February 2022 14. According to the government portal website of the Ministry of Education, the second batch of double first-class universities was announced on February 4, 2022, with a total of 147 universities under construction. There are 59 basic disciplines, engineering disciplines 180 and 92 philosophy and social sciences disciplines. World-class universities and world-class disciplines, referred to as "double-class" for short, are important strategic decisions made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and also another national strategy in the field of higher education in China after "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project".