Universities (colleges) are a kind of schools that implement higher education, including comprehensive universities, specialized universities and colleges. It is an organization with unique functions, an institution of higher learning that inherits, studies, integrates and innovates advanced academic knowledge, and is interrelated with social, economic and political institutions.
It is not only the product of the development of human culture to a certain stage, but also a unique culture gradually formed on the basis of long-term school-running practice through historical accumulation, self-efforts and external environmental influence.
University culture is gradually formed on the basis of long-term school-running practice;
The earliest universities of mankind can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome, which has been more than 2,500 years.
Plato's thought of "philosopher ruling the country" and Aristotle's thought of "free education" both initiated the exploration of university ideas and their laws. The earliest modern university in the west is Bronn University, which was founded in 1088. Modern universities in the west have followed Newman's university ideal of "advocating humanity and paying attention to rationality".
From Humboldt's brand-new concept of "integration of teaching and research" in Germany, to the innovation of "integration into society and multiple opening" in the United States, and then to the new concept of "focusing on the future and leading the society" in UNESCO, it has experienced a process of constant cultural awakening and conceptual innovation.