In recent years, with the continuous expansion of domestic universities, the scale of many universities has also become larger and larger. Since the consolidation of universities can achieve the concentration of resources, the benefits of scale expansion to universities are obvious. However, the teaching staff of most colleges and universities has not increased significantly with the expansion of scale, and at the same time, many weak disciplines have been added, which has led to a significant decline in the quality of education. Compared with these universities that take the road of scale, some colleges and universities are unique and have been taking the road of high precision. Today we will focus on a few famous "high-end" universities.
University of Science and Technology of China
The University of Science and Technology of China is located in Hefei, Anhui Province. The University of Science and Technology of China was founded in Beijing in September 1958, and the first president was Guo Moruo; after its establishment, the University of Science and Technology of China implemented the policy of "running the school by the whole college and combining all departments", bringing together a group of famous scientists such as Yan Keats, Hua Luogeng, Qian Xuesen, Zhao Zhongyao, Guo Yonghuai, Zhao Jiuzhang, etc. The school was listed as a national key university in the second year of its establishment; at the beginning of 1970, the school moved to Hefei City, Anhui Province, and began its second entrepreneurship; after 1978, the school founded a junior class, the first graduate school, New measures such as building national large-scale scientific projects and opening up schools to the world have cultivated a large number of high-level outstanding talents with both political integrity and ability, and have achieved a number of original scientific and technological achievements with world-leading levels.
The University of Science and Technology of China is a university directly under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the school has been selected as one of the first batch of universities in the 985 Project and the 211 Project in the country, and is also the only university to participate in the National Knowledge Innovation Project. After years of development, the school has developed into a comprehensive national key university focusing on cutting-edge science and high technology, with medicine, characteristic management and humanities. The school has 8 first-level disciplines of national key disciplines, 4 second-level disciplines of national key disciplines, and 2 national key cultivation disciplines. There are 12 national scientific research institutions, 4 national major scientific and technological infrastructures and 62 provincial and ministerial key scientific research institutions, including the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, the Hefei National Research Center for Physical Science at the Microscale, the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, and the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Detection and Nuclear Electronics.
The strength of the University of Science and Technology of China is in the forefront of the country, but its faculty is only 1/3 of That of Peking University and Tsinghua University, and the strength of the science and engineering departments opened is the top in the country. The university insists on not expanding enrollment, admitting only 1,800 undergraduate students each year, and has been insisting for more than 10 years. This university has been taking the road of high precision, although the number of graduates is small, but the quality is the highest in the country, "one academician of a thousand lives" is its exclusive name. It can be called a representative university of high-end universities.
A view of the campus of the University of Science and Technology of China
Nanjing University
Nanjing University is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Nanjing University was founded in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, and since then it has been renamed Nanjing University in 1950 through the historical periods of Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University, and National Nanjing University. In 1952, in the adjustment of colleges and universities across the country, Nanjing University adjusted some departments such as engineering, agriculture, and teacher training, and merged with the College of Arts and Sciences of Jinling University, which was founded in 1888, and was still named Nanjing University. The school site was moved from the Fourth Arch Building to the original site of the Drum Tower Jinda.
Nanjing University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, and the school has been selected as a national "211 Project, 985 Project and World Class A Construction University". In 2006, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province jointly established Nanjing University. This university is a university that has not been merged in nearly half a century, and it is not easy to achieve today's results. The scale of its science and engineering disciplines is not large, but the strength of all disciplines opened is the top in China. In the 1990s, Nanjing University dominated The Chinese academic community for eight years with a scale of more than 300 professors and 1/5 of Peking University's financial allocations on the international authoritative SCI, which made Peking University, which has more than 1,000 professors, ashamed.
A view of the campus of Nanjing University
Chinese Min University
Chinese University, abbreviated as the "National People's Congress", is located in the capital Beijing. The predecessor of the school was Shaanxi North Public School, which was established in 1937, and later North China Union University and North China University. On December 16, 1949, the Government Council of the Central People's Government adopted the Decision on the Establishment of Chinese Min University. On October 3, 1950, Chinese University, which was established on the basis of North China University, was officially opened, becoming the first new type of regular university founded in New China. In 1954, it was identified as a comprehensive university with social sciences as the main body and the first batch of national key universities; in 1960, it was identified as a comprehensive national key university.
