Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in order to implement the outline of China's educational reform and development, promote the reform and development of higher education, expand the autonomy of running colleges and universities and the management authority of local and central ministries and commissions, transform government functions, strengthen the macro-management of undergraduate majors in colleges and universities, and enhance the ability and vitality of ordinary colleges and universities to actively adapt to the needs of economic, scientific and social development. Article 2 The specialty setting and adjustment of ordinary colleges and universities should meet the needs of socialist modernization, and at the same time follow the laws of education itself, and correctly handle the relationship between needs and possibilities, quantity and quality, current and long-term, special and general. Article 3 The establishment and adjustment of majors in colleges and universities should take into account the investment benefits and social benefits, avoid unnecessary duplication of settings, and form a reasonable professional structure and layout.

If the demand for talents can be basically met by expanding the enrollment of existing majors or broadening the direction of professional services, no new majors should be added. Article 4 The establishment and adjustment of majors in colleges and universities shall conform to the Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in Colleges and Universities promulgated by the State Education Commission and its related requirements. Setting up a major outside the professional catalogue shall be handled according to the prescribed procedures. Chapter II Conditions for Specialty Setting Article 5 A newly established specialty in an ordinary institution of higher learning must meet the following conditions:

(a) in line with the school development plan approved by the school authorities, there is a stable forecast report on the demand for talents, and the enrollment scale is generally 60 people per year, not less than 30 people;

(two) there should be a teaching plan and other necessary teaching documents that meet the professional training objectives;

(3) There should be a mutual support relationship with the established majors in the school, and they can complete the teaching tasks (including various practical teaching links) stipulated in the teaching plan of this major, and have relatively stable professional basic courses (including technical basic courses for engineering majors), professional teachers and experimental technicians;

(4) Necessary start-up funds and basic conditions for running a professional school, including classrooms, laboratories and equipment, libraries and books, practice places, sports facilities, student dormitories, canteens and other necessary conditions. Article 6 An ordinary institution of higher learning applying to change its original major into a new major shall meet the requirements for setting up a new major. Chapter III Authority for Examination and Approval of Specialty Settings Article 7 The specialty settings of ordinary institutions of higher learning shall be examined and approved by institutions of higher learning, school authorities (referring to the education administrative departments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and central ministries and commissions, the same below) and the State Education Commission for the record. Eighth ordinary colleges and universities to apply for the establishment of a new major, who meet the conditions stipulated in article fifth, can be approved for its formal establishment, began to recruit students. If the conditions mentioned in Article 5 are not fully met, the preparation can be approved, and the preparation time is generally not more than two years. Admission can only be approved if the formal conditions are met during the preparation period, otherwise the preparation qualification will be cancelled. Ninth ordinary colleges and universities in the professional directory listed in the second category of this category (such as science physics; Adjustment of engineering materials specialty, etc. ) discussed and approved by the academic Committee of our school or other corresponding organizations, independently examined and approved by the school, and reported by the competent department of the school to the State Education Commission for the record. Tenth national key institutions of higher learning can adjust their majors independently in accordance with the provisions of Article 9, and set up and adjust other majors in the professional catalogue. According to the nature of the school's disciplines, the number of undergraduate majors and related disciplines examined and approved by the academic committee of the school or other corresponding organizations shall be discussed and approved by the school itself, and reported to the State Education Commission by the competent department of the school for the record. Article 11 The establishment and adjustment of majors in institutions of higher learning that do not belong to the categories listed in Article 9, and the establishment and adjustment of the following types of majors in national key institutions of higher learning shall be examined and approved by the school authorities and reported to the State Education Commission for the record.

Comprehensive universities set up or adjust non-philosophy, economics, law, history, literature and science majors;

Science and engineering colleges set up or adjust non-science and engineering majors;

Agricultural and forestry colleges set up or adjust non-agricultural majors;

Setting up or adjusting non-medical majors in medical colleges;

Normal universities set up or adjust non-pedagogy majors or other non-normal majors;

Foreign language colleges set up or adjust non-foreign language and literature majors;

Financial colleges set up or adjust non-economics majors;

Political and legal colleges set or adjust majors in violation of regulations;

The establishment or adjustment of non-physical education majors in physical education colleges;

Art colleges set up or adjust non-art majors. Twelfth colleges and universities to set up majors other than the professional catalogue, must be organized by the competent department of the school experts, according to the prescribed procedures for examination and approval, reported to the State Education Commission for the record. Thirteenth by the competent department of the school is responsible for the examination and approval of the major, must be established by the local (departmental) colleges and universities professional setting evaluation committee (hereinafter referred to as the professional setting evaluation committee). Fourteenth junior colleges and short-term vocational colleges may not offer undergraduate majors. In some special circumstances, it is really necessary to set up an undergraduate major, and the competent department shall report it to the State Education Commission for approval. Chapter IV Examination and Approval Procedures