The enrollment expansion of colleges and universities, also known as the enrollment expansion of universities or college students, refers to the educational reform policy of expanding the enrollment of colleges and universities since 1999 based on solving the economic and employment problems in China (that is, Chinese mainland). Simply put, it is the educational reform policy of continuing to expand the enrollment of higher education (including undergraduate and graduate students) since 1999.

The enrollment expansion originated from the Action Plan for Revitalizing Education Facing the 2 1 Century issued by the Ministry of Education in 1999. The document proposes that by 20 10, the gross enrollment rate of higher education will reach 15% of the school-age youth.

After entering 2008, the Ministry of Education said that the enrollment expansion from 65438 to 0999 was too hasty, and the proportion of enrollment expansion was gradually controlled. However, in the context of the global financial turmoil in 2009, the Ministry of Education began to adjust the enrollment ratio of graduate students.