Project 211

Project 211 (Chinese: 211工程; pinyin: 211 gōngchéng) is a project of National Key Universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of high-level universities and cultivating strategies for socio-economic development. During the first phase of the project, from 1996 to 2000, approximately US$2.2 billion was distributed.^[1]

China today has 116 institutions of higher education (about 6 percent) designated as 211 Project institutions for having met certain scientific, technical, and human resources standards and offer advanced degree programs). Project 211 schools take on the responsibility of training four-fifths of doctoral students, two-thirds of graduate students, half of students from abroad and one-third of undergraduates. They offer 85% of the state's key subjects, hold 96 percent of the state's key laboratories, and consume 70% of scientific research funding.^[2]

The name for the project comes from an abbreviation of the 21st century and 100 (approximate number of participating universities).

List of universities

1. Anhui University
2. Beijing University of Technology
3. Beijing Foreign Studies University
4. Beijing Forestry University
5. Beijing Institute of Technology
6. Beijing Jiaotong University
7. Beijing Normal University
8. Beijing Sport University
9. Beihang University (formerly known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
10. Beijing University of Chemical Technology
11. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
12. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
13. Central China Normal University
14. Central Conservatory of Music
15. Central South University
16. Central University of Finance and Economics
17. Chang'an University
18. China Agricultural University
19. China Pharmaceutical University
20. China University of Geosciences(Beijing)
21. China University of Geosciences(Wuhan)
22. China University of Mining and Technology(Beijing)
23. China University of Mining and Technology
24. China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
25. China University of Petroleum (Huadong)
26. China University of Political Science and Law
27. Chongqing University
28. Communication University of China
29. Dalian Maritime University
30. Dalian University of Technology
31. Donghua University
32. East China Normal University
33. East China University of Science and Technology
34. Fourth Military Medical University
35. Fudan University
36. Fuzhou University
37. Guangxi University
38. Guizhou University
39. Hainan University
40. Harbin Engineering University
41. Harbin Institute of Technology
42. Hebei University of Technology
43. Hefei University of Technology
44. Hohai University
45. Huazhong Agricultural University
46. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
47. Hunan Normal University
48. Hunan University
49. Inner Mongolia University
50. Jinan University
51. Jiangnan University
52. Jilin University
53. Lanzhou University
54. Liaoning University
55. Minzu University of China (formerly known as the Central University for Nationalities)
56. Nanchang University
57. Nanjing Agricultural University
58. Nanjing Normal University
59. Nanjing University
60. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
61. Nanjing University of Science and Technology
62. Nankai University
63. Ningxia University
64. National University of Defense Technology
65. North China Electric Power University
66. North China Electric Power University(Baoding)
67. Northeast Agricultural University
68. Northeast Forestry University
69. Northeast Normal University
70. Northeastern University
71. Northwest A&F University
72. Northwest University
73. Northwestern Polytechnical University
74. Ocean University of China
75. Peking University
76. Qinghai University
77. Renmin University of China
78. Second Military Medical University
79. Shaanxi Normal University
80. Shandong University
81. Shanghai International Studies University
82. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
83. Shanghai University
84. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
85. Shihezi University
86. Sichuan Agricultural University
87. Sichuan University
88. South China Normal University
89. South China University of Technology
90. Southeast University
91. Southwest University
92. Southwest Jiaotong University
93. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
94. Sun Yat-sen University
95. Soochow University
96. Taiyuan University of Technology
97. Tianjin Medical University
98. Tianjin University
99. Tibet University
100. Tongji University
101. Tsinghua University
102. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
103. Beijing University of International Business and Economics
104. University of Science and Technology Beijing
105. University of Science and Technology of China
106. Wuhan University
107. Wuhan University of Technology
108. Xiamen University
109. Xi'an Jiaotong University
110. Xidian University
111. Xinjiang University
112. Yanbian University
113. Yunnan University
114. Zhejiang University
115. Zhengzhou University
116. Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

See also

• Project 985
• 863 Program
• Chinese university ranking (Chinese Academy of Management Science)
• Science and technology in China

References

1. Li Lixu (2004). "China’s Higher Education Reform 1998-2003: A Summary" (PDF). Asia Pacific Education Review V (1): 14–22.
2. Over 10 billion yuan to be invested in "211 Project" - People's Daily Online

External links

• Project 211: the 106 universities and colleges (the webpage written in Simple Chinese)
• Ministry of Education 211 Project