The modern academic system, that is, the western modern university system, refers to the academic system represented by European and American countries, which was gradually formed in the first half of the 20th century and guided by liberal educational ideas.

The formation and development of modern education system is closely related to social changes in capitalist countries. From 17 to 18 century, Britain began to implement new education. By the beginning of the19th century, major European countries had successively established and perfected universities, forming a university system with modern significance.

With the industrial revolution and the development of science and technology, at the beginning of the 20th century, the United States became the world economic center, and its higher education also developed rapidly. After years of reform, the United States promulgated the Morrel Act in 19 12, and formally established a university system including arts, science, engineering and other disciplines.

After World War II, Japan, as the first developed country in Asia, had an increasingly urgent demand for higher education during the period of rapid economic development after the war. Therefore, the Japanese government has been actively promoting the popularization of higher education since the 1960s.

In the early 1980s, the Korean government drew lessons from the experience of the United States and established a relatively complete national education system through legislation, which consisted of junior colleges (such as national universities) to undergraduate colleges (Korea University), postgraduate training institutions and professional continuing education colleges.

In the 1990s, Singapore also began to implement the "dual-track" higher education policy, that is, on the one hand, it kept some traditional academic courses, on the other hand, it opened new degree programs.

After entering the 2 1 century, China's colleges and universities have continuously deepened the reform of education and teaching, accelerated the pace of building high-level research universities, and achieved fruitful results.

Up to now, there are 2663 colleges and universities in China, including 1245 undergraduate colleges and 1379 higher vocational colleges. * * * 28,443,400 full-time college students; * * * There are 533 doctoral authorized units, 4 master authorized units11,and 378 undergraduate colleges1; * * * Enrollment 8 12 16000 college students.