THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHINA: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Name: ROCHESTER SANTANA DE LIMA
Publication date: 27/02/2025
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| HELDER GOMES | Examinador Interno |
| HUGO FIGUEIRA DE SOUZA CORRÊA | Examinador Externo |
| MARIA LUCIA TEIXEIRA GARCIA | Examinador Interno |
| RAFAEL VIEIRA TEIXEIRA | Examinador Interno |
| ROGERIO NAQUES FALEIROS | Presidente |
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Summary: Social relations in contemporary capitalism are strongly marked by their globalized nature, with different nations playing key roles in maintaining this mode of production. However, since the latter part of the 20th century, China has become a driving force behind commercial and geopolitical relations that cannot be ignored when considering the current stage of capitalism, and its higher education policy has accompanied this expansion. The following thesis analyses the role of the internationalization of higher education in the process of economic and social development in China's transition from socialism, regarding the
particularities of the development model adopted by the country's central government since the reforms to open up its economy in 1978. Considering that China's higher education policy accompanies the elaboration and execution of different levels of economic and social policy planning in the country, we analyze the process of internationalization of higher education in
the country based on the concept adopted by its central government from 1985, the year in which this strategy emerged as an imperative in the government's educational proposals, to the present day. In this sense, this thesis analyzes the case of the internationalization of Tsinghua University, designated by government programs as a model for the adoption of pioneering actions and projects for higher education development strategies in China, aiming on attributing intentionality to the ways the central government organizes and promotes internationalization in the country. From official documents since 1985, principles and strategies adopted by the Central Government are learned, which reveal a model of higher education compatible with a transition effort typical of the so-called socialism with Chinese characteristics, which highlight Tsinghua University as an expression of the national project for Higher Education, through the incorporation of actions and programs aimed at
internationalization.
