The Graduate Division is responsible for graduate education and academic degrees and disciplinary construction. It consists of five sections: the Graduate Admissions Office, the Graduate Cultivation Office, the Professional Graduates Office, the Academic Degrees and Discipline Construction Office, and the Graduate Administration Office.

I. Discipline construction

Up to now, QFNU boasts 2 ESI top 1% disciplines, 3 provincial first-class disciplines, 11 doctorate granting first-level disciplines along with 1 professional doctoral degree authorization category, and 25 master's degree granting first-level disciplines, 6 master’s degree granting second-level disciplines along with 13 professional master’s degree authorization categories. In the fourth China Discipline Ranking organized by the Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC) of the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2016, 13 of the 25 disciplines that participated in the evaluation ranked among the top 70% in the country.

II. Graduate Admissions

The Graduate Division has carried out reform in the enrolment of graduate students and optimized quota distribution plans in order to propel the construction of first-rate disciplines. In 2018, the Graduate Division added the “application-appraisal” selection method in its doctoral enrollment, which is conducive to selecting innovative talents with scientific research potentials and ensuring the quality of doctoral candidates.

In 2017, QFNU enrolled 1,400 full-time graduate students, 160 non-full-time graduate students, and 32 full-time doctoral candidates. As of the end of 2017, the total number of graduate students in our school was 3,798, including 82 doctoral students and 3,716 master students.

III. Graduate Education

1. Doctoral Education

Since 2010, the Graduate Division has made clear requirements for scientific research achievements and graduation dissertation quality for doctoral candidates, to ensure the quality of doctoral education. In the meantime, QFNU has made sustained efforts to improve the doctoral candidates’ allowance as well as their living and working conditions.

2. Master Students Education

In order to comprehensively improve the quality of postgraduate education, the Graduate Division has clarified training objectives and standards, and endeavored to provide categorized and innovative education. It has strengthened professional skill training for professional degree graduates, with the goal of cultivating high-level application-oriented talents; it has also strengthened scientific research training for academic degree graduates, giving special emphasis on their innovation capabilities and the academic level of their theses,.

3. Education Quality

Up to now, the graduate student body has won an array of national and provincial awards, including 16 provincial outstanding doctoral dissertations, 86 outstanding master dissertations, 6 first prizes in the Postgraduate Scientific and Technological Innovation Awards, 13 Provincial Teaching Achievement awards, 3 national excellent master of education theses, and 2 first prizes in the National Graduate Mathematical Modeling Competition.

4. Scholarships and Grants

The Graduate Division implements a comprehensive scholarship and grant system that covers the whole graduate student body, mainly including national scholarships, national grants, academic scholarships, graduate Shengdi Yingcai awards, outstanding graduate students.

5. Cultural and sports activities

In order to improve the overall quality of graduate students, and promote teacher-student communication, the Graduate Division organizes a variety of sports, cultural and academic activities, such as: Graduate Badminton Teacher-Student Tournament, Table Tennis Teacher-Student Tournament, Graduate Aerobics Dance Competition, Basketball Tournament, Football Tournament, Volleyball Tournament, Postgraduate Academic Forum, etc.