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 the country’s university degree offerings, marking a major realignment of higher education with Beijing’s economic and industrial priorities. As the South China Morning Post reported: “Between 2021 and 2025, China’s higher education institutions revoked or suspended 12,200 undergraduate degree programmes while introducing 10,200 new ones,…