Higher Education in China - Public Vs. Private

Public Vs. Private

In China, it is commonly considered that public universities especially those national ones are better than private universities, under great influence by the Soviet Union's higher education system. Universities in China generally select their students based on students' performances in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao, 高考), the entrance scores required by public universities are typically much higher than those of private universities. However, it is noted that private universities in China have been developing only in recent decades, thus many people can easily regard private universities academically less competitive.