Although the tuition fees of students add up to a small amount, which is also one of the sources of income, but in the face of tens of billions of figures, the tuition income is obviously less. Usually, the most important income of a university depends on financial allocation. Take Tsinghua Peking University as an example. In 20 18, the financial allocation was 5.42 billion yuan and 5.23 billion yuan respectively. In addition, the business income of some colleges and universities even exceeds the financial allocation. Business income here refers to the income obtained in the process of starting teaching activities, scientific research activities and other forms of activities. Or take 20 18 as an example, Tsinghua University's business income will be higher than the financial allocation. The financial allocation of Tsinghua University in that year was108.7 billion yuan, which was 2. 1 times of the financial allocation.

Judging from the budgets published by colleges and universities, the sources of funds in colleges and universities are also diversified. In addition to financial allocation and business income, the proportion of other income is also increasing, such as investment income, bank deposit interest income, rental income, donation income and so on. Among them, social donation is an important indicator of the hypothesis of "double first-class" universities, and it is also the main source of income for the construction of world-class universities. With the continuous development of higher education, social donation has become the most important source of income for many universities. Take Tsinghua University 20 18 as an example. In that year, Tsinghua received a social donation of 990 million yuan, far exceeding the second place.