Everyone knows about the idol trainee draft "101", so do you know about the "101 Plan", which has been very popular recently, and does it have any impact on our choice of graduate school?
Plan 101
On April 19, the Ministry of Education deployed the "101 Plan" for basic disciplines, which is a new practice of higher education teaching reform. The "101 Plan" is a foundational project for the cultivation of top-notch innovative talents, and the key tasks are to build a number of first-class core courses with high-level, innovative and challenging degrees, a number of first-class core teaching materials that reflect the international academic frontier with Chinese characteristics, a first-class teaching team and a number of first-class practical projects that integrate science and education, industry and education.
In December 2021, the pilot work was first launched in the computer field. This plan was proposed by Professor John Hopcroft, winner of the Turing Award, coordinated by the Ministry of Education, and led by the Department of Higher Education.
On this basis, in April 2023, the Ministry of Education launched the "101 Plan" in eight fields, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, basic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, economics, and philosophy, which is the "101 Plan" of basic disciplines.
Then, the first batch of pilot universities selected for the "101 Plan" include 33 universities for the construction of top-notch student training bases for basic computer disciplines.
Most of them are former 985 universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, etc. In addition, some of the original 211 universities with distinctive characteristics have also been selected into the first batch of pilot lists, such as Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing Jiaotong University, Xidian University, etc.
Compared with the double first-class, the threshold of the 101 plan is higher, and there are 2 985 universities that unfortunately failed to be selected, namely Northeastern University and Minzu University of China.
According to the information disclosed by the 101 plan work platform, at present, a total of 77 colleges and universities are involved in the nine basic disciplines, and Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Sun Yat-sen University and other schools have been selected for 7 or more disciplines, almost all of them participated, and Shenzhen University, as a double-non university, also participated in the construction of mathematics discipline.
The impact of the "101 Plan" on the choice of graduate schools
Recently, the topic of #教育部新出台的101计划会逐渐代替985 and 211#has caused widespread heated discussions among netizens!
"985, 211" is a clear classification of universities. The "985 Project" and the "211 Project" are key projects with the main goal of promoting the construction of first-class universities and disciplines, aiming to cultivate top-notch innovative talents and enhance the international influence of China's higher education. They focus on the construction of a small number of key colleges and universities, and improve the overall level of education and international competitiveness of these schools by pooling resources.
"101" is more about dividing the original strong schools into disciplines. The "101 Plan" is a foundational project aimed at cultivating top-notch innovative talents, and pays more attention to the comprehensive development of disciplines and the improvement of innovation capabilities. The goal of this plan is to promote the overall strength and international competitiveness of China's higher education, not just the construction of a few key universities.
For graduate students, the implementation of the "101 Plan" has undoubtedly become an important reference for a new round of school selection. The universities selected for the "101 Plan" are at the forefront of the corresponding strong disciplines, with high-quality faculty and teaching resources. For students with strong professional discipline attributes, they can refer to the list of corresponding leading universities of the nine basic disciplines of the "101 Plan" to choose a school.
The leading universities corresponding to the disciplines can click on the following website to inquire: https://101.pku.edu.cn/index
However, when choosing a school, you can't just stare at the label of "101 Plan". After all, each school is different in terms of professional characteristics, faculty, teaching quality, etc. It is also necessary to consider the region, interests, comprehensive strength of the institution, employment, etc. according to the individual's future development plan.
In addition, the "101 Plan" is a dynamic process. With the in-depth implementation and promotion of the plan, more universities and disciplines will join this plan in the future. Therefore, you can keep an eye on the "101 Plan" and keep abreast of the latest policy developments and the development of universities, so as to make more appropriate choices.