After the college entrance examination, the choice of institution and major has become the top priority for candidates and parents.
According to the "Baidu Hot Search 2023 College Entrance Examination Big Data" released in early June, among the top ten hot majors this year, aerospace engineering, agricultural engineering, calligraphy, flight technology, data science and big data, business administration, artificial intelligence, animal medicine, computer science and technology, and Internet of Things engineering have gained strong momentum, and the search popularity has soared all the way and has become a hot major that has attracted much attention.
So, among these popular majors, what are the "powerful" universities that can be the first choice for candidates? On June 15, the 2023 Ranking of Chinese Universities by Subject was officially released. This article extracts the universities with the above "Top Ten Popular Majors" ranking level of A+, so as to show the majority of candidates and parents the construction style and hard verification power of the strongest universities in these popular majors!
Chasing dreams of blue sky, space flight professional popularity is high
The starry sky is vast and the exploration is endless. On May 30, the launch of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft was a complete success, marking the rapid growth of the mainland's space strength and the acceleration of the great "dream of a space power". The prosperity of the domestic aerospace industry has ignited the "blue sky dream" of many students, so aerospace engineering, flight technology and other majors have become undergraduate majors with high attention in the volunteer filling stage.
The goal of aerospace engineering is to cultivate senior talents with solid basic theories such as mathematics, physics, mechanics, and computers, mastering multidisciplinary knowledge in the field of aerospace, having good comprehensive ability and innovative awareness, and being able to engage in aerospace vehicle general, structure and system design. In the 2023 Ranking of Chinese Universities by Academic Discipline - Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University and Beihang University were rated A+ for their outstanding professional strength.
Tsinghua University, which has the top professional comprehensive strength, also leads the group in the field of aeronautics and aeronautics. From the Tsinghua Aeronautics Department founded in 1938 to the Tsinghua Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which is now aiming at the sky, a large number of outstanding talents such as Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng have come out of here and made important contributions to the vigorous development of mainland aviation science and technology. As a top domestic and international first-class aerospace university, Beihang University has many ace majors in the field of aeronautics and aeronautics, in addition to aerospace engineering, Beihang Airlines' aircraft design and engineering, aircraft power engineering, aircraft environment and life support engineering, aircraft quality and reliability, aircraft airworthiness technology, aircraft control and information engineering, unmanned aerial vehicle system engineering and other majors have also been rated A+, many of which rank first in the country, and the level of professional construction is second to none. Gui Haichao, one of the new third batch of astronauts and the continent's first payload expert, is a professor of Beihang Airlines.
The flight technology major aims to cultivate senior flight technical talents with knowledge of aerodynamics, flight mechanics, flight performance and control principles, who can engage in civil aviation flight piloting in civil airlines, and meet the pilot license standards and operation management of international civil aviation route transport aircraft. In this ranking, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Civil Aviation University of China have outstanding professional standards, and have become the top 2 universities in this major with an A+ rating.
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is one of the first aviation colleges and universities founded by New China. Since its establishment, China Southern Airlines has contributed several firsts to the Republic, including the first unmanned large-scale target aircraft in mainland China, the first unmanned nuclear test sampler, the first unmanned plateau unmanned aircraft, the first unmanned helicopter, and the first micro aerial vehicle. In addition to flight technology, China Southern Airlines' A+ professional unmanned aerial vehicle system engineering and aircraft airworthiness technology are also among the best in China, which shows its strength. The training of flight talents by Civil Aviation University of China is synchronized with the growth of civil aviation in China, and its educational history can be traced back to the 50s of last century. In 2020, the flight technology major of the university was approved as a national first-class undergraduate major construction point.
The policy is favorable, and the medical and agricultural profession is taking off
The 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-term Objectives for 2035 put forward that the training of talents in short supply in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine should be strengthened. At present, with the step-by-step implementation of various favorable policies and the comprehensive development of the construction of new agricultural science and new medical science, agricultural engineering, veterinary medicine and other agriculture-related and medical majors, as rigid majors for social development, have a continuous good prospect and have won the favor of many candidates.
In this ranking of agricultural engineering majors, China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University showed strong strength in agronomy with A+ ratings. In the ranking of veterinary medicine, China Agricultural University continued to show its strength, ranking first in China; Huazhong Agricultural University followed closely behind, ranking in the TOP2.
As a research university featuring agronomy, life science, agricultural engineering and food science, China Agricultural University has a number of champion majors in the fields of agricultural engineering and veterinary medicine, such as agricultural mechanization and automation, agricultural building environment and energy engineering, agricultural water conservancy engineering, land consolidation engineering, agricultural intelligent equipment engineering, Chinese veterinary medicine, veterinary public health and other majors ranked first in China, and its strength is quite strong.
