Changing Chinese Education and Collaboration between Chinese and UK Educational Institutions

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Changing Chinese Education and Collaboration
between Chinese and UK Educational Institutions

• Dr. Hu Zhengrong
• Vice President
• Communication University of China

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1, Changes in Chinese Higher Education

• A, Expansion of Scale, Increasing of the number
  of the universities and students.
• In 1990s, the top priority of education of
  the administration of Premier Zhu Rongji was to
  build more comprehensive universities.

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• The specialist universities were either
  merging to form comprehensive universities, which
  were either under the supervision of MOE, or
  transferred supervision to the respective local
  governments.

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• Number of University and college
• 1100 (1998) 1909
  (2007)

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• Number of undergraduate university students (4
  2 years)
• 3.40 million (1998)
• 4.13 million (1999)
• 5.56 million (2000)
• 7.19 million (2001)
• 9.03 million (2002)
• 11.08 million (2003)
• 13.33 million (2004)
• 15.61 million (2005)
• 20.00 million (2010)

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• The rate of enrollment
• 8 (1998)
• 21 (2005)
• 25 (2010)

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• B, To build up Universities of Excellence with
  priority funding from government
• Since the mid 1990s, two state program described
  as pivotal in modernizing and enhancing the
  quality of higher education have been introduced
  Project 211 and Project 985.

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• Project 211literally means to build 100 top
  universities in the 21st century. The project
  was established in 1995, and aims to build
  hundreds of first class universities and a number
  of key fields of study for the 21st century. It
  is a project that deliberately concentrates
  larges sums of money to provide high-level
  institutions.

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• Project 985 was launched in May 1998, which is
  intended to develop world-class universities and
  world-famous research universities. It was
  created to concentrate high-level funding on a
  much smaller number of top universities. This
  project currently involves 38 institutions.
• Some specialist universities will be listed
  into Project 985 like geology, mining, petroleum,
  communication

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• C, To focus on quality, uniqueness, governance
  emphasize diversity
• Opinions of the Ministry of Education the
  Ministry of Finance on the Implementation of
  Project of Quality and Reform of Undergraduates
  in Higher Schools. (January 22, 2007)

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• For the current administration of Premier Wen
  Jiabao, the world-class universities are still
  the priority meanwhile, the government also
  emphasizes the diversity of universities. The
  specialist universities regained favor with their
  featured disciplines and majors.

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• 2, Innovative State Innovative Higher
  Education
• A, Innovative State
• Originality
• Creativity

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• During the the next 20 years, China will face a
  major restructure of economy. The current
  dominating labor-intensive development model will
  change into a technology and capital-intensive
  one, and that requires more management personnel,
  and specialists who are competent in the related
  economic sectors.
• China is in need of state-of-the-art technology
  and talents. 

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• B, Innovative higher education provides creative
  human resources.
• New labor force graduated from higher
  education
• 7 (2007)
  10 (2010)
• Project of Quality (2007)
• Programs broadening
• Modules reform
• Flexibility to meet student personality

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• Project of University Students Innovative
  Practice (2007)
• internship enhancement
• practice improvement

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3. International Collaboration

• China has a huge education market for there are
  tens of millions of school-aged youngsters need a
  place to get higher education.
• 10 million students applying for home
  universities
• (2007-2010)
• 100 thousand students applying for
  oversea universities
• (2002-present)

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• The ideal partners for educational collaboration
  are top class comprehensive universities around
  the world.
• Universities with top class disciplines and
  majors, and the specialist universities are
  welcome too.
• The successful international cooperation for
  Chinese universities means the similar
  disciplines in the first place.

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4. Sino-UK Educational Collaboration

• A, UK is one of the favorite destinations of
  Chinese students when they decide to pursue their
  studies abroad.
• The studying-abroad Chinese students with
  master degrees, who come back to China after
  their graduation, are mostly from UK, Japan.

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• B, Studying in and with UK higher education will
  still be increasing.
• Going to UK many potential students
• Studying with UK higher education in China

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• C, Some noteworthy phenomenon
• Since 2005, the number of students going to
  study abroad is dropping.
• -- the number of Chinese students to UK
  for bachelor degree dropped 35 (2006)

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• Moving from low end ( bachelor) to high end
  (master, doctorate).
• The studying-abroad Chinese students with
  doctor degrees, who come back to China after
  their graduation, are mostly from Japan, the USA
  and Germany.

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• Chinese students, who hope to study abroad, have
  more options.
• West and North Europe
• Australia, New Zealand
• Canada

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• Little opportunity of internship, job for Chinese
  students.
• Qualities of students, and education

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• The number of students ready for higher education
  will drop from 2008 on, very sharply down in 2013
  or so.

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• Thank You!