Breaking: China’s Ministry of Education has directed universities to eliminate and revoke 12200 undergraduate degree programs that are irrelevant in the incoming AI era while adding ~10,200 new ones.
“Eliminated degrees” are mostly in:
•Arts & creative fields (photography, illustration, comics, visual communication design, fashion design, animation, new media art)
•Humanities & languages (translation, some broadcasting/journalism). Yes Journalism is gone as a study degree.
- Oversaturated areas (public administration, marketing, information management, product design)
These were cut due to weak job prospects and AI disruption.
New programs focus on AI, robotics, data science, semiconductors, embodied intelligence, and advanced manufacturing to align with national tech goals and ease graduate unemployment.