Zhejiang University, which has outstanding comprehensive professional advantages, has been selected as a national first-class undergraduate major construction point for undergraduate engineering, and the School of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science of the university has won one first prize and one second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, and has established 3 national excellent courses and 1 national excellent video open course. "Recruit aspiring agricultural scholars to study and study the science of planting and animal husbandry." The undergraduate major of veterinary medicine of Huazhong Agricultural University is a national characteristic major and a brand major in Hubei Province, and was selected as the first batch of national first-class professional construction sites. The College of Animal Science and Technology and the College of Veterinary Medicine of the university have strong scientific research strength and fruitful results. Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the cumulative scientific research funds have exceeded 1 billion yuan, and more than 350 SCI scientific research papers (nearly 30 high-level papers) have been published every year, and won a number of national awards.
AI is menacing, and computer majors are hot
With the successive release of large models such as ChatGPT and GPT-4, the progress and application of artificial intelligence technology have become the focus of attention, and more and more people have begun to pay attention to AI technology and basic programming capabilities. Therefore, the popularity of computer/electronic information majors such as data science and big data, artificial intelligence, computer science and technology, and Internet of Things engineering is on the rise.
According to the results of the 2023 Ranking of Chinese Universities by Major, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, and Tongji University occupy the top 3 majors in data science and big data. In addition, Peking University, Chinese Minmin University, Fudan University, Central South University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Xidian University, East China Normal University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shandong University and many other universities were rated A+.
The top three universities in artificial intelligence are Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University, in addition, Xidian University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology of China, Harbin Institute of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Southeast University and other universities also received A+.
With more than 900 universities, computer science and technology majors are highly competitive. Tsinghua University, Peking University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, and University of Science and Technology of China are leading in strength and occupy the TOP5. In addition, the A+ universities include Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Tongji University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beihang University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Wuhan University, Xidian University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Southeast University, and South China University of Technology.
Among the Internet of Things engineering majors, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Southeast University, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications ranked among the top 5. In addition, 6 universities including Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xidian University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Hunan University and Northeastern University were rated A+.
Taking Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has a number of computer ace majors, as an example, the School of Computer Science has four undergraduate majors: Computer Science and Technology, Internet of Things Engineering, Data Science and Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. The college compiled and published the first textbooks "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" and "Digital Image Processing" in mainland China, built 3 provincial teaching teams, and 6 national and provincial excellent courses such as "Operating System", and won the national teaching achievement award. The School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology takes cultivating first-class talents and dedicating cutting-edge research results as its own responsibility, and aims to build an international first-class discipline in the field of artificial intelligence and automation to serve the national construction and development. In the past five years, the college has undertaken more than 160 major national projects such as national major special projects, national key R&D plan projects, and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including 12 10-million-level projects; There are more than 900 pre-research, provincial and ministerial level scientific research and horizontal projects, with a scientific research fund of 850 million yuan. He led the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award and 9 first prizes of provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.
The popularity of the old business administration has not decreased, and the characteristic calligraphy is favored
As an established major, business administration has always been a popular candidate for the exam. In this ranking, Chinese Minmin University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing University, Xiamen University, Nankai University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, Peking University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University demonstrated their professional strength and were rated A+.
A century of business began in Shanghai. As a leading domestic business school that has passed the international accreditation of China High-quality MBA Education (CAMEA), AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, the Business School of SUFE has cultivated a group of business elites for the country, and currently has more than tens of thousands of alumni at home and abroad. The Business School of Sun Yat-sen University is the first School of Humanities and Social Sciences approved by Sun Yat-sen University in Shenzhen Campus in 2021, and has built a complete high-level talent training system from undergraduate to doctorate.
Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters, a treasure of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and carries the profound connotation of Chinese culture. In recent years, in order to further inherit and promote Chinese traditional culture, many colleges and universities have opened calligraphy majors. In the ranking of calligraphy majors, China Academy of Art, Nanjing Academy of the Arts, and Central Academy of Fine Arts lived up to their reputations and won A+.
In 1963, the China Academy of Art set up the first major of calligraphy seal carving; In 2001, the first calligraphy department in China was established. Today, the China Academy of Art has formed a complete teaching system and distinctive teaching characteristics of higher calligraphy education, and has a very wide influence in the field of higher calligraphy education at home and abroad. Since its establishment more than 100 years ago, CAFA has adhered to the concept of "the same origin of calligraphy and painting", and set up special courses in calligraphy in the discipline of Chinese painting, and also set up compulsory courses in the teaching of various art majors. In 2020, the school's calligraphy was selected as a national first-class major.
The professional construction of colleges and universities shoulders the important mission of cultivating tens of millions of senior professionals and a large number of top-notch innovative talents. The professional "hot and cold" is closely related to the level of economic development and technological progress, and the development of the country requires the common progress of various industries and the available talents of all professions. I also hope that candidates will take a long-term view and rationally look at popular majors and unpopular majors.