1. Introduction and Direction ofProfessional Degree Categories (Fields)

The civil and hydraulic engineering primarily focuses on surveying, design, construction, management, monitoring, and maintenance of various engineering facilities. It encompasses disciplines such as engineering mechanics, structural engineering, construction engineering, engineering management, disaster prevention and mitigation, geotechnical engineering, roads and bridges, hydrology, water resources, hydraulic structures, and water conservancy and hydropower engineering. This field not only involves engineering sciences but also intersects with economics, humanities, social sciences, and management.

The civil engineering discipline of Guangxi University is a "world-class" discipline, with the water conservancy engineering discipline being a key discipline in Guangxi. The two majors of civil engineering and water hydropower engineering are national first-class undergraduate professional construction sites; the civil engineering field of the civil engineering and water conservancy professional degree relies on the doctoral program of civil engineering and water conservancy engineering, and the national key laboratory for the full-life safety of characteristic metal materials and composite structures co-constructed by provinces and ministries, state key laboratory for water science and water hydropower engineering, water canal and intelligent construction research center, the new western land-sea corridor major infrastructure safety and durability discipline innovation base (111 Base), national civil construction engineering experiment teaching demonstration center, engineering disaster prevention and structure safety key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Big span arch bridge key technology engineering research center of the Ministry of Education, Guangxi disaster prevention and mitigation and engineering safety key laboratory, Guangxi long span arch bridge key technology engineering research center, specialgeological highway safety engineering technology research center in Guangxi,

Guangxi karst area water security and wisdom control engineering research center, Guangxi engineering disaster prevention and structure security talent small highland, small highland across arch bridge key technical talents such as national and provincial discipline support platform; Scientific research and personnel training closely around the country and Guangxi area major strategic needs, focus on discipline development frontier, service in Guangxi and ASEAN infrastructure construction, in the large span bridge construction and operations, based on the whole life cycle of high performance structure safety and durability design, Marine and reef engineering disaster prevention and mitigation, karst area geotechnical engineering disaster prevention and control field formed the characteristic and advantage discipline direction.

Direction of Professional Degree Category (Field)

1. Geotechnical Engineering

2. Structural Engineering

3. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Projects and Protection Works

4. Bridge and Tunnel Engineering

5. Civil Engineering Construction and Management

6. Civil and Engineering Materials

2. Trainning Objectives

In order to adapt to the development trend of civil engineering industry, service the national major smatchtrategy and local economic and social development needs, based on moral construction, with a foundation in comprehensive development, cultivate professionals in civil engineering and related disciplines who possess solid expertise, the ability to translate theory into practice, and exhibit responsibility in the new era, along with innovative spirit, practical skills, legal awareness, and an international perspective.

(1) Moral Quality

Love China, and behave according to the Party's line, principles and policies, and establish and practice core socialist values. Abide by the law, have astrong sense of social responsibility and dedication, have good moral quality, abide by scientific research integrity and ethics, We should strictly observe academic norms, have an international vision, innovative consciousness and team spirit, and are willing to contribute to the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

(2) Knowledge Levelmatch

With solid basic theoretical knowledge, systematic professional knowledge in the discipline, understand the application of discipline knowledge in practical engineering, have certain practical engineering experience, and then serve the national major strategic project.

(3) Ability and Quality

Have strong adaptability and practical ability, and can find and solve problems when facing new things and new challenges. Have good organization and coordination ability and teamwork ability.

3. Duration and Length of Study

The Civil and Hydraulic Engineering Professional Degree Program for master's students has a duration of 3 years. The study period for full-time master's students ranges from 2 to 5 years.The above study duration includes time for leave of absence and retention of student status. However, the period of deferred enrollment is not counted towards the study duration.

4. Credit and CourseRequirements

(1) Credit Requirements

The total credits of master's degree students should be no less than 34 credits, including 20 credits for degree courses, 6 credits for non-degree courses and 8 credits for professional practice. The course credit details are arranged as follows:

1. 2 public compulsory courses (degree courses)公共必修课, 6 credits;

2. 7 basic compulsory courses (degree courses)学科基础课, 14 credits;

3. No less than 2 elective courses (non-degree courses)方向选修课, no less than 6credits;

(2) CourseOffered

Master's degree programmes are mainly arranged in the first academic year, and the course study is generally not more than 1.5 academic years.

