Recently, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the 2023 University Discipline Assessment, and a total of 11 universities ranked their disciplines in A+ grades.
These universities cover a wide range of subject areas, including Chinese history, mathematics, control science and engineering, and stomatology.
So, how exactly do these A+ level disciplines make it to this?
Is hard power or soft power more important?
A+ universities have a limited number of subjects, but they have distinct advantages.
These disciplines have a high reputation and influence at home and abroad, and are of great significance to talent training, academic research and social service.
However, while the subjects were rated A+, four universities were ranked A-, four universities were A-rated and three were B+.
Among these disciplines, hard power such as theoretical economics, aeronautics and astronautics science and technology, information and communication engineering and other disciplines can be said to have a world-class level, while soft power such as language and literature, management science and engineering and other disciplines should not be underestimated.
It is worth mentioning that among the universities that evaluate the subject A+, we can see some comprehensive universities and professional universities, which not only reflects the comprehensive advantages of comprehensive universities, but also proves the professional advantages of professional universities in certain subject areas.
Through the analysis of the evaluation results of these disciplines, it is not difficult to find that in the evaluation of discipline upgrading, not only hard power, but also soft power plays an important role.
In terms of discipline construction, hard power is the key, which can represent the academic level and research strength of the discipline, while soft power determines the comprehensive strength and social influence of the discipline.
In the future construction of disciplines, universities need to continuously improve the hard power level of disciplines, and at the same time, they also need to pay attention to improving soft power, improve the comprehensive strength of disciplines, and make greater contributions to cultivating more and better talents for society and the country.
No matter which subject field it is in, only by applying both hard and soft can the discipline obtain better results in the evaluation and lay a more solid foundation for the upgrading and development of the discipline.