Chinese University is currently a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, and since its establishment, the state has established key universities in the past, and the schools are among them. The school is a key construction university of the national "985 Project" and "211 Project", and was selected as the first batch of national "world-class university A-class construction universities" in 2017. After years of hard work, the school has developed into a comprehensive research national key university focusing on humanities and social sciences. Chinese University is a school that is easily forgotten, mainly in the field of humanities and social sciences, where its dominant disciplines are easily overlooked. The university is small, offering only 38 subjects, but 14 of them are first-class.
A view of the campus of Chinese Min University
Nankai University
Nankai University, abbreviated as "Nankai", is located in Tianjin, an important town in North China. Nankai University was founded by Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling adhering to the concept of education to save the country, which began in 1904 and was founded in 1919. In 1937, the campus was bombed by the Japanese army invading China, and the school moved south. In 1938, it was merged with Peking University and Tsinghua University to form Southwest United University, which was known as the "North Star of The University". In 1946, he returned to Tianjin and re-established it as National Nankai University. After the founding of New China, it underwent the adjustment of higher education departments and became a national key university that attached equal importance to arts and sciences. Since the reform and opening up, Tianjin Institute of Foreign Trade and China Tourism Management Cadre College have been merged successively. Nankai University has been jointly supported by the Ministry of Education and Tianjin Municipality, and has developed into a "one school, three districts" school-running pattern of Balitai Campus, Jinnan Campus and TEDA College.
Nankai University is currently a key university directly under the Ministry of Education, directly under the central government's vice-ministerial system, and the state has established key universities in the past, and the schools are among them. The school is a key construction university of the national "985 Project" and "211 Project", and was selected as the first batch of national "world-class university A-class construction universities" in 2017. After years of hard work, the school has developed into a comprehensive research national key university with equal emphasis on arts and sciences. At its peak, Nankai University and Tsinghua University and Peking University formed the Southwest United University, when Nankai, Tsinghua and Peking University were a grade university. The beloved Premier Zhou once studied here, making Nankai University popular with students. In recent years, the strength of the school has declined, and considering that there are fewer than 1700 full-time teachers, it is not easy to maintain the current high level.
A view of the campus of Nankai University
Discipline construction
The four strong schools have strong teaching force, all have a number of academicians sitting in town, of which the University of Science and Technology of China has the most 55 academicians, which also highlights the super strength of the university's teaching force, the people's congress due to the humanities and social sciences as the mainstay, the academician column vacancy is forgivable; in the construction of the scientific research platform, the University of Science and Technology of China has 2 nuclear bomb-level national laboratories, for the construction of scientific research platforms in four universities as advanced, in the national universities are also among the best, Chinese University is also due to the problem of discipline settings, there is no national-level laboratory; in the discipline construction column, The number of disciplines in the construction of the four universities is not much different, the University of Science and Technology of China Nanjing University and Nankai University focus on science, while the npc is mainly concentrated in humanities, social sciences and management. It shows that the achievements of the discipline construction of the four universities are remarkable and the strength is outstanding.
Comprehensive strength
In summary, we conduct comparative analysis from several dimensions such as discipline construction and university rankings. Referring to the data of the major rankings of Chinese universities, it can be seen that the four universities, as outstanding representatives of China's key universities, have different comprehensive strengths. The University of Science and Technology of China and Nanjing University occupy the top four rankings, showing the leadership position of the two universities in Chinese universities; Chinese University and Nankai University are not much different in rankings of 22nd and 18th respectively, followed by them. Overall, the University of Science and Technology of China and Nanjing University, as outstanding representatives of Chinese universities, C9 members, have high precision in discipline settings; Nankai University has strong strength in science and business, but it is still slightly reduced compared with the status of Southwest United University; Chinese University, as a vanguard university in the field of humanities and social sciences, has led the country in its humanities and social sciences strength.
After years of hard work and unremitting efforts, the disciplinary strength of Chinese universities has become increasingly strong, and the ranking and recognition in the field of science and education in the world have been continuously improved. Only by working together and innovating can Chinese universities represented by the four high-end universities occupy a place in the increasingly competitive field of higher education in the world and make more contributions to China's economic development.