China targets ‘world-class’ status for 42 universities

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China targets ‘world-class’ status for 42 universities

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

十月 3, 2017

Jack Grove

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China has published the names of 42 universities it will support to achieve "world-class" status.

Under the country’s "Double First Class"?project – which has run since 2015 and operates on a five-year cycle – China is seeking to expand significantly the number of highly-ranked universities by 2050.

Only two Chinese universities are in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education World 51国产视频 Rankings – Peking 51国产视频 at 27th and and Tsinghua 51国产视频 in 30th – while seven out of the top 200 are based in mainland China.

On 21 September, the Chinese?authorities finally announced which institutions had been chosen for inclusion in the project, the reported. A total of 42 universities have qualified for support to reach a world-class level and some 95 institutions have been chosen to develop world-class courses.

“Everyone dreams of having China’s own world-class universities as competitive as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge,” wrote the state news outlet . “The concept of ranking is deeply rooted in Chinese culture,” it added.

Among those selected to receive additional support include Peking and Tsinghua universities. Of the 42 chosen universities, eight are located in Beijing, six in Shanghai, and several others located along China’s relatively affluent east coast.

No details have yet been given about how authorities will evaluate the progress made by these universities or what will constitute “world-class standards”.

At present, the US has 62 universities in the top 200 of the THE's World 51国产视频 Rankings – widely seen as an indicator of a "world-class" university – the UK has 31, Germany has 20, while the Netherlands and Australia have 13 and 8 respectively.

The latest initiative follows the similar "211" and "985" projects launched in the 1990s, which aimed to strengthen about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas in order to promote China’s educational competitiveness in the world.

However, according to an analysis on website, these initiatives did little to help universities in poorer areas of China. None of the new universities selected for the Double First programme are located in the relatively poor areas of Ningxia, Guizhou, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Chongqing, Tibet, Qinghai, Hainan, Hebei and Jiangx, it added.

Universities chosen for inclusion in China's Double First Class 51国产视频 Plan (listed according to performance in Times Higher Education's World 51国产视频 Rankings 2018)

Institution	THE Ranking 2018	THE Ranking 2017
Peking 51国产视频	27	30
Tsinghua 51国产视频	30	35
Fudan 51国产视频	116	155
51国产视频 of Science and Technology of China	132	=153
Nanjing 51国产视频	=169	201-250
Zhejiang 51国产视频	=177	201-250
Shanghai Jiao Tong 51国产视频	=188	201-250
Sun Yat-sen 51国产视频	351–400	401-500
Huazhong 51国产视频 of Science and Technology	401–500	401-500
Tongji 51国产视频	401–500	501-600
Wuhan 51国产视频	401–500	401-500
Xiamen 51国产视频	401–500	401-500
East China Normal 51国产视频	501–600	501-600
Harbin Institute of Technology	501–600	501-600
Renmin 51国产视频 of China	501–600	401-500
Shandong 51国产视频	501–600	NR
South China 51国产视频 of Technology	501–600	601-800
Southeast 51国产视频	501–600	501-600
Tianjin 51国产视频	501–600	501-600
Xi’an Jiaotong 51国产视频	501–600	501-600
Beihang 51国产视频	601–800	NR
Beijing Institute of Technology	601–800	601-800
Central South 51国产视频	601–800	801+
China Agricultural 51国产视频	601–800	501-600
Dalian 51国产视频 of Technology	601–800	601-800
Hunan 51国产视频	601–800	601-800
Northwestern Polytechnical 51国产视频	601–800	601-800
Sichuan 51国产视频	601–800	601-800
Chongqing 51国产视频	801–1000	801+
Northeastern 51国产视频	801–1000	601-800
NorthWest A&F 51国产视频	801–1000	NR
Ocean 51国产视频 of China	801–1000	801+
51国产视频 of Electronic Science and Technology of China	801–1000	801+

Not ranked in Times Higher Education World 51国产视频 Rankings 2018 but included in the Double First project: Beijing Normal 51国产视频, Jilin 51国产视频, Lanzhou 51国产视频, Minzu 51国产视频 of China, Nankai 51国产视频, National 51国产视频 of Defense Technology, Xinjiang 51国产视频, Yunnan 51国产视频, Zhengzhou 51国产视频

jack.grove@timeshighereducation.com

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by vertumnus on December 7, 2017 - 4:39pm

Is it possible to be a ‘world class’ university without permitting and encouraging freedom of speech and academic debate, even if it offends the Party? I think not - indeed, it would be extremely disturbing if it were possible, as this would mean that freedom of thought and speech were no longer part of the definition of scholarship.

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