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Department 8: Training institutions established by enterprises should not be called universities. What is the name of the university?
On 20021May 19, the Ministry of Education and other eight departments issued "About norms? University college? Opinions on the registration and use of names, which mentioned that training institutions established by enterprises should not be called universities. This news has attracted the attention and discussion of netizens on social platforms.

Some netizens believe that some enterprises are actually pulling a small circle in the name of running a university, which has affected the fundamental significance of education; Some netizens think that the difference between universities and colleges should be treated specially. So what's so particular about the name of China University? The author will talk about it below.

First, the difference between universities and colleges. First, the difference between universities and colleges. If we look at the state-owned universities in China, some end in universities and some end in colleges, what is the difference between them? Generally speaking, universities ending in "University" in the world are larger in scale, while universities ending in "College" are generally smaller in scale, but this does not mean that universities are higher than colleges. Let's take the Foreign Affairs University as an example. It pays attention to diplomatic characteristics, and it is small and refined.

Second, universities named after geographical names and universities named after non-geographical names. In China, most universities are named after place names or non-place names. Zhengzhou University or a polytechnic university is the representative of those named after place names, and Nankai University and Tongji University are the representatives of those named after non-place names. At the same time, some universities named after regions are represented by Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Different naming methods can't represent the achievement of a university.

Third, there are universities in colleges and universities that exist not only in undergraduate batches, but also in specialist batches. For example, jiaozuo university and Kaifeng University in Henan enroll students in specialist batches, but the suffix is also university, mainly because the distinction between colleges and universities in specialist batches is not clear.