Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 Private colleges and universities are an integral part of higher education in China. In order to actively encourage and correctly guide the establishment of private colleges and universities, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of private colleges and universities, and improve the management of private colleges and universities, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with relevant state laws and regulations. Article 2 The term "private colleges and universities" as mentioned in these Provisions refers to various social organizations and individual citizens other than state organs, state-owned enterprises and institutions, which set up and implement higher education with their own funds in accordance with these Provisions. Article 3 The establishment of private colleges and universities should meet the needs of economic construction and social development, and make overall planning with existing higher education, which is conducive to improving the layout, level and subject structure of higher education. Article 4 Private institutions of higher learning shall abide by national laws and regulations and accept the management, supervision, inspection, evaluation and audit of the government. Article 5 Private institutions of higher learning should adhere to the Party's basic line, fully implement the education policy, ensure the quality of education and train qualified personnel. Schools should establish * * *, the Communist Youth League and trade union organizations, as well as the necessary ideological and political work system. Article 6 Private institutions of higher learning and their teachers and students enjoy equal legal status with institutions of higher learning organized by the state and their teachers and students. Private colleges and universities recruit students with academic qualifications and incorporate them into the higher education enrollment plan. Students choose their own jobs after graduation, and the state recognizes their academic qualifications.

Private colleges and universities should provide employment guidance for graduates. Article 7 Private institutions of higher learning shall not aim at making profits. Its property belongs to the school, and no unit or individual may occupy it; Its income should be mainly used to improve school conditions and the further development of the school. The school-run industries of private colleges and universities enjoy the same policies as ordinary colleges and universities. Chapter II Setting Standards Article 8 The setting standards of private institutions of higher learning should be different from ordinary institutions of higher learning and adult institutions of higher learning, and should be determined realistically from the perspective of meeting basic teaching needs. Article 9 The establishment of private institutions of higher learning shall meet the following basic conditions:

Equipped with full-time principals and vice principals who adhere to the party's basic line, have bachelor degree or above, have higher education experience, have strong management ability and can adhere to normal work. It should also be equipped with full-time discipline and professional leaders with associate professors or above.

Equipped with a stable team of teachers with high political quality, strong professional ability and professional settings suitable for the number of students in school. All public required courses, professional basic courses and professional required courses should have at least 1 teachers with the title of lecturer or above. Each major should have at least two teaching backbones with associate professors or above.

The number of professional settings is generally more than three months; The number of students in school should reach more than 500, of which the number of students in institutions of higher learning should be no less than 300.

There are fixed, independent and relatively concentrated land and school buildings. General school buildings should include classrooms, libraries, laboratories (including practice places and affiliated rooms), school administrative rooms and other rooms. The reference index of the total construction area is: per student in grammar and finance schools16m2, and per student in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine schools16m2. The occupied area should meet the needs of school building construction land and student sports venues.

According to the specialty and the number of students, necessary teaching instruments and applicable books are equipped. Experimental courses and practice conditions should meet the basic requirements of teaching in various majors.

There should be construction funds and stable sources of funds suitable for the establishment of schools. The funds for running a school shall be raised by the applicant and audited by the relevant departments. The amount of funds shall be stipulated by the provincial people's government. Article 10 If it is still difficult to build a school building by self-financing, private colleges and universities are allowed to lease the existing suitable campus or the applicable land of other units and use the school building to carry out teaching activities, but there must be a legally binding contract. Long-term lease of land, housing and other facilities to meet the needs of running a school, the requirements for start-up funds can be appropriately relaxed. Eleventh private colleges and universities shall not lease the following properties as school buildings:

1. Simple building;

2. Dangerous houses;

3. School buildings of primary and secondary schools, secondary vocational and technical schools and ordinary institutions of higher learning engaged in normal teaching activities.

4. Other houses unsuitable for teaching activities. Twelfth private colleges and universities can use the experimental and internship facilities and books and materials of other units, but they should remain relatively stable. Article 13 The State encourages the establishment of private colleges and universities. To set up private colleges and universities at the undergraduate level, the standards should be implemented with reference to the Provisional Regulations on the Establishment of Ordinary Colleges and Universities. Chapter III Application for Establishment Article 14 The establishment of private colleges and universities is divided into two stages: preparation and formal establishment. In line with the preparation standards, you can directly apply for formal preparation; Can not meet the requirements of the standard, you can apply for the preparation. The preparation conditions shall be stipulated by the provincial people's government.

Approved private colleges and universities can enroll students, but they do not have the qualification to issue higher education diplomas. After students complete their studies, they can be issued a certificate of realistic study by the school, or they can take the national higher education qualification examination or self-study examination, and those who pass the examination will be issued a graduation certificate. Students who pass the examination above 70% and basically meet the requirements for running a school may apply for the formal establishment of the school.