This study was supported by the 2025 Wuhan University Science–Education and Industry–Education Collaborative Talent Development Practice Project (Project on the Construction of an Undergraduate Research Training System at the College Level), and the Special Task Project of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education (No. 25ZX110).
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How to cite this paper
Cultivating Undergraduate Research and Innovation Capacity Within a Vertically Integrated Bachelor-Master-Doctoral Training Framework
How to cite this paper: Chen’ang Liu, Jinyu Chen, Ying Wang, Shiyu Wang. (2026). Cultivating Undergraduate Research and Innovation Capacity Within a Vertically Integrated Bachelor-Master-Doctoral Training Framework. The Educational Review, USA, 10(1), 15-19.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.01.003