According to statistics, China possessed about 2,236 colleges and universities ending 2004, with over 20 million students that applied in mainland China. By the end of 2008, the number of students graduating from university reached to 6 million. The "Project 211", which is a national project intended on improving the stages of education in China for both social and economic development, has formed alliances with more than 700 institutions of higher learning into about 300 universities. This has led to the vigorous spanning of the universities that fall in the private sector in mainland China since 1999. As of 2006, private universities deemed for about 1.3 million of the 20 million students that were enrolled in formal higher education.
Universities and Colleges offered in China municipalities fall under the follows:
1) Beijing
· Central Conservatory of Music · Peking Union Medical College · Kede College · Canvard College · Century College · Beijing Police College |
· China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) |
· China University of Geosciences (Beijing) |
2) Chongqing
· Chongqing Institute of Engineering · Chongqing University of Education · City College of Science and Technology · Chongqing Police College · Chongqing Nanfang Translators College · College of Mobile Telecommunications | |||
3) Shanghai
· Shanghai University of International Business and Economics | |||
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· Shanghai Jian Qiao University |