Research and Suggestions on the Effect of the Graduate Innovation Base Building in Chinese Universities

The author conducted a survey on 19 graduate innovation bases of six domestic universities. The results show that most of the bases have adequate software and hardware facilities such as academic advisors, equipments and financial support, and they provide practical courses, scientific research and other effective support for the students to engage in innovative activities. Through participating the study and research of the innovation base, the graduates greatly enhanced the ability to practice and to think independently and their lasting power to carry out research were also inspired. The bases got high evaluation from the students. However there are some shortages of the bases: fewer opportunities for the students to exchange practical experience, limited opening up of the labs and lack of diverse groups of teachers for the guidance of the students. The paper suggests that the universities should make full use of the subject resources and external resources, increase the investment for the bases, establish a diversified advisory team and incubation platforms for the follow-up academic exchange and research in order to further enhance the graduates' research capacity and creativity.