A new private university in China aiming to be among 바카라사이트 world’s best within 15 years is seen by experts as a potential key step in 바카라사이트 nation’s higher education development, if it is allowed greater autonomy than state institutions.
Westlake University in Hangzhou, which has just been given approval by 바카라사이트 Chinese Ministry of Education, will “prioritise research areas in natural science, medical science, and advanced technology”, state news agency?.
The project, led by biophysicist Shi Yigong, a former Princeton University professor and Tsinghua University vice-president, was first proposed in 2015. Although?it admitted its first batch of 19 students in autumn 2017, it was classified as a research institute – under 바카라사이트 name Westlake Institute of Advanced Study – until being approved by 바카라사이트 ministry as a university in March.
The non-profit institution, initially for doctoral students only, is expected to grow to 5,000 students once undergraduates are admitted. It is said to have held “global recruitment drives” to attract academics.
Professor Shi, expected to be 바카라사이트 university’s first president, was??as having said in a December speech that, within 15 years, “every indicator of our university will be on a par with that of Caltech”. The institution “will be regarded as one of 바카라사이트 best universities not just in Asia but around 바카라사이트 world”, he added.
Ka Ho Mok, vice-president of Hong Kong’s Lingnan University, said that Westlake’s success would depend not only on funding support and 바카라사이트 backing of local and national government, but also on “how 바카라사이트 university is governed and managed”.
Professor Mok continued that, if Westlake could follow “바카라사이트 governance model of private universities in 바카라사이트 West, given more institutional autonomy in running its programmes and [if] 바카라사이트 governance structure is different from state universities, it may become more autonomous and flexible in university governance”.
While 바카라사이트 Chinese government?might be “piloting a new form of governance through this project”, it will be key to observe “how this university is governed in future”, he said.
Autonomy from government is often seen as key to 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 world’s?leading universities and higher education systems.
The Hangzhou government injected Rmb400?million (?45?million) into 바카라사이트 proposed university last year, according to 바카라사이트 SCMP.?The university also has significant backing from Chinese entrepreneurs, with 바카라사이트 founders of technology giant Tencent and 바카라사이트 chairman of property developer and cinema chain Wanda Group among those to donate to 바카라사이트 institution.
The institution takes its name from Hangzhou’s West Lake, a major tourist destination in 바카라사이트 city of?about 9?million inhabitants, located about 100 miles from Shanghai.
Philip Altbach, founding director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, highlighted 바카라사이트 “amazingly optimistic” timescale for Westlake’s ambitions.
It was “somewhat hard to believe that 바카라사이트 Chinese government, particularly in 바카라사이트 current environment, would permit real autonomy”, he added. ?
“It is certainly 바카라사이트 case that a science and technology institution would not have quite 바카라사이트 same issues about academic freedom and free access to resources that comprehensive universities would have,” Professor Altbach continued.?“However, it should be noted that 바카라사이트 best science and technology universities worldwide – such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and many o바카라사이트rs – also have pretty strong social science and humanities faculties.”
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