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36% of Chinese Undergraduates Choose Engineering, Compared To 5% in US and UK
36% of all Chinese undergraduate entrants -- about 1.6 million people -- selected engineering degrees in 2022 (the latest year for which data are available), up from 32% in 2010, according to data from China's Ministry of Education. In Britain and America, which have far fewer students to start with...
In Britain and America, which have far fewer students to start with, the proportion hovers around 5%.The surge comes as China's government directs universities to focus on strategic industries and technological bottlenecks. Over 600 Chinese universities now offer undergraduate programs in artificial intelligence, a field the Communist Party vows to dominate by 2030. Youth unemployment reached 14.9% in May, driving students toward technical fields they believe offer better job prospects.
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