China eliminates 12,000 ‘obsolete’ university degrees, adds 10,200 AI and robotics programs in race to embrace the AI era

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China is carrying out one of the most sweeping higher education shake-ups seen anywhere in recent years. Between 2021 and 2025, Chinese universities revoked or suspended 12,200 undergraduate programs and introduced 10,200 new ones, according to data from China’s Ministry of Education cited by state news agency Xinhua. The changes touched more than 30% of