Some factors that contribute to the above-mentioned change may be summarized as follows. First and foremost, China's booming manufacturing industry needs more and more qualified engineers. In addition, the development of the job market on the whole cannot keep pace with the expansion in college graduate numbers, which obliges a large number of students to stay on campus for another two or three years to get better prepared for their career. Taking the two factors into account, we may predict that with the speedy development of our society, M.E. admissions will keep growing in the forthcoming decade.
The growing demand for more practical degrees such as M.E.s and the burgeoning manufacturing industry have led to a surge of graduates in these areas which augurs well for the economy.
上表清楚说明了1998年至2004年全国工程硕士招生录取人数有了大幅增长。1998年，招生录取人数只有约2,500人；而到了2004年，招生录取人数超过了35,000人。
促成上述变化的一些原因可以概括如下。首先，我国蓬勃发展的制造业需要越来越多的合格工程师。此外，总的说来，就业市场的发展无法跟上大学毕业生人数的增加，这使很多学生不得不继续在校园里待两三年，为就业做更好的准备。考虑到这两点因素，我们可以预计，随着社会的迅速发展，工程硕士的招生录取人数在接下来的十年内将会继续增加。
对工程硕士这样更实用的学位日益增长的需求以及快速发展的制造业引起了这些领域毕业生的激增，这对经济来说是个好兆头。
Master of Engineering (M.E.) 工程硕士
admissions 录取人数
above-mentioned 上述的
booming 蓬勃发展的
manufacturing industry 制造业
qualified 合格的
engineer 工程师
expansion 增加
predict 预计
speedy 快速的
forthcoming 即将来临的
practical 实用的
surge 急剧增加
1 The challenges the Chinese education system faces are enormous by world standards.
从世界标准来看，我国教育体制面临的挑战是巨大的。
2 Graduate schools should provide more than mere theoretical knowledge, such as courses that expand students' technical knowledge by putting them to work directly in the field.
除了理论知识之外，研究生院还应该提供更多的东西，比如一些让学生们直接在实地工作来拓展他们的技术知识的课程。
3 With the hands-on training that goes into acquiring an M.E., you will be a skilled worker with a specialty before landing your first job.
你在攻读工程硕士期间接受的实践培训会帮你在找到第一份工作之前成为有专长的熟练工。
