Diploma Mills: Article Names 210 Fake Universities in China

Diploma Mills: Article Names 210 Fake Universities in China
May 20, 2015 By eChinacities.com

A list of “China's 210 Diploma Mils,” was published yesterday on public WeChat page run by Southern Weekend's “People's Livelihood 23º.” The article stated that China has 210 universities with no eligibility or qualifications. These universities are suspected of the illegal enrollment of students on campus and online. 

Fake universities are not new to China. In 2011, the Ministry of Education, along with a local Hunan Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to investigate the website of the so-called North China University of Science. It was found that the website was fake, and that its creators had stolen information from the North China Institute of Science and Technology.

Other fake universities that have been uncovered include the Tianjin Arts and Sciences University which stole website information from Tianjin's Nankai University. Furthermore, Tianjin Arts and Sciences University tried to sell college diplomas to students for 3,000 Yuan.

The Ministry of Education reminded applicants make sure the university they are applying to listed on the Ministry's website (www.moe.edu.cn) and the “Yangguang Gaokao,” gaokao information portal (gaokao.chsi.cn). “Education institutions outside of this list do not have the relevant qualifications.”

Source: ifeng.com

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Guest770686

only 210? How dissapointing!

May 21, 2015 13:29 Report Abuse

RachelDiD

Hahaha, pretty much every university in China is a diploma mill compared to Western ones. I'm not even allowed to fail students.

May 21, 2015 07:47 Report Abuse

RachelDiD

Mostly because they court international student dollars from you know where. I actually think that quality will rise once the student loan bubble collapses, takes out the weak institutions, and makes them realize that unrealisticly high fees are not the way to do business.

May 21, 2015 20:23 Report Abuse

SwedKiwi1

I am sure there are plenty of "real" universities offering degrees for the right price as well. So it is unclear what difference fake universities make in the longer run.

May 20, 2015 20:51 Report Abuse