Among the ministries and commissions, there were three universities directly under the Ministry of Grain, namely Central Grain Cadre School , Nanjing Grain School, and Wuhan Grain Industry School. Around the 1980s, grain, oil, cloth, etc. that were closely related to people's lives had to be purchased with tickets. It was enviable to be a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, not to mention that at that time, a higher education institution specializing in cultivating specialized talents in the grain, oil and food industry. During that period, if you were admitted to one of the "three major grain institutes", your sense of happiness would not be worse than that of today's entrance exams for , Tsinghua , and , Peking University .
With the development of the times, the word "grain" has become a drag on the school. However, the once prosperous "grain" colleges and universities have been renamed one after another, abandoning "grain" and ignoring it. has been merged many times. Central Grain Cadre School is now Henan University of Technology , Nanjing Grain School is now Nanjing University of Finance and Economics , and Wuhan Grain Industry School is now Wuhan University of Light Technology.
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics Compared with the original Nanjing Grain School, just from the school name, it seems particularly high-end and the name change is very successful. Just imagine, if I were still a Grain University now, I am afraid that few college entrance examination candidates would be willing to choose. Judging from the discipline construction of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, three disciplines, including applied economics, