Recently, the Ministry of Education has released the list of the construction site (the pilot project in undergraduate education) of the national and provincial first-class undergraduate majors in 2020, which is called “Double 10,000 initiative”. 17 majors of BNU have been selected as the construction site of first-class undergraduate majors in China and 5 majors of BNU have been selected as the provincial first-class undergraduate majors’ construction site.

Up to now, 36 majors of BNU have been selected as the construction site of first-class undergraduate majors of China, among which, 16 are enrolled in Zhuhai campus. Besides, 5 majors of BNU have been selected as the provincial first-class undergraduate majors’ construction site.

List of majors that were selected as the national and provincial first-class undergraduate majors’ construction site of BNU in 2020 (in order of announcement)

Beijing Normal University will give full play to the demonstrating and leading role of the construction site of majors of the “Double 10,000 Initiative,” guiding the departments to strengthen the construction of majors according to the construction tasks, reform and improve the training mode, promote the reform of curriculum content and teaching methods, in order to further strengthen the construction of teaching teams and improve the teaching ability of instructors. By strengthening the characteristics of majors, we will continuously improve the essence and the constructive level of specialties, in turn boosting the ability and quality of cultivating talents comprehensively.

In order to revitalize undergraduate education in an all-round way, improve the ability to cultivate talents of colleges and universities and implement the significant development of higher education, the Ministry of Education launched the “Double 10,000 Initiative” to build the first-class undergraduate majors. Furthermore, the Ministry of Education plans to build approximately 10,000 construction sites of first-class undergraduate majors of China and about 10,000 provincial first-class undergraduate majors’ construction sites. Based on the applications, each university recommends majors, which are then reviewed by the competent authorities of colleges and universities. The final decision, based on reviews and votes, is shortlisted by the Ministry of Education’s Higher Education Steering Committee. At present, there are 8031 construction sites of first-class undergraduate majors of China, among which, 3078 are selected at the national level and 4953 at the provincial level.