Neither 985,211nor a two-tier university was selected. The so-called "four non-"refers to non-985, non-2 1 1, non-first-class universities and non-first-class disciplines. There is also the saying of "double non-universities", which refers to non-985, non-21/universities. This statement was widely used before the first round results of 20 17 double first-class universities came out.

Knowledge expansion:

The "four non-institutions" of art include: Xi Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing Academy of Art, Shanghai Theatre Academy, sichuan fine arts institute, Beijing Film Academy and Beijing Dance Academy. The "four non-universities" in normal universities are: Fujian Normal University and Jiangxi Normal University.

The medical "four non-medical" are: Nanjing Medical University, Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Capital Medical University and Harbin Medical University. The "four wrongs" of politics and law are: East China University of Political Science and Law and Southwest University of Political Science and Law.

Colleges and universities are the general names of educational institutions with school nature, such as colleges and schools. According to different grades, scales and nature, there are generally "small and medium-sized colleges", "institutions of higher learning", "normal colleges" and "military colleges".

Institutions do not have strict definitions, but can be used to refer to various educational and teaching institutions. Relatively speaking, the commonly used "institutions" are mostly used to refer to universities, colleges and other schools with higher education systems.

On the whole, China has formed a relatively perfect institutional system, such as junior college (preschool education, primary school), junior college (junior high school, senior high school), colleges (universities), vocational education (secondary school, higher vocational education), adult education, etc., and there is considerable room for institutional development.

Universities in China are mainly public. Although a large number of private colleges and universities have emerged after years of development, the development of private colleges and universities is generally worrying.

With the development of network, some "network colleges" appear gradually, but most of them do not have the ability to issue academic certificates, so they are still different from regular colleges in nature.