Among the universities in China, 985 University and 2 1 1 University are the most famous universities. Being the top leader in 985 University and 2 1 1 University is very powerful. Most of the 985, 2 1 1 colleges and universities directly under the Ministry of Education are vice-ministerial level, such as Peking University and Tsinghua, but more colleges and universities should be official departments, and most provincial colleges and universities should be official departments. The administrative level of university presidents also varies from school to school. Generally speaking, there are officials at a certain level. There are 39 "985" colleges and universities in China, but there are only 365 colleges and universities with vice-ministerial presidents and party committee secretaries, 438+0 of which are medium-level colleges and universities. This means that if you are the president or secretary of the Party Committee of 985 University, it is not a medium-level university, and the administrative level is only the main hall level. The most typical examples are the president of Sichuan University and the president of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Although they are all presidents of 985 University, the president of Sichuan University is a deputy ministerial-level cadre, and the president of Chengdian is only a director-level cadre. The same example also applies to the comparison between Tongji University and China Normal University. The president of Tongji University is a deputy ministerial level, while the president of China Normal University is only a director level.

Under the current system, teachers are not in the majority in number, and more importantly, they are not dominant in the status and prestige of the school. Especially those teachers who do not have part-time jobs, their status is even worse, and it is more difficult to evaluate professional titles, declare projects, publish works and award awards. The actual income and welfare of some associate professors and old lecturers are not as good as those of directors who are much younger than him.

Therefore, in universities, there have been many teachers vying for official positions, and there have been phenomena such as professors of principals, professors of management and professors of department heads.