Key Factors Analysis of Cultivating Research-oriented Talents in China’s Universities Based on the Talent Demand for China’s Strategic Emerging Industry

Abstract

China’s Strategic Emerging Industries promoted by innovation have continuously increased the demand of research-oriented talents and have put forward new requirements for postgraduates in Chinese universities. Based on the demand for talents in strategic emerging industries, this paper constructed an assessment index system for evaluating the quality of postgraduate cultivation in Chinese universities, and identified the key factors on the basis of expert assessment to calculate the indicator weight by AHP method and heavy quantitative analysis of the results. The results show that academic guidance, scientific research projects and funds, teaching for professional discipline and academic achievements of postgraduates are the top 5 factors. This paper proposes to improve the quality of research-oriented postgraduates on three aspects: cultivation objectives, cultivation conditions and cultivation approaches.