| The population of Tianjin is close
to 9.6 million, and the overall quality of Tianjin
people is among the best in the country.There
are now 20 universities and colleges in Tianjin
with 230 disciplines and a student population
of over 90,000. Around 20,000 Bachelor, Masters
and Doctorate students graduate each year. A system
of higher education has been formed in Tianjin
to provide a balanced composition of professional
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As a result of a breakthrough development in secondary
technical and professional education, Tianjin has over
320 vocational and technical schools with a combined
total of over 80,000 students, 39,000 of which leave
school and enter the workplace each year. These schools
provide high quality industrial workers for different
trades.
Situated in the Beijing-Tianjin area with a high density
of intellectual talent, Tianjn possesses over 150 institutions
for natural science research and more than 600,000 technical
personnel. The number of foreign specialists and scholars
invited from abroad exceeds10, 000. There are 159 scientific
research institutes, 8 State-level laboratories, 10
State-level research centers for engineering technology
and 27 State or Ministerial technical testing centers.
Tianjn is rates as number 3 among major Chinese cities
with comprehensive Hi-tech capabilities. Tianjin's human
resource advantages can provide overseas funded enterprises,
new and hi-tech ones in particular, with high quality
personnel.
Before 1949, Tianjin's education developed slowly, and
by 1948, there are only 479 schools, 156 thousand students
and 7 thousand teachers in Tianjin. The rate of school
attendance among all school-agers is only 33.2%, on
the contrary, the rate of illiterates among rural and
urban people is above 80%.
After 1949, when People's Republic of China was founded,
Tianjin's education grew vigorously and formed an
integrated educational system from elementary education
to higher education progressively, including preschool
education, special education, adult education and
cadre education. During the 40 years from 1949 to
1991, all types of schools in Tianjin have trained
824 thousand various qualified technicians.
Entering 90's, Tianjin stepped up reform in education
and made great progress not only in the reformation
in some fields such as schools running, schools management,
socialization of rear service in schools, enrollment
system and job-assignment system for graduating students;
but also in quickening the adjustment of educational
structure, improving educational quality and conditions
of running schools, optimizing the teaching stuff,
as well as perfecting the supervision system.
* Major Universities and Colleges in Tianjin:
Nankai University
Tianjin University
Tianjin Normal University
Tianjin Foreign Language Studies University
Tianjin Medical University
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
Tianjin University of Commerce
Tianjin Agricultural College
Tianjin Art Institute
Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Tianjin Physical Culture Institute,etc.
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