Analysis on the merger of Hubei University of Technology and Hubei University

1. About history and present situation

The predecessor of Hubei University is Wuhan Teachers College, and the predecessor of Hubei University of Technology is Hubei Institute of Technology. The historical turning point of the two universities occurred in 1984. The Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government have made large-scale adjustments to the structure of higher education. Wuhan Normal University was upgraded to Hubei University, and Hubei Institute of Light Industry and Hubei Agricultural Machinery College were merged into Hubei Institute of Technology. In the first five-year plan of Hubei Province, Hubei University and Gong Hu were regarded as key universities and schools.

Since the beginning of the new century, the pattern of colleges and universities has undergone profound changes. On the one hand, the central government devolved many universities to local governments, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Jianghan Petroleum College and some junior colleges formed Yangtze University, Yichang Campus of Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power and Hubei Three Gorges College formed Three Gorges University, Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology was renamed Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan University of Technology (wuhan textile Institute of Technology) was renamed wuhan textile University, Jianghan University was merged, and some colleges organized by cities and states were established one after another. The pattern of higher education in Hubei province has undergone profound changes

Hubei University, Hubei University of Technology and Hubei Medical University (merged into Wuhan University in 2000, and now the Medical Department of Wuhan University) were called "Hu's three brothers" in that year. These three schools are all founded in Hubei province, belonging to the clique and biology school, so they are the most important in the province. Besides, the deployment institutions decentralized to local areas have strong industry characteristics, and often pretend to be the original deployment institutions, which are not integrated into the local areas and belong to the children born to stepmother; In recent years, a number of prefecture-level universities, such as Three Gorges University and Yangtze University, have developed well, but most of their running funds are invested by their local states. Therefore, the local government intervened in school enrollment. For example, 80% of Three Gorges University enrolled students in Yichang and 80% of Jianghan University enrolled students in Wuhan. After all, they are not their own sons, but children fostered by others. Some emerging local colleges are weak and need to be developed.

Hubei University, named after the word "E", is the leader of provincial universities. However, it faces a situation of internal troubles and foreign invasion. On the one hand, the Three Gorges University and Yangtze University in the province have advantages in policy and financial support because of their large scale and the background of the original deployed institutions, which threatens the status of Hubei University as the "oldest lake". On the other hand, the comprehensive strength of Hubei University is comparable to that of similar schools in other provinces. . . . Far apart, Hubei University has transformed from a normal university to a comprehensive university, and its engineering strength is inherently insufficient, so it is difficult to provoke the important task of being the vanguard of Hubei universities. Hubei University of Technology, the "second child" of that year, missed the best development opportunity due to historical reasons and was at a disadvantage in the fierce competition among colleges and universities. However, the development of disciplines in our school is relatively balanced, especially light industry, with distinctive features. Quality engineering (instrument science and technology) ranks first in the country, mechanical engineering (old specialty), light industry technology and engineering (fermentation engineering ranks first in Central China), and electrical engineering (established by old professors such as Zhou and Zhang Wencan) is light chemical engineering (pulping and papermaking engineering). The only one in Central China who has the right to award a master's degree in engineering. Art design (science and engineering colleges rank first in China, with distinctive features and high international reputation) and civil engineering (waterproof direction) rank first in China. . . . The advantages of balanced development of disciplines and majors have laid a solid foundation for the school to enhance its comprehensive strength.

Hubei University and Hubei University of Technology are both key universities in the province. Moreover, the advantages of A liberal arts are outstanding, and the characteristics of A engineering are distinct, and the arts and sciences complement each other, which has laid a good historical and practical foundation for the merger of the two universities. After the merger of the two universities, the comprehensive strength of the newly established Hubei University will be significantly enhanced and become a veritable vanguard. The competitiveness of "Lake Boss" will be greatly improved in the competition of colleges and universities across the country.

