Sias University held a special meeting on undergraduate thesis design work on May 9. The meeting was held to promote the development of thesis design work for the undergraduates of the graduating class of 2022, and ensure a high standard in thesis design work at the university. Acting President, Zhao Yuxin, attended the meeting, as did the Deans and Vice Deans of the various academic schools, and the heads of the Academic Affairs & Scientific Research Office, the Teaching Quality Monitoring & Evaluation Center, and the Employment & Entrepreneurship Department. The meeting was held online.

Every academic school presented special reports on the primary and secondary defenses of the 2022 undergraduate thesis design, the selection of excellent undergraduate thesis designs, and the archiving of undergraduate thesis design archives.

The head of the Academic Affairs & Scientific Research Office made preparations for the next step of undergraduate thesis design at Sias from the perspectives of work schedule, work requirements, and archiving requirements. They pointed out that the undergraduate thesis design is a showcase of the four-year academic achievements of university students, and the deans of all academic schools should ensure that the importance of this is understood by the students and faculty.

Zhao Yuxin put forward specific requirements for the specific processes, management, and quality control of undergraduate thesis designs in combination with the qualification evaluation of undergraduate teaching at Sias University. He stressed that undergraduate thesis design is a key point of inspection for the qualification evaluation of undergraduate teaching. All academic schools are to carry out the selection of excellent undergraduate thesis designs in strict accordance with the principles for the standardized management of undergraduate thesis designs. This, he said, would lay a good foundation for the qualification evaluation of undergraduate teaching at Sias.