The two eastern coastal 211s are 'aggressive', and the old 985s feel a huge challenge

The two 211 universities introduced by the editor today have developed rapidly in recent years and can be called "aggressive", challenging the old 985 universities. The two universities are Soochow University and Shanghai University.

Soochow University is a university jointly established by the National Defense Science and Industry Administration and Jiangsu Province. Its predecessor was Soochow University, which was founded in 1900 and has a century-old history. Soochow University now has 3 campuses. In terms of ESI performance, a total of 9 disciplines have entered the top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 211 universities. Suzhou City, where Soochow University is located, has a developed economy and beautiful environment, which is very attractive to candidates. Soochow University is known as a talent "digger" on the Internet, and a large number of excellent teachers from 985 colleges and universities have been "poached" to Soochow University, which has caused many colleges and universities to "talk about the changes in Suzhou".

In the past few years, Shanghai University was not well evaluated by the outside world. During the period when Academician Qian Weichang was the president, Shanghai University achieved tremendous development, and at the same time, its social reputation continued to improve. Today's Shanghai University has 7 disciplines ranked in the top 1% of ESI, and 4 national key disciplines. Thanks to Shanghai's strong economic strength, Shanghai University is a municipal 211 university in Shanghai. Shanghai University has received more "care" and will develop faster in the double-first-class era.

The above two universities are also recognized as fast-growing universities in China. It can be seen that the development of a university has a great relationship with the local economy. Soochow University and Shanghai University are both local institutions, which can be called the "facade" of the city. With strong local support, these two universities quickly became the "leader" of 211 University.

But the rise of some universities is also accompanied by the decline of some universities. At the same time, many universities in the west are facing the crisis of brain drain, so that the Ministry of Education issued a statement that it is not encouraged or recommended that universities in the east should not introduce talents from universities in the west. How to balance the development of colleges and universities in the east and west is really a big problem.