Institutional tiers There are 1,908 institutions of higher learning in the mainland, which break down into the following categories: national public universities, which are the majority; provincial public universities; local affiliated schools; and private schools, 90 % of which only issue certificates and not academic degrees. The latter are similar to extended education programs in Taiwan.
大陸高校共有 1,908 所，分成中共政府投入資源最多的國立大學，以及省屬大學、地方附屬高校、民辦高校等，其中 90 % 的民辦高校沒有授予學位的資格，畢業時只有一張證書，相當於台灣的推廣教育。