2. About the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions

I won't talk about some information obtained by Baidu. I want to say one thing here. The establishment of this project is to make up for the uneven geographical distribution of 2 1 1 and 985 universities. There are 7 colleges and universities in Hubei Province with 2 1 1, and 2 colleges and universities with 985, ranking among the top in the country. Therefore, there are few places for basic capacity building projects in colleges and universities in central and western Hubei Province. But what is the situation in Hubei? Hubei University, Three Gorges University, Yangtze University, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Hubei Institute of Technology, Wuhan Institute of Technology and so on are all competing in line. In terms of comprehensive strength, there is little difference among Hubei University, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Yangtze University and Three Gorges University. As the eldest son, Hubei University of Technology must enter, and Hubei University of Technology is also its own, but it is more difficult to get ahead. If this opportunity is not grasped, development will fall behind. If HU University enters this project, there is no doubt that the newly established Hubei University can further advance to provincial universities or even 2 1 1, because up to now, there are no provincial universities in Hubei Province. According to the national policy, each province has 1 provincial colleges and universities.

(Baidu Encyclopedia says that only Hubei University and Wuhan University of Science and Technology have entered the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions. The news is not true. The national list will be published by the National Development and Reform Commission after the 18th National Congress, so the current list is only the list declared by the provinces. According to the results I verified with the relevant people yesterday, six schools in our province passed the provincial audit and reported to the National Development and Reform Commission, and Gong Hu was among them. I hereby deny the rumor. )

3. Is the merger easy?

The assets of the two universities add up to hundreds of millions, including several campuses, four department-level leaders, N deputy department-level leaders and countless department-level cadres. The total number of teaching staff will reach more than 5,000, and the total number of students will exceed 40,000 to 50,000. How to manage such a large scale? How to optimize and reorganize disciplines, majors and departments? After the new secretary and the new headmaster came to Gong Hu, the development momentum of Gong Hu was very good. If it is merged, how can the existing reform cause continue? How to integrate the former students of Hubei University with those of Gong Hu? How to enhance the sense of identity with the new school? There are also some issues that students are generally concerned about. After the merger, what diplomas and degree certificates will be awarded to the current students in Gong Hu? There are a series of problems that need to be discussed for a long time.

4. Some personal guesses

As can be seen from Weibo, the school held an enlarged meeting of all members of the Party Committee on August 22nd, and then the news about the school merger was overwhelming in Weibo. Some people support it, others oppose it. There is no news about the content of this meeting on the campus network. According to my guess, besides arranging the work in the second half of this year, especially the school anniversary and the party congress in the second half of this year, the meeting should also talk about the merger of schools. If we really want to merge, it should be next year. On the one hand, the merger needs long-term discussion, on the other hand, the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions is just around the corner. In order to seize the opportunity, this matter should be done sooner rather than later.

As for the school leaders, some of them will definitely be transferred. According to my estimation, they may work in a school, or they may work in four units: the Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial University Working Committee, and the Provincial People's Congress Education, Culture, Sports and Health Committee. Personally, I hope our Secretary Zhou and President Liu will be the leaders of the new school, because they are open-minded and dare to reform. From the demolition project that has plagued Gong Hu for more than 20 years, we can see that a series of reforms, such as socialized logistics reform, have been promoted in an orderly manner and the development momentum of the school.

Personally, I am in favor of the merger, because the school can directly obtain the right to confer doctoral degrees, recommend to study for a master's degree without examination, and directly enter the ranks of first-class universities, which is beneficial to students and from the overall situation of higher education in Hubei Province. However, from now on, Hugong will disappear in the trend of university merger. As a lake worker, I feel very sorry and emotionally unacceptable.

The news of the merger is reported every year. It is said that it has been confirmed this year. I also checked with several teachers that there is indeed this news, but whether it can be synthesized depends on the subsequent development. Actually, it won't take long. This year 10, everyone listened carefully to the leader's speech. Whether Gong Hu will be independent or merged in the future will naturally be clear from the wording and sentences.

No matter whether the school is merged or developed independently, as long as everything is conducive to the development of the school and the development of students, I support it and sincerely wish the school a better tomorrow!