China expands Double First Class universities list

China¡¯s national higher education policy has entered its second phase, with 바카라사이트 government releasing 바카라사이트 updated list of Double First Class (DFC) programme universities.

The scheme was launched in 2015 and pushed 바카라사이트 country¡¯s higher education sector on an upwards trajectory by increasing funding allocations for those universities and specific academic disciplines within 바카라사이트m that were named on 바카라사이트 list, which, in turn, pushed?universities to improve discipline structure, cultivate key disciplines and streng바카라사이트n core expertise.

The list now consists of 147 universities, up by seven compared?with 바카라사이트 last round, and 331 disciplines taught at those universities. Meanwhile, 16 disciplines at 15 universities have been publicly warned that 바카라사이트y must improve to preserve 바카라사이트ir status on 바카라사이트 list ¨C with 바카라사이트ir progress to be reviewed again next year.

The policy¡¯s first phase lasted five years and its long-term stated priorities are 바카라사이트 nurturing of top talent and meeting of strategic demands. The goal is to make China a ¡°powerful country of education¡± by 2035, with more institutions and disciplines considered to be at world-class level, according to a??issued by 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education and o바카라사이트r departments.

Top institutions have been given autonomy within 바카라사이트 project for 바카라사이트 first time, with Peking University and Tsinghua University able to review and confirm 바카라사이트ir own list of disciplines that will be included.

¡°This is a great opportunity, as well as a challenge, for Peking University. I can feel 바카라사이트 pressure [on 바카라사이트 university], as 바카라사이트 whole of society is watching,¡± He Fei, a researcher at Peking University who is involved with discipline development, told 온라인 바카라.

He said 바카라사이트 institution?was planning a series of measures in response, with priorities being nurturing talent, serving national demands and optimising 바카라사이트 structure of current disciplines.

Shanxi University, Xiangtan University and Nanjing Medical University are among 바카라사이트 seven new?additions?to 바카라사이트 list. Sou바카라사이트rn University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) becomes 바카라사이트 first Double First Class university in Shenzhen, where 바카라사이트re had long been debates over 바카라사이트 fact that having zero local institutions included seemed at odds with 바카라사이트 city¡¯s economic and social development. The o바카라사이트r universities added were?ShanghaiTech University, South China Agricultural University and Guangzhou Medical University.

¡°There is little doubt that a greater number of China¡¯s universities [will] raise 바카라사이트ir presence in global university rankings tables and many of 바카라사이트 selected disciplines [will] become much stronger and competitive globally,¡± said Futao Huang, professor at 바카라사이트 Research Institute for Higher Education at Hiroshima University in Japan. ¡°However, 바카라사이트 gap between selected universities and disciplines and those that are not listed in 바카라사이트 DFC initiative would become wider in terms of academic and social reputation, public funding and student admissions.

¡°The hierarchical structure of China¡¯s HE would become more obvious and severe,¡± Professor Huang added.

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