China to open 400 big data, AI majors in universities for global competition
By
Chen Xi, Global Times
China
will open around 400 majors related to big data, artificial intelligence (AI)
and robotics in universities in 2019, China's Ministry of Education (MOE)
announced on Tuesday(February 26th ).
Another
612 new engineering research projects will also be implemented in universities.
"AI and big data are newly established majors and will be taught in some
directions like computer application technology, information and communication,
control science and engineering," Fan Hailin, deputy director of MOE's
Department of Higher Education, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
China
has set the target becoming a major center for AI innovation and world leader
in AI technology and applications by 2030.
"New
courses of some less commonly taught languages of the countries along the routes
of the Belt and Road Initiative, including Belarusian, Kurdish, Maori, Bislama
and Dhivehi, will also be open in some universities," Fan said.
Beijing
Foreign Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University,
China's two leading language
universities, have added 11 less commonly taught language majors including
Kurdish, Maori, Tongan, Samoan and Comorian, and Uzbek major respectively to
undergraduates in 2018. Most of them were languages of
countries participating in Belt & Road Initiative. At the conference,
the ministry also vowed to continue promoting online courses (MOOC) in 2019.
Specifically, MOE said it will help train at least 10,000 science teachers
through the platform. Currently, the ministry has announced 1,291 MOOCs. The
universities and colleges that opened online courses included top-notch Peking
University and vocational schools like the Nanjing Institute of Industry
Technology. The subjects vary greatly from traditional science subjects such as
physics and chemistry to those of profound cultural essence such as the
analysis of Chinese literature masterpiece "Dream of the Red Chamber"
and ancient medical classic "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon."
Some
new majors in medical sciences including precision medicine and translational
medicine and intelligent medicine have been established, and 74 university
affiliated hospitals have been approved as the first national clinical teaching
and training demonstration centers.
Some
new majors in medical sciences including precision medicine and translational
medicine and intelligent medicine have been established, and 74 university
affiliated hospitals have been approved as the first national clinical teaching
and training demonstration centers.
China
has built the world's largest higher education system. The number of
undergraduate colleges has reached 1,245 and the total number of undergraduate
students is 28.31 million. The gross enrollment rate of higher education has
reached 48 percent, according to the conference.
The press conference
of China’s Ministry of Education on Tuesday. Photo From: Global Times
China to open 400 big data, AI majors in universities for global competition
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