“Meet Associate Professor Shao Dian: The Unconventional Admissions Guide that Went Viral in Academic Circles”

2023-05-13 13:13:09

The admissions guide for a 28-year-old female associate professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in mainland China has become popular in academic circles recently. (Picture / flip from Weibo)

The admissions guide for a 28-year-old female associate professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in mainland China has become popular in academic circles recently, causing heated discussions among all parties. Associate Professor Shao Dian listed his own advantages and disadvantages in the admissions information. In the advantage part, he stated that he “looks: relatively cute, with a round face, and looks small. You can roughly refer to the image photos taken by the department.” The student revealed, “Teacher Shao is the first to arrive in the laboratory every day, and often runs around for the friends in the laboratory. He is really a very caring instructor.”

“The Paper” reported that Associate Professor Shao Dian of Northwestern Polytechnical University’s Institute of Unmanned Systems Technology posted this “Unserious Admissions Guide” on Zhihu account and the teacher’s homepage on the school’s official website. According to the resume provided by the official website of NPU, Shao Dian received a bachelor’s degree from Peking University and a doctorate from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Regarding the requirements for admissions, Shao Dian wrote: “Integrity, kindness (the prerequisite for being a human being), not afraid of hardships (doing scientific research is not an easy task), academic ethics (this is the bottom line), and research foundation (those who don’t like mathematics and computer writing codes) Forget it), have a spontaneous interest in artificial intelligence (interest is the best teacher, don’t become me forcing you to read papers every day), easy to communicate (I just have a personality that says nothing).”

What received the most attention was the advantages and disadvantages that Shao Dian listed for himself. In the advantage part, he said that he “looks: relatively cute, with a round face, and looks small. You can roughly refer to the image photos taken by the department”. Part of it includes “Speaking fast: a small steel cannon, I don’t like students who are bored in everything and don’t communicate. I hope you can express and communicate.”

In response to some netizens’ doubts, Shao Dian posted a 12-point response through his Zhihu personal account, “I am married, and my husband and I are classmates in Tieyi Middle School and Peking University. We are very affectionate. He is trying to report some vulgar comments, please don’t hurt him.”

Regarding the release of this admissions information, Shao Dian revealed, “I asked the dean for instructions before posting the admissions post. I was very moved when the dean said that he supported young people’s new ways of expression… Apart from Zhihu’s admissions post, I have no Do any additional marketing. The previous marketing account, Douyin, station b and other video platforms mentioned me without my permission. Including this inexplicable hot search, I am very troubled.”

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