42 universities listed in the list of 42 double top universities in China
4hw.org: some time ago, there was a rumor on the Internet that the Ministry of education would release the list of 42 "double first-class" universities in China by the end of August. The Ministry of education responded to this, and the list of "double first-class" universities also entered the countdown. Let's take a look at the 42 "double top" universities in China.
Just before the Ministry of Education announced the official list of "double first-class" universities, recently, Xinjiang Daily revealed in a low-key way that Xinjiang University was listed by the Ministry of education as one of the 42 "world-class universities" in the national "double first-class" construction strategic layout in June this year.
On August 13, Xinjiang Autonomous Region President xuekelaiti & middot; zaker came to the new campus of Xinjiang University for field investigation, Xinjiang Daily reported. At the symposium that followed, schekletti zaker revealed that "in June this year, Xinjiang University has been listed by the Ministry of education as one of the 42" world-class universities "in the national" double first class "construction strategic layout. '
The above report confirmed that the number of 42 "double first-class" universities that had been spread online before was true, and Xinjiang University has also been listed among them.
Previously, on June 16 this year, in response to the rumor that "42" double first-class "universities were published on the Internet, and the list of world-class universities", the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of education didn't directly deny it when responding to the Beijing Youth Daily, but said that the work related to the construction of "double first-class" was still in the process of promotion, and the final list was to be officially announced around the end of August.
It is worth mentioning that on June 16, the official micro blog of the Ministry of education, Weiyan education, also forwarded the above micro blog of Beijing Youth Daily about proving to the Ministry of education.
In addition to Xinjiang University, which has been listed by the Ministry of education as one of the 42 "world-class universities" in the national "double first-class" construction strategic layout in June this year, Sichuan University and University of Electronic Science and technology have been selected into the list of world-class universities to be built, and other information has also been disclosed through the media recently.
Sichuan University and University of Electronic Science and technology have been selected into the list of world-class universities to be built, and Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest University of Finance and economics, Southwest University of petroleum, Chengdu University of science and technology, Sichuan Agricultural University and Chengdu University of traditional Chinese medicine have been selected into the list of world-class universities to be built.
The construction of "double first class" is another national strategy in the field of higher education in China after the 211 project and 985 project. According to Chen Baosheng, Minister of education, the "double first-class" construction is not a copy of the 211 project or the 985 project, nor an upgraded version, nor a copycat version. It is a new plan.
In October 2015, the "overall plan for promoting the construction of world-class universities and disciplines" released by the State Council proposed to accelerate the construction of a number of world-class universities and disciplines.
Subsequently, in February 2016, the Ministry of Education issued the "key points of work of the Ministry of education in 2016" clearly requires to speed up the construction of "double first class".
In January 2017, the measures for the implementation of promoting the construction of world-class universities and disciplines (Provisional) jointly issued by the Ministry of education, the Ministry of Finance and the national development and Reform Commission clearly pointed out that the construction of "double first-class" will be carried out every five years, and a new round of construction will start in 2016. The total amount control, open competition and dynamic adjustment are carried out in the construction of colleges and universities. '
In addition, the above implementation measures also pointed out that "a world-class university and a first-class discipline construction expert committee shall be established, which shall be composed of relevant government departments, universities, scientific research institutions and industrial organizations. According to the requirements of the overall plan and these measures, the expert committee takes the evaluation of disciplines with Chinese characteristics as the main basis, with reference to the relevant international evaluation factors, integrates the conditions of running a university, the level of disciplines, the quality of running a university, the main contributions, the international influence and other situations, as well as the opinions of the competent departments of the University, and demonstrates and determines the recognition standards of the first-class university and the first-class discipline construction university. A list of universities to be built will be selected by the expert committee according to the accreditation criteria, and suggestions will be put forward. The Ministry of education, the Ministry of Finance and the development and Reform Commission shall consider and determine the list of proposals. '
During the national two sessions in 2017, Chen Baosheng, Minister of education, said in response to the relevant questions of "double first class", that "up to now, the top-level design, supporting system, work scheme, selection standard, selection organization and work procedure of double first class construction have all been equipped with & hellip; & hellip; we are currently setting up an expert committee to determine the standard for selection on the basis of the expert committee and strive for In the first half of the year, the program was completed and the list of the first batch of schools and disciplines to be built was released. '
Top 500 universities in China's 57 universities in the world
On the morning of the 15th, the World University Academic Ranking (ARWU), one of the four ranking systems of the world's top universities, released the 15th edition of 2017's list, ranking 500 research universities in various countries and regions. A total of 45 universities in mainland China have been shortlisted in the top 500 of the world, while 12 universities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan of China have been listed. The total number continues to increase, accounting for 11.4%.
Of course, the proportion of universities in the English speaking world in the top 500 is still dominant. Among the top 20 universities in the world, American and British universities occupy 19 seats and maintain a leading position. Among the universities in the Asia Pacific region, Tokyo University and Kyoto University ranked the best, ranking 24 and 35 respectively. In contrast, Tsinghua University has entered the top 50 for the first time this year, and Peking University is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, still ranking the highest in China.