Higher education is an applied science in higher education.
Discipline has several meanings. The first layer means: academic classification. Refers to a certain scientific field or branch. Such as chemistry, biology and physics in natural science; Law, sociology, etc. In the field of social science. Discipline is an academic concept related to knowledge, and it is a collection concept of knowledge subsystems in two major knowledge systems (including natural science, social science and humanities). Discipline is a divided scientific field and a subordinate concept of the concepts of natural science and social science.
The second meaning: refers to the functional units of teaching and scientific research in colleges and universities, and is a relative definition of the subordinate scope of talent training, teacher teaching and scientific research in colleges and universities. The meaning of "discipline" in discipline construction focuses on the latter, but it is also related to the first meaning.