Disstertation requirements
The master dissertation is a research project undertaken a one-year writing up period, culminating in an 12,000-15,000-word disseration.
Citation Style: Please refer to “Notes and Bibliography” of Chicago Manuel of Style (click here).
Word Limits: Charts, tables, graphs, and footnotes are included; bibliography, references, acknowledgement, and table of contents are excluded.
Research resources
The SoH delivers expert postgraduate supervision, delivered by internationally recognised scholars in a wide range of subject areas. The SoH offers a lively research community in the setting of an exciting regional and geographcial with a rich heritage for modern China’s humanities.
Excellent research resources are available for postgraduate study locally, online through the SJTU library’s database subscriptions (click here), and these are all accesible through the SJTU VPN (click here).
Timetable
• Research proposal (click here)for master dissertation should be finished within the 7th week of the third semester, and submitted to the Graduate School at the same time.
• Mid-term examination for dissertation should be completed before the end of the third semester, and submitted to the Graduate School at the same time.
• Rehearsal for oral defense takes place in the 7th week of the fourth semester.
• Final oral defense takes place in the 14th week of the fourth semester.