Imperial academy is equivalent to the current Minister of Education. According to relevant data, imperial academy is the highest-ranking director of imperial academy (the highest educational institution in ancient times) since the Western Jin Dynasty. Equivalent to the principal or the Minister of Education (because imperial academy was the highest educational institution at that time). Imperial academy is the highest institution of higher learning and the highest educational administrative institution established in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as imperial academy or Sinology.