"Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in Ordinary Higher Education Institutions (2025)" answers reporters' questions

Promote the adjustment and optimization of undergraduate majors in colleges and universities and improve the ability to serve high-quality development

——The head of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education answered reporters’ questions on the filing and approval results of undergraduate majors in general higher education institutions in 2024 and the "Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in General Higher Education Institutions (2025)"

1. Q: Please briefly introduce the basic situation of this professional setting adjustment work.

Answer: The Ministry of Education implements the relevant requirements of the "Outline of the Planning for Building a Strong Education Country (2024-2035)", and compares with the "Reform Plan for the Adjustment and Optimization of Disciplines and Majors Settings of Ordinary Higher Education" (Jiaogao [2023] No. 1), and in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Undergraduate Majors Settings of Ordinary Higher Education Institutions" (Jiaogao [2012] No. 9) and the "Notice on Further Improving the Settings of Undergraduate Majors in Ordinary Higher Education Institutions" (Jiaogao [2024] No. 1), the adjustment and optimization of majors are taken as an important fulcrum for implementing "center-oriented", and solidly carry out the establishment and adjustment of undergraduate majors in general higher education insti...
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