a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, and gain motivation for further exploration. Not only can he hit the rabbit, but he can also see the vast forest. It was almost the case that the student got the gun, hit the rabbit, and took the rabbit for business. What's more painful is that the students don't like this gun, they can't shoot, and they can't even see the shadow of the rabbit.

Responsible tutors may turn to give the students a bow, or simply carry the rabbit to the students, so that he can have a sense of accomplishment. But if the tutor has a lot of students, he may not have time to do these things at all. If the tutor is not so responsible and thinks that your failure to fight is the student's own problem, then the student may be depressed.

Teachers nurture students, relying on "ears and eyes". Students cannot get out without hundreds of hours of communication and training with their instructors. Several of my graduate students published SCI articles in the postgraduate stage. We all sat together and corrected each sentence. In fact, I believe that most tutors will treat students as their responsibility.