Are Chinese universities of lower quality?

 Are Chinese universities of lower quality? Currently there are more than 200,000 Chinese students in the US. Are Chinese universities perceived to be lower quality than Western ones? Do overseas graduates have an advantage in the Chinese job market? 中国大学的质量是否较低？目前，美国有20多万中国学生。中国大学的质量是否被认为低于西方大学？留学生在中国就业市场上是否有优势？

Hi! I have studied abroad both in the US (at University of California Berkeley) and in China (at University of Nottingham Ningbo China) and, based on my experience, I would not say that Chinese universities are necessarily of a lower quality. I definitely think that Berkeley was a great university (although, as always, not perfect), but I felt that UNNC was very good as well. I think there is a couple of things that should be remarked on this topic:

American higher education sector has historically been super prestigious, well-funded and very international. Much of the top-quality research is conducted in the US and many of the best professors on the globe may be teaching in America. However, there are many dark sides on this. On the one hand, access to higher education in the US is tremendously unequal: year by year many low-income and minority students are unfairly deprived of the opportunity to go to university in direct ways (e.g. unaffordable tuition fees) or in an indirect manner (for example, underfunded public schools in black communities that trigger bad results in SAT). On the other hand, the US concentrates many of the top universities of the world, but most of its universities are far from that level. There is a myriad of universities in the US that are of a very bad quality and that do not receive the media and social scrutiny that they should receive.

Chinese universities are improving a lot and are becoming more and more prestigious. Some of its top universities are already competitive at an international level - and this is progressively flipping this traditional trend of more overseas students than foreign students in China that you mentioned. In particular, I can say that University of Nottingham Ningbo, where I studied, was academically good: most of its professors were excellent at teaching and I feel that they really promoted research abilities and critical thinking. It is true that UNNC may be an exception in China because of it being part of the England-based University of Nottingham, but my point is that I would not necessarily believe Chinese universities are of a lower quality.

嗨！我曾在美国（加州大学伯克利分校）和中国（宁波诺丁汉大学）留学，根据我的经验，我不会说中国大学的质量一定较低。我绝对认为伯克利是一所很棒的大学（尽管一如既往地并不完美），但我觉得宁波诺丁汉大学也非常好。我认为在这个话题上有几点需要注意：

美国高等教育部门历来享有盛誉，资金充足，国际化程度很高。许多顶级研究都是在美国进行的，全球许多最好的教授可能都在美国任教。然而，这其中也有很多阴暗面。 一方面，美国的高等教育机会极其不平等：许多低收入和少数族裔学生年复一年地被不公平地剥夺了上大学的机会，直接剥夺的方式有：学费高昂；间接剥夺的方式有：黑人社区的公立学校资金不足，导致学生 SAT 成绩不佳。另一方面，美国集中了许多世界顶尖大学，但大多数大学都远远达不到这个水平。美国有无数大学质量很差，没有受到应有的媒体和社会关注。

中国大学正在不断进步，越来越有名气。一些顶尖大学已经在国际上具有竞争力，这正在逐步扭转你提到的中国留学生多于外国学生的传统趋势。 尤其是我所在的宁波诺丁汉大学，学术水平很高：大部分教授的教学都非常出色，我觉得他们确实培养了研究能力和批判性思维。宁波诺丁汉大学可能是中国的例外，因为它隶属于英国诺丁汉大学，但我的观点是，我并不一定认为中国大学的质量较低。

There are about 2600 universities and colleges of higher learning in China. The student population is roughly 30M.

Getting into any of the top universities in China is very tough as your gaokao (national exams) results have to be very high, and even that does not guarantee you a place.

Chinese students from fairly wealthy families prefer to pursue tertiary education overseas, with their favorite choices being USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand & Canada.

China has very good universities like Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science & Technology of China, Zhejiang University, etc. These are amongst the best in the world.

Chinese students contribute billions of dollars each year to their host countries, and most of these students are well-behaved and dedicated to their studies.

中国有大约 2600 所高等院校，学生人数约为 3000 万。

进入中国任何一所顶尖大学都非常困难，因为你的高考成绩必须非常高，但即便如此也不能保证你能被录取。

来自相当富裕家庭的中国学生更喜欢出国接受高等教育，他们最喜欢的选择是美国、英国、澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大。

中国有非常好的大学，如北京大学、清华大学、中国科技大学、浙江大学等。这些大学在世界上名列前茅。

中国学生每年为其所在国贡献数十亿美元，这些学生大多品行端正，专心学习。

I think Chinese universities are very good. Let's not forget that the vast improvement of Chinese technology over the last 40 years is brought about by the STEM graduates produced by local universities. The Gaokao is definitely very competitive, and local universities have limited places. Those who couldn't get into local universities will have to go overseas to study, just like what happens in Singapore or Malaysia. Of course, there will be some rich families who choose to send their kids overseas.

我认为中国的大学非常好。别忘了，过去 40 年来中国科技的巨大进步，都是由本土大学培养的 STEM 毕业生带来的。高考竞争非常激烈，本土大学的名额有限。那些考不上本土大学的人就得去海外留学，就像新加坡或马来西亚的情况一样。当然，也会有一些富裕家庭选择送孩子出国。