Private higher education is an important part of China's higher education and has played an important role in the popularization of higher education. It is an important force to fully mobilize social capital to participate in the development of higher education and promote the development of higher education in China.
According to the latest list of national colleges and universities released by the Ministry of Education (as of June 15, 2023), there are 2,820 ordinary colleges and universities in the country, including 1,275 undergraduate colleges and 1,545 higher vocational (junior college) colleges, of which 412 are private undergraduate colleges and 350 are private higher vocational (junior college) colleges, which cannot be ignored in the field of higher education.
Many of these universities belong to the same education group, and today we will sort out the situation of these higher education groups.
This sounds like a state-owned company, it is the largest private higher education industry group in China, with 7 undergraduate colleges and universities, including Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong Baiyun University, Haikou University of Economics, Chengdu Jincheng University, Chongqing University of Foreign Languages, Guangzhou Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Yantai University of Science and Technology, and a technician college of Xi'an Railway Technician College.
Its colleges and universities are located in many provinces across the country, with 190,000 students and a total area of more than 120,000 acres.
In recent years, the company has expanded rapidly, incorporated many colleges and universities in the country, and is committed to becoming the largest education industry group in China, with 7 undergraduate colleges and universities, including Hope College of Southwest Jiaotong University, Guizhou Qiannan University of Economics, Guizhou Qiannan Institute of Science and Technology, Jinci College of Shanxi Medical University, Gongqing College of Nanchang University, Yinchuan Energy College, and Entrepreneurship College of Inner Mongolia University.
Private Sichuan Tianyi College, Jinken Vocational and Technical College, Sichuan Culture and Media Vocational College, Sichuan Hope Automobile Vocational College, Guizhou Vocational College of Applied Technology, Nanchang Film and Television Communication Vocational College, Sichuan Top Information Technology Vocational College, Suzhou Top Information Technology Vocational College, Hebi Automotive Engineering Vocational College, Xingtai Applied Technology Vocational College, ** Hope Vocational and Technical College, Guilin Shanshui Vocational College and other 12 private colleges.
The number of colleges and universities is already the largest, but many colleges and universities are not large, with a total of 180,000 students and a total area of about 140,000 acres.
At present, it is mainly operating in the southwest region, with 3 private colleges and universities, including Chongqing College of Humanities and Technology, Dianchi University, and Paisi College of Chongqing Technology and Business University, and 4 higher vocational colleges such as Chongqing Vocational College of Applied Technology, Chongqing Telecom Vocational College, Qufu Far East Vocational and Technical College, and Inner Mongolia Fengzhou Vocational College (Qingcheng Branch).
There are currently 8 students in school50,000 people, with a total area of nearly 5,000 acres.
At present, it is mainly operating in Henan, with 4 undergraduate colleges and universities, including Shangqiu University and Shangqiu University College of Applied Science and Technology, Anyang University, Jingzhou University, Tianping College of Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 5 school-running entities, and 1 higher vocational college of Hubei Health Vocational College.
There are currently 8 students in school50,000 people, with a total area of nearly 10,000 acres. Henan is a large province for the college entrance examination, and the overall number of schools is large.
These private education groups have developed rapidly by virtue of the increase in the number of college entrance examinations in recent years, and often receive the attention of the public because of their high profits.
Under the current system, the diploma of private colleges and universities is relatively cost-effective, and the tuition fee of the same academic qualification is several times that of public institutions, so it is difficult to recruit good students under the same circumstances.
Therefore, the development of private colleges and universities, can not be satisfied with the current status quo, the rapid decline in the number of births, the relatively poor quality of private colleges and universities will be quickly eliminated, private colleges and universities should give full play to the advantages of relative flexibility, in a timely manner according to the needs of economic and social development and the talent market, open up a major that meets the needs of talent training, in order to cultivate better talents.
The future of private education is high-end and internationalization, rather than so many large-scale and featureless universities.