Graduate courses are assessed through examinations or evaluations. A score of 70 or above is considered passing for degree courses, while a score of 60 or above is passing for non-degree courses. If students fail the initial assessment of a course they must retake the course. Students who are disqualified from the initial assessment, found cheating, or absent from the exam without reason must retake the course.

(1) Literature Reading and Topic Selection

Graduate students should read relevant literature according to their research directions. The selection of dissertation topics should align with the objectives of cultivating professional talents in the discipline. The scope and depth of the chosen topics should correspond to the disciplinary fields and levels of graduate education. The selection of dissertation topics should be conducted under the guidance of a supervision.、

1. The selection of dissertation topics should originate from applied projects or practical production scenarios, with clear production backgrounds and practical value. It should align with the objectives of the discipline, closely integrate with the graduate student's professional practice, and possess a certain level of technical difficulty, innovation, and workload. Dissertation topics can include complete engineering project planning and design, technical transformation projects, specialized technical research topics, or the development of new processes, equipment, materials, or products.

2. Graduate students should, under the guidance of their supervisors, determine the research direction for their dissertations before the end of the third semester, undergo a mid-term assessment, and present a public proposal. The proposal should include a literature review related to the topic. The proposal defense is organized by the "Proposal Defense Evaluation Committee" within each department, which decides whether the proposal passes or fails. During the preparation of the proposal and the defense meeting, the supervisors are responsible for helping students evaluate the innovative potential, practical value, and the feasibility of completing the dissertationwithin the scheduled timeframe

(3) Proposal Defense

Graduate students are expected to complete their proposal defense and submit the proposal report within 1.5 academic years. By then, apublic proposal defense andevaluation will be organized by the school. Students who pass the proposal defenseare allowed to proceed to the dissertation research stage. Those who do not pass the proposal defense can apply for a second attempt.

(4) Change ofDissertation Topic

If graduate students need to change their dissertation topics due to special reasons after the proposal defense, they should submit a written application personally and undergo a new proposal defense. After changing the topic, the research time for graduate students should be on less than 1 year. Changing topics is not allowed after graduate students have exceeded 4 academic years of study.

6. SocialPractice

Professional degree graduate students must engage in industry practice in enterprises for no less than six months. Among them, engineering master's degree graduate students with 2 years or more of work experience in enterprises can apply for exemption of social practice. Engineering master's degree graduate students without 2 years of work experience in enterprises should have a practical time of no less than 6 months. The combination of concentrated practice and segmented practice can be adopted. Part-time engineering master's degree graduate students can integrate professional practice with their own job tasks.

The content, organization, and arrangement of professional practice should be agreed upon by two supervisors from within and outside the university during the first academic year, and the "Professional Practice Plan" should be submitted to the Graduate Office of the School for archiving. (The "Professional Practice Plan" should align with the educational objectives of the program, undertake specific professional practice tasks, and include content on engineering safety and personal safety education for the graduate students).

During the mid-term of professional practice, graduate students are required to submit a written report on the implementation status, existing problems, and difficulties of the "Professional Practice Plan". Both the internal and external supervisors will review the report together and propose solutions to address the identified issues.At the end of the professional practice, graduate students should submit aprofessional practice report and fill out an assessment form for the practice segment.

The content of the professional practice report should include: an overview of the professional practice process, insights gained from the practice, expectations and arrangements for writing the dissertation after the professional practice, as well as any issues encountered. The report is jointly reviewed by the internal and relevant external supervisors at the professional practice base. They assess the graduate student's work performance, sense of responsibility, work achievements, and professional abilities, and evaluate the professional practice results.In addition, it is necessary to participate in labor and labor education activities organized and arranged by the School.

