Academic Degree and Graduate Education
WEI Lina1; WU Jianxin2
Joint university-enterprise training is an important way to strengthen the cooperative relationship between universities and industries, which occupies an important position in the national innovation system and education system. On the basis of reviewing the history of cooperative education in the United States, analyzing the needs of industrial development and sorting out its government-industry-academia-research system, we have extracted three types of joint university-enterprise doctoral programs in the United States from the perspective of the cultivation subject, namely government-led, university-led and enterprise (industry) association-led, and summarized three types of cultivation modes from the perspective of the cultivation program, namely, synergistic, collaborative and segmented. In general, the U.S. focuses on key industrial fields, relies on industrial research centers and major scientific and technological platforms, and introduces policies and norms to guarantee the effective operation of joint doctoral training programs through multi-channel and sustainable funding sources. Drawing on the experience of the U.S. joint doctoral training programs, it is recommended to promote the close integration of the joint training programs with the national demand, strengthen the flexibility and standardization of the joint training programs, and stimulate the enthusiasm of enterprises to participate in the joint training programs, so as to comprehensively improve the quality and effectiveness of the joint training of doctoral students in China.