Division system is an open interdisciplinary organization, which goes beyond the college level. In comprehensive universities, different colleges with similar disciplines are integrated into a "department".

University has two meanings. The first is a university smaller than a university, usually a university with relatively few disciplines. Under such a university, secondary colleges and departments can be established. The second is a secondary college established in a university, which generally includes several similar disciplines or departments.

Department is a teaching management institution set up by colleges and universities according to the nature of specialty. The level is generally lower than that of colleges, and a department generally has one or several majors with similar nature. Generally, two or three departments form a college, and there are also larger departments directly under the college.

Second, the scale is different.

Generally speaking, the scale presents the situation of department > college > department.

Third, Chinese and foreign universities have different settings.

The division system originated in Europe, and most famous universities in Europe, America and Japan adopted the division system, gradually forming an academic organization structure similar to university-department-department-research institute.

In China, there are few departments in mainland schools, and most of them are academic organizations of universities, colleges (directly affiliated departments), departments and laboratories.

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Relevant statistics show that there are less than 9 teaching and research entity colleges in American universities and no more than 10 in British universities. However, due to various reasons, in the process of exploring the "college system" in China University, there are generally more than 20 secondary entity departments, many schools are around 30, and a few schools are even more than 40.

With the development of market economy and the trend of comprehensive development of science and technology, the management system of colleges and universities, especially the current college system, has become a bottleneck restricting the scientific development of colleges and universities. Therefore, China's colleges and universities are also implementing or brewing the reform of the faculty system, which some people call the "big department system" reform of colleges and universities.

The establishment of the division system provides a useful attempt to integrate high-quality resources and promote the cross-integration of disciplines. At the same time, it is also an important measure to further highlight the academic strength of colleges and universities and implement professors' research. At present, because the "undergraduate system" has just emerged in domestic universities and is still in the process of trial implementation, many policies and measures are still not perfect, and the reform effect has not yet fully appeared, which needs time to test.

After the establishment of a department, its main functions are embodied in the following five aspects: first, to formulate a macro-plan for the development of the department (mainly discipline development); The second is to coordinate the work of various departments under the department; The third is to coordinate major scientific research projects and organize the construction of interdisciplinary research institutions; The fourth is to urge all departments to implement the policies, plans and regulations formulated by schools and departments; The fifth is to be responsible for the construction of talent team and academic construction.

Although the departments of some universities have both administrative and academic functions, their main functions are embodied in the discipline construction. After the establishment of the Education Department of Beijing Normal University, the school delegated more management rights to the education department. The administrative functions shall be uniformly exercised by the administrative departments; Academic research affairs are completely managed by teachers. ?

In fact, under the existing university system, it is not difficult to carry out moderate institutional reform. Three colleges, such as literature, history and philosophy, merged to form the humanities college; Three schools of mathematical and physical chemistry set up science schools; Engineering colleges merge to form engineering colleges, and so on. Then the original college was downgraded to a department with no administrative level.

In order to meet the needs of academic resources, a purely academic research institute or research center can be established to operate in the form of part-time and virtual body. Of course, it is more in line with the management concept and spirit of the university to keep the existing faculty system, achieve temporary stability, and then start with streamlining the administrative institutions and implement the appointment system for all administrative staff.

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