Focusing on Talent Cultivation and Serving National Needs - Disciplines and majors in universities are moving towards classified development with distinctive features
2023-05-10
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes that cultivating and cultivating a large number of high-quality talents with both morality and talent is a long-term development plan for the country and the nation. Recently, the Ministry of Education and five other departments issued the "Reform Plan for Adjusting and Optimizing the Setting of Disciplines and Majors in General Higher Education" (hereinafter referred to as the "Reform Plan"), promoting the adjustment and optimization of the setting of disciplines and majors. In recent years, what achievements have been made in the construction of disciplines and talents in Chinese universities? How will we further adjust and optimize the structure of disciplines and majors? The reporter interviewed relevant personnel from the Ministry of Education, universities, etc. In the past decade, the total number of undergraduate majors in ordinary universities across the country has been adjusted by nearly 5% annually. In recent years, the adjustment of the disciplinary and professional structure of higher education in China has been deeply promoted. Since 2012, a total of 1 "cross engineering" major category has been approved for undergraduate majors in Chinese universities, and 286 special majors have been added. As of now, the catalog of undergraduate majors includes a total of 792 majors. At present, there are a total of 66000 undergraduate majors in ordinary universities across the country, an increase of 17000 compared to 2012, and nearly 10000 majors have been revoked or suspended, with an annual adjustment rate of nearly 5%. "The relevant person in charge of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education stated that the dynamic adjustment of majors is unprecedented, and the reform of professional structure is characterized by a large number, strong intensity, and high frequency. Firstly, promote universities to actively serve national strategies and the needs of people's livelihoods, and support relevant universities to establish new majors such as energy storage science and engineering, cryptography and technology, pediatrics, biological breeding science, and paleography. The "Strong Foundation Plan" of Tsinghua University has included the major of ancient Chinese calligraphy in its enrollment and training scope. The relevant person in charge of Tsinghua University introduced: "The study of ancient Chinese characters focuses on the fields of oracle bone, bronze ware, bamboo and silk. This major is conducive to strengthening the research strength of ancient Chinese characters in China, cultivating outstanding talents with international perspectives and national sentiments, and making contributions to the inheritance and development of excellent traditional Chinese culture." In response to the strategic needs of ensuring national food security and promoting high-quality agricultural development, China Agricultural University has added a new major in Biological Breeding Science, cultivating emerging agricultural disciplines, actively promoting the supply side reform of agricultural and forestry disciplines, and serving to support agricultural transformation and upgrading and rural revitalization. Secondly, we will deepen the construction of new engineering, new medical, new agriculture, and new humanities, promote interdisciplinary and professional integration, and support relevant universities to add a large number of interdisciplinary and integrated new majors such as future robotics, medical engineering, flexible electronics, biopesticides science and engineering, international organizations, and global governance. Peking University has actively adapted to the trend of industrial development and actively served the strategy of manufacturing power. It has set up the "professional degree of cutting-edge engineering doctor" project, added a first level discipline of integrated circuit science and engineering, and independently set up cross first level disciplines such as artificial intelligence. It has successively set up six colleges, including the Institute of Future Technology, and the Artificial Intelligence Institute, the Energy Institute, the carbon neutrality Institute, the International Machine Learning Research Center Five physical research institutions, including the National Biomedical Imaging Science Center, have achieved a series of breakthrough and innovative results. This year, Southeast University added the Future Robotics major, which is supported by disciplines such as mechanical engineering, control science and engineering, instrument science and technology, and integrates them
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:People's Daily
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