Chinese Colleges Extend Postgrad Programs as Job Pressure Builds
- Shift could ease pressure amid high youth unemployment
- Dozens of two-year programs become three-year degrees
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A flurry of Chinese universities are extending the duration of their postgraduate programs as the job market in the world’s second-largest economy remains sluggish.
Starting next year, Guangxi Normal University in China’s south will shift 17 masters programs from a two-year cycle to three years, according to an official statement last week, which said the move is meant to “further improve the quality of the cultivation of post-graduates.” The school has more than 100 such full-time programs this year.