The total value of teaching and scientific research equipment in colleges and universities increased by 40 billion compared with last year

On June 28, 2016, in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, dozens of colleges and universities participated in the high-level recruitment consultation meeting. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education today released the 2015 National Education Development Statistical Bulletin. The communique pointed out that the total number of students in various types of higher education nationwide reached 36.47 million, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached 40.0%. According to the communique, there are 2,852 regular and adult colleges and universities nationwide, an increase of 28 over the previous year. Among them, there are 2,560 regular colleges and universities (including 275 independent colleges), an increase of 31 over the previous year; 292 adult colleges and universities, a decrease of 3 over the previous year. There were 1,219 undergraduate colleges and universities in ordinary colleges and universities, an increase of 17 over the previous year; 1,341 higher vocational (specialist) colleges, an increase of 14 over the previous year. There are 792 postgraduate training institutions nationwide, including 575 general colleges and universities and 217 scientific research institutions. According to the bulletin, 645,100 graduate students were enrolled, an increase of 23,700 over the previous year. Among them, 74,400 doctoral students and 570,600 master students. There were 1,911,400 postgraduate students, an increase of 63,700 over the previous year, including 326,700 doctoral students and 1,584,700 master students. There were 551,500 graduate students, an increase of 15,700 over the previous year, including 53,800 doctoral students and 497,700 master's students. A total of 7,378,500 students were enrolled in general higher education, an increase of 164,500 over the previous year; 26,253,000 students were enrolled, an increase of 776,000 over the previous year; and 6,808,900 were graduates, an increase of 215,200 over the previous year. A total of 2,367,500 students were enrolled in adult higher education, a decrease of 288,600 over the previous year; 6,359,400 students were enrolled, a decrease of 171,900 over the previous year; 2,362,600 were graduates, an increase of 150,300 over the previous year. The average size of ordinary colleges and universities is 10,197, of which 14,444 are undergraduate schools and 6,336 are vocational (specialist) schools. According to the communique, there were 2,369,300 faculty members in regular institutions of higher learning, an increase of 33,600 over the previous year; 1,572,600 full-time teachers, an increase of 38,100 over the previous year. The student-teacher ratio of ordinary colleges and universities is 17.73:1, among which, undergraduate schools are 17.69:1, and vocational (specialist) schools are 17.77:1. There were 51,300 faculty members in adult colleges and universities, a decrease of 1,629 over the previous year; the number of full-time teachers was 30,200, a decrease of 1,292 over the previous year. The communiqué pointed out that the total construction area of ​​colleges and universities was 891.4138 million square meters, an increase of 28.3067 million square meters over the previous year; the total value of teaching and scientific research equipment was 405.860 billion yuan, an increase of 40.011 billion yuan over the previous year.