Recently, with the announcement of the 2024 budget on the official website of mainland universities, the budget of the vast majority of colleges and universities for 2024 education funds has been very clear. It should be said that since the 985 Project University and the top 211 Project University are generally universities directly under the Ministry of Education, or directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the total funding of these universities is relatively high.
Among them, the budgets of Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University both exceed 30 billion. The budgets of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peking University have exceeded 20 billion. Six universities, including Harbin Institute of Technology, Fudan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Tongji University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Southeast University, have budgets of more than 15 billion.
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Wuhan University, Shandong University, University of Science and Technology of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Nanjing University, South China University of Technology, Sichuan University, Xiamen University, Beijing Normal University, Central South University, Jilin University, Dalian University of Technology and other 15 universities, the budget for 2024 will exceed 10 billion yuan.
There are 25 colleges and universities with a budget of more than 10 billion yuan. There are 32 colleges and universities with a budget of less than 10 billion yuan but more than 5 billion yuan. Although some universities, such as Tsinghua University, Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University, Shandong University, South China University of Technology, Sichuan University, Central South University and other universities, have seen a decline in their budgets in 2024, on the whole, the general trend of mainland university budgets is increasing.
Of course, if university funding is averaged out to each person based on the number of students at each institution, this ranking will change again. Among them, the per capita funding of Tsinghua University is 636,100 yuan, ranking first among universities in the country. The per capita funding of Beijing college students is 627,300 yuan, ranking second among universities in the country. Tsinghua University and Peking University will both have an average student funding of more than 600,000 yuan in 2024, which is the only two universities in the country.
The per capita funding of Shanghai Jiao Tong University students is 582,400 yuan, ranking third among universities in China. The per capita funding of students in Southern Science and Technology is 535,900 yuan, ranking fourth among universities in the country. SUSTech has a surprisingly high ranking in per student funding.
You must know that the budget of Southern University of Science and Technology in 2024 is 5.948 billion, ranking 49th among universities in the country. However, the Southern University of Science and Technology and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences are similar to the University of Science and Technology of China, taking the road of "high-quality education", and the number of students in the school is small, so the per capita budget ranking of students has entered the top five in the country.
The per capita funding of Zhejiang college students is 520,800 yuan, ranking fifth among universities in the country. Zhejiang University, Southern University of Science and Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University all have more than 500,000 yuan per student.
The per capita funding of Southeast University students is 443,000 yuan, ranking sixth among universities in the country. The per capita funding of Xi'an Jiaotong students is 422,500 yuan, ranking seventh among universities in the country. The per capita funding of Tongji college students is 418,800 yuan, ranking eighth among universities in China.
The per capita funding of Beijing Institute of Technology is 400,300 yuan, ranking ninth among universities in China. The average student funding of the above four universities in 2024 exceeds 400,000 yuan.
There are also 8 universities with an average student funding of more than 300,000 yuan, including Beijing Institute of Technology, Nanjing University, Beijing Normal University, Chinese Renmin University, Fudan University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University and China Agricultural University. Due to the large number of graduate students in the University of Science and Technology of China, the per capita funding of students in the University of Science and Technology of China did not enter the top 50.
We can see that Nanjing University ranks 11th in the country in terms of budget in 2024, Fudan University ranks 14th in the country, Harbin Institute of Technology ranks 15th in the country, plus the University of Science and Technology of China, a total of 4 C9 universities have not entered the top 10 in the country.
What is the performance of Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the "Gemini constellations of top universities" in Hubei Province? You must know that Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology are basically among the top 10 in the national rankings of Chinese universities.
However, in terms of the total per capita funding for students, Wuhan University will have an average funding of 242,600 yuan in 2024, ranking 25th among universities in the country. Huazhong University of Science and Technology will have an average funding of 222,500 yuan per student in 2024, ranking 29th among universities in the country and not entering the top 20 in the country.
From the perspective of non-985 project universities and non-211 project universities, in addition to the fourth place of Southern University of Science and Technology, the total funding of Shenzhen University is 7.246 billion yuan, ranking 40th among universities in the country. The per capita funding of Shenzhen University is 162,600 yuan, ranking 44th among universities in the country and ranking first among the "four non-universities".
The per capita funding of Shenzhen college students exceeds that of 985 Project Universities and 211 Project Universities such as University of Science and Technology of China, Northeastern University, Jilin University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Suzhou University, Wuhan University of Technology, Southwest University, etc., and its strong economic strength can be seen from this.
Tsinghua University, Peking University and other 985 project universities, the per capita funding of college students leads a new chapter in education
With the news that the average student funding of Tsinghua University in 2024 will reach 636,100 yuan, and the average funding of Beijing university students will be 627,300 yuan, the two top universities have once again become the focus of public attention. Such a high per capita funding not only demonstrates the importance that the state attaches to higher education, but also injects a strong impetus into the development of the two universities. So, what are the advantages and benefits of the high per capita funding for college students?
First, the high per capita funding provides a solid material foundation for the teaching and scientific research of the two universities.
Sufficient funding means that the school can introduce more excellent teachers, purchase advanced instruments and equipment, and provide students with better educational resources. This will not only help improve the quality of teaching, but also stimulate students' interest in scientific research and cultivate more innovative talents.
Second, the high per capita funding helps to promote the internationalization process of the school.
With the deepening of globalization, the internationalization of higher education has become an irreversible trend. The high per capita funding enables the two universities to carry out more extensive exchanges and cooperation with internationally renowned universities, attract more outstanding overseas scholars and students to come for exchange and study, and thus enhance the international influence of the universities.
Third, the high per capita funding can also provide a strong guarantee for the university's scientific research and innovation.
Scientific research often requires a large amount of capital investment, especially in the field of basic research and frontier exploration. The high per capita funding provides sufficient financial support for the research teams of the two universities, enabling them to climb the peak of science and produce more high-level scientific research results.
We hope that the mainland's high-level universities will be able to make good use of every penny and contribute their due strength to the country's high-tech development, the improvement of the quality of education and teaching, and the cultivation of talents.