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Seeking Educational Excellence
Solving problems deep in China's higher education system is not just a matter of time, because China still lacks a modern system for running universities. Without this, the country is very likely to move further from its goal of world-class universities no matter how hard it struggles in the next few decades
A Tall Order

Recent news has made the Chinese public concerned that the country's ambition to build universities that compete with the finest in the world could take longer to materialize than expected.

The rapid growth of higher learning institutions has fueled public concerns that enrollments have exhausted the capacity of faculty to maintain quality in some colleges
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The Science of Life
The engagement of Rao Yi, who enjoys a good reputation for his molecular biological research in the international scientific community, reflects the determination of both Peking University and Chinese educational circles to reform
A Real Dreamer
Zhu Qingshi, 64, a reform-minded educator, has always been a hot topic in China. As then president of USTC, he refused to enlarge the campus and its enrollment, making USTC the only major university in China that did not do so
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Number of Higher Education Institutions

 

Total  

Universities &Colleges

  Short-Cycle Colleges
   2,263 1,079   1,184

Comprehensive 

  533 246   287

Natural Sciences&Technology 

  801  320  481

Agriculture

  83  41  42

Forestry

  18  7  11

Medicine&Pharmacy

  159  103  56

Teacher Training

  188  140  48

Languages&Literature

  48  21  27

Finance&Economics

  237  110  127

Political Science&Law

  69  23  46

Physical Culture

  30  16  14

Art

  80  39  41

Ethnic Nationality

  17  13  4

                               (Source: Website of the Ministry of Education)
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