With continuing tensions across the Taiwan Strait, China’s military academies saw an enrollment slump despite a downward admission score requirement in recent years.
Several Chinese News Media reported on the dilemma of the military academies’ inability to meet annual enrollment mandates.
In 2022, dozens of military colleges and universities in China are scheduled to enroll 15,000 students, 2,000 more than that last year. Enrollment expansion, reduced admissions scores, and priority admission at a state-owned institution, did not attract enough students.
One of the top Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military academies, the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, Hunan Province, has lowered admission scores for years. In 2019, its first batch of science undergraduate admissions scores was 665 points; in 2020, it was down to 652 points; and in 2021, slid to 646 points. This year’s admissions score has not yet been finalized, but the score line in some regions is already lower than last year (in China admissions scores vary by region.)…