7. Academic Activities

During their academic program, graduate students are required to participate in no less than 10 academic exchange activities (at least 2 of which should be held off-campus), and present at least 2 academic reports themselves. They are also expected to write summary reports for the academic lectures they attend, which will be reviewed and approved by their supervisors

8. Research and Conclusion ofDissertation

(1)Dissertation Research

Master's degree students, after at least 1 year of project research, completing the expected research content, and finishing the initial draft of their dissertation, should apply for the conclusion of dissertation research at least 1 month before the degree application review.

(2)Mid-term Evaluation

Generally, a mid-term evaluation should be conducted approximately 0.5 years after the dissertation proposal is approved. This evaluation assesses whether the research work is progressing according to the proposed content and timeline outlined in the proposal. It also includes an examination of the completed research content and results, identification of existing or anticipated problems, and an assessment of the likelihood of completing the dissertation on time. If any changes to the researchcontent are identified during the evaluation, a decision must be made regardingwhether a proposal revision is necessary.

(3)Final Report

The Final report is submitted in the form of a dissertatior. A dissertation must strictly adhere to academic norms, be logically sound, linguistically accurate, present reliable data, provide clear explanations, accurately cite references, maintain a strict format, appropriately list references, and ensure that figures, tables, formulas, and units meet the required standards.

(4)Closing Defense

The School organizes a public closing defense for graduate students. The closing defense comprehensively evaluates the research content, adherence to dissertation guidelines, and the overall quality of the dissertation. Students who pass the closing defense are allowed to proceed to the graduation and degree application review stage.

9. Degree Criteria

(1) Quality ofDissertation

The dissertation shall be a systematic and complete academic paper with creativity. The author is required to make systematic and novel achievements in science and technology on the researched topic, which can reflect that the author has mastered the solid and broad basic theories and systematic and in-depth knowledge in the research field, and has the ability to engage in scientific research independently. The word count of the dissertation shall not be less than 30,000 words, and it is required to have a comprehensive and in-depth review, full research content, scientific research methods, reliable research results, credible research conclusions, and standardized writing and citation.

(2) Requirements onAcademic Achievements for Degree Conferment

According to the regulations of the university, postgraduates applying for the degree shall obtain certain academic achievements, which shall be in line with the "Regulations on Academic Achievements of Graduate Degrees Conferred by the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture".Professional master's degree students shall publish (including acceptance) one corejournal (including: Peking University Chinese Core, Nanda Core, Science and

Technology Core) or EI, SCI academic journals or high-quality scientific and technological journals in the field of architectural sciences, or high-quality scientific and technological journals in the field of water conservancy T1, T2 catalog journal paper; or contribute to SCI-indexed international academic journals of Chinese Academy of Sciences three regions and above, "China's high-quality scientific and technological journals classification catalog" T1 level journals, "China's scientific and technological journals excellence action plan selected project" journal paper and accepted by the editorial department for review; or obtain a non-dissertation academic achievements (patents, computer software copyright, the three major national tournaments, technical standards, awards, academic reports, academic monographs, and other achievements recognized by the School Degree Evaluation Sub-committee).

The results shall meet the following basic requirements:

1. The first unit of the academic results published in the dissertation shall be Guangxi University, and the postgraduate student shall be the first author of the dissertation (If student is second and supervisor is first, student can be considered first.); other non-dissertation results used for applying for the degree shall require the postgraduate student to be one of the accomplished persons of the results, and Guangxi University shall be one of the units of the results. For details of the regulations on the signatures of postgraduates of non-dissertation achievements, please refer to Table 1 of "Regulations on Academic Achievements of Graduate Students of School of Civil and Architectural Engineering";Each achievement in Table 1 can only be used for one graduate student applying for a degree

2. The results of graduate students applying for the degree shall be related to the research of their dissertation; the journals of the published or contributed academic papers do not contain supplements. The accepted academic papers shall have the official acceptance letter from the editorial office (stating the author's name and author's unit), the certificates that the academic and professional master's degree students have submitted high-level papers and have been accepted by the editorial office to send them for review, Graduate instructors must sign their opinions on the authenticity of the academic achievements.

Table 1 Regulations on Academic Achievements of Graduate Students of School of Civil Engineering and Architecture

10. Academic Examination

Graduate students shall complete the required parts of the cultivation in sequence and pass the examination or review within the stipulated study years. Those who fail to complete or pass the examination shall terminate their academic process, and shall be given the treatment of incompletion, completion or graduation according to the circumstances.

(1) Credit Review

1. Postgraduates generally compmatchlete the courses within the first academic year and obtain the required credits. The School shall review the completion of credits according to the requirements of the cultivation program. If the graduate students have not completed the credits or the grades do not meet the requirements, they shall be given academic warning.

2. If the graduate students have not completed the credits or the grades have not met the requirements, the credit review shall be regarded as unsuccessful. The list of failed credits shall be submitted to the university for approval after the review by the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of the School.

3. Once The students fail in the credit review, their studies shall be terminated.

(2) Mid-term Examination

Mid-term examination is to check graduate degree (graduation) dissertation progress, help students grasp degree (graduation) dissertation direction, improve the quality of the dissertation.

1. Postgraduates generally complete the selection of the dissertation topic and pass the oral defense of research proposal within 1.5 academic years. Within 1.5 academic years, the School shall organize and carry out the mid-term examination to evaluate the research proposal and other comprehensive performance of the postgraduates according to the cultivation program, and give them an academic warning if they fail to pass the proposal defense.

2. If a graduate student fails to pass the oral defense of research proposal twice, he/she shall be regarded as failing in the mid-term examination. The list of those who fail in the mid-term examination shall be submitted to the university for approval after examination by the sub-committee of degree evaluation of the School.

3. Those who fail in the mid-term examination shall be terminated and treated asincomplete students.

(3) Dissertation Completion Examination

1. Graduate students shall normally complete their dissertation research and passthe final defense (Pre-defense of the dissertation) within the academic year.

2. If a graduate student fails to pass the dissertation defense twice, he/she shall be regarded as failing in the dissertation final examination. The list of unsuccessful candidates shall be submitted to the university for approval after review by the sub-committee of degree evaluation of the School.

3. Those who fail in the dissertation dissertation defense shall terminate their study and be given the treatment of graduation.

(4) Degree (Graduation) Review

1. Postgraduates who have passed the final examination may enter the degree (graduation) review. The graduation review audit shall go through three stages, i.e. qualification examination, blind expert review and defense; the degree review shall go through five stages, i.e. qualification examination, blind expert review, substantive examination of defense qualification, defense and deliberation by the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee.

2. In principle, the graduation and degree review of postgraduates shall be carried out simultaneously, i.e. the expert evaluation of the dissertation and the result shall be shared, and the graduation defense and degree defense shall be combined and voted separately. In special cases, the graduation and degree review are allowed to be held separately.

3. If a postgraduate student passes the degree (Graduation) review within the study period stipulated by the university, he/she shall be graduated and awarded the degree; if he/she fails to pass the review twice, he/she shall be regarded as finishing his/her study; if he/she fails to pass the degree review twice but passes the graduation review, he/she shall be graduated and his/her application for the degree shall not be acceptedany more.

11. Graduation and Degree Conferment

(1) Requirements for Graduation

Graduate students who have passed the examination of each training process and the dissertation evaluation result of 60 or above within the study period stipulated bythe university can proceed with their graduation defense; if they pass the graduationdefense, they will be allowed to graduate and be awarded a diploma.

(2) Requirements for Degree Conferment

Graduate students who have passed the assessment of each training process within the study period stipulated by the university, met the requirements of academic achievements for degree conferment, Papers submitted for review all scored 70 and above and passed the substantive examination of the qualification for the defense can defend their degrees, and if they have passed the defense and the deliberation of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee, they will be conferred the degrees and issued the degree certificates.

(3) Conditions for Early Application for Degree (Graduation)

Postgraduates who apply for degree (graduation) earlier than the academic term shall meet the requirements of cultivation and degree conferment, and their academic achievements and dissertation evaluation scores shall be significantly higher than those of the normal application for degree (graduation). The academic achievements and dissertation evaluation scores shall be in accordance with the Regulations on Academic Achievements of Graduate Students for Degree Conferment of the Schoolof Civil Engineering and Architecture.