There are two pillars of development and progress in human society, one is the natural sciences and the other is the social sciences. If we insist on dividing priorities, I am afraid that social sciences will be the mainstay, because cultural traditions, ideological concepts, social governance, and mechanism choices play a decisive role in human development. This is off-topic.
Since social science is one of the important pillars of the development of human society, social science also needs to be continuously developed, so social science research has become one of the important tasks of universities.
According to the traditional classification, colleges and universities are generally divided into two categories: liberal arts and engineering, so the traditional liberal arts and engineering schools have been formed. Traditional liberal arts schools include Renmin University, Peking University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Wuhan University, Jilin University, Shandong University, Sichuan University, Lanzhou University, Chinese University, Xiamen University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, etc. So what's going on now?This can take a look at the past 13 years, major colleges and universities have undertaken major national social science projects.
The National Social Science ** is the main channel for funding social science research, which was established in 1986 at the same time as the National Natural Science **, and has formed a corresponding relationship, which shows the importance of the state to it.
There are 23 discipline review groups under the social sciences, including Marxism, scientific socialism, party history and party building, philosophy, theoretical economy, political science, sociology, law, Chinese history, archaeology, Chinese literature, foreign literature, linguistics, demography, statistics, physical education, management, etc., and the scientific research projects are divided into six categories: major projects, annual projects, specially commissioned projects, late-stage funding projects, western projects, and Chinese academic foreign translation projects. It can be seen that major projects are the most eye-catching, and they can also best reflect the talent advantages and scientific research strength of universities.
The list of major projects of the national social sciences in 2023 has been released for publicity. According to the analysis, a total of 317 topics were selected, covering 23 subject areas, and a total of 143 units were approved, including 120 universities.
Judging from the publicity results, the ten universities with the largest number of national social science major projects in 2023 are: Renmin University and Fudan University with 14 each, Nanjing University with 12, Peking University and Wuhan University with 9 each, Xiamen University and Jinan University with 8 each, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, Zhejiang University and Zhongda with 7 each. There are 11 schools in total.
So can it be said that these 11 universities have the strongest social science research capabilities?I'm afraid not. The number of scientific research projects in a year is equivalent to the instantaneous speed of the car on the road, rather than the average speed of a distance, looking at a point, not a process. To observe the social science research ability of colleges and universities, it is necessary to extend the observation period, such as five, eight, and ten years.
Some institutions have counted the data of major national social science projects approved by colleges and universities since 2011. The number of major projects approved in 13 years shows the strength of universities in social science research.
Renmin University is unbeatable, ranking first among the strong social science universities. In the past 13 years, Renmin University has been approved a total of 153 major national social science projects, forming a significant step with the second place, which shows that the status of Renmin University as the first liberal arts school cannot be shaken.
Fudan Wuhan University entered the top three, and Peking University ranked fourth. In people's impression, Peking University ranks first in comprehensive strength and second in liberal arts. However, from the perspective of the major social science projects approved during the 13-year period, it ranks fourth among universities, less than Fudan University's 125, Wuhan University's 115, and only 4 more than Beijing Normal University's 104, which can be said to be on par with Beijing Normal University.
Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University have risen, and Nanda Zhongda Nankai has maintained its advantage. Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University are both traditional strong engineering schools, the former with the help of merger, the latter with the power of resources, the strength of liberal arts has risen rapidly in recent years, and it has become a strong liberal arts school. In the past 13 years, Zhejiang University has been approved for 92 major projects, only 6 fewer than Nanjing University, a traditional liberal arts powerhouse. Tsinghua University has been approved for 88 major projects, two more than Sun Yat-sen University, which is a traditional liberal arts powerhouse. Nankai University and East China Normal University entered the top 10, with 83 and 82 major projects approved, respectively.
Jidashan Dachuan Building was surpassed by Shanghai Jiaotong University. As a traditional strong liberal arts school, Jida University, Shandong University, Sichuan University, and Xiamen University were surpassed by Shanghai Jiaotong University, which should be the result of resource advantages, after all, these universities have far less resources than Shanghai Jiaotong University. In the past 13 years, the number of major social science projects approved by these universities is 73, 66 in Shandong University, 55 in Sichuan University, 55 in Xiamen University, and 53 in Jilin University. A total of 16 universities have been approved for more than 53 major projects, and the distance between them and the 21 major projects is also very large. It can be seen that these schools still maintain the status of strong liberal arts schools.
Among the traditional liberal arts schools, Lanzhou University has indeed declined。During the 13-year period, Lanzhou University has been approved 22 major social science projects, less than 32 of Hunan University, 28 of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 27 of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 24 of ** Minmin University, 23 of Central South University, and only 1 more than Tianjin University. This is closely related to the fact that many years ago, the backbone talents of Lanzhou University were emptied by the eastern universities, but it can also be seen that Lanzhou University has stabilized its position.
Netizens, from the number of major national social science projects approved during the 13-year period, we can indeed get a glimpse of the research strength of social sciences in colleges and universities, which has reference value for applying for graduate students, but the reference value for college entrance examination volunteers is much lower, after all, scientific research strength is not equal to teaching ability and talent training ability. I don't know what you think about this, welcome to leave a message to share.
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