Formulates the standards of degree-granting and supervises the quality monitoring, taking charge of the selection of China/Shanghai outstanding graduate theses, reporting and assessing degree authorization units; designing supervisor recruitment criteria and organizing the recruiting; receiving graduate degree applications and PhD thesis defense applications; preparing and issuing degree certificates and organizing graduate ceremonies. It is also responsible for information collection and data statistics of degree related issues; developing and maintaining Education Information Management System; conducting research on graduate education, etc.