A strong province of higher education that cannot be ignored, with 5 211 universities and 8 double first-class universities
When it comes to higher education provinces, in addition to Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei, Shaanxi and Jiangsu, there is another province that cannot be ignored. There are 5 211 universities and 8 double first-class universities in the province. This province is Sichuan Province.
Most of the colleges and universities in Sichuan Province are located in Chengdu, the provincial capital. The five 211 universities in the province are Sichuan University (985), University of Electronic Science and Technology (985), Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics and Sichuan Agricultural University. In addition to the five 211 universities, there are also Chengdu University of Technology, Southwest Petroleum University and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
These three double-first-class universities in Sichuan Province are not 211, but in this double-first-class selection, there are three double-non-university universities in Sichuan Province selected. It has to be said that Sichuan higher education is powerful.
Chengdu University of Technology was established in 1956. It was formed by the Department of Geology of Chongqing University, Northwestern University and some disciplines of the Department of Geology of Nanjing University. It can be said that the strength of the school is quite strong. Chengdu University of Technology has seven first-level discipline doctoral programs, one national key discipline of geology and seven second-level national key disciplines. The geology discipline of Chengdu University of Technology was selected as a double first-class discipline.
Southwest Petroleum University was established in 1958. The school is a university jointly established by the province and the ministry. It has a first-level national key discipline: petroleum and natural gas engineering, and three national key second-level disciplines: oil and gas well engineering, oil and gas field development engineering and oil and gas. Storage and transportation engineering. In the fourth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education, Southwest Petroleum University's petroleum and natural gas engineering was selected as A+, which is tied for the highest level of this discipline in China. At the same time, the double first-class discipline of Southwest Petroleum University is also petroleum and natural gas engineering.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1956. It is a university jointly established by the province and the ministry. The school has a first-level national emphasis discipline: Chinese Pharmacy, and three second-level national emphasis disciplines. In the fourth round of subject evaluation, TCM and TCM of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected as B+.
Chengdu University of Technology, Southwest Petroleum University and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine are all leaders in this field, and all of them have been selected for national emphasis, which is why they can be selected for the double first-class. It is generally believed that Double First-Class has replaced 985 and 211 and has become a new milestone in the development of China's higher education. This also gives a hint to other colleges: instead of blindly merging, it is better to focus on their own dominant disciplines.
The 5 211s in Sichuan Province are also very strong. Sichuan University is a comprehensive university, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is an electronic information university, Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics and Sichuan Agricultural University are all well-known in science, finance and agriculture. colleges. In addition, Chengdu University of Technology, Southwest Petroleum University and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected as double first-class universities, Sichuan higher education has taken a big step forward, and the disciplines are more extensive. In the future, Chengdu and even Sichuan will definitely become a pole of higher education in China.