Recently, the total number of graduate students at SDUST has reached 10586 (including 186 international students), including 9813 master's students and 773 doctoral students. The scale of post-graduate students has exceeded 10,000 for the first time, an increase of 50.4% compared to 2018.

This year, the number of graduate students enrolled was 3470, an increase of 37.4% compared to 2018. In terms of student quality, 157 students were recommended for admission in 2023, an increase of 282.93% compared to 2018; The admission ratio has increased from 2.55:1 in 2018 to 3.75:1 in 2023; The number of enrolled candidates who have applied for SDUST as the first choice is 3453, an increase of 84.1% compared to 2018.

These numbers and ratios marks the completion of the internal transformation of graduate enrollment work from "focusing on quantity improvement" to "focusing on quality development" in the process of building a high-level applied research university. The enrollment scale has been increasing year by year, the quality of students has significantly improved, the enrollment reputation is increasingly good, and the enrollment environment is becoming more orderly.