China had 417 private undergraduate universities as of May 2016, accounting¹ for more than 30 percent of all undergraduate universities, according to a report released by the Ministry² of Education.

 

教育部公布的一份报告显示，截止2016年5月，中国已有417所私立本科院校，占全国本科院校的30%多。

 

Private undergraduate universities, once a supplement to the country's public higher education, have now become an important part of the country's higher education system.

 

The report showed that increased investment in private undergraduate universities has improved their educational quality.

 

Students had access to 4,863.3 yuan worth of scientific research equipment per capita in 2010, which rose to 5,760.3 in 2015. Teachers with master's or doctoral degrees increased from 47.8 percent in 2010 to 62.7 percent in 2015, the report said.

 

According to an official with the ministry, problems still exist in private education. Private undergraduate universities have seen dropping enrollments and they lack leading faculty³ and systematic⁴ planning.

 

The report is the first of its kind to address private undergraduate universities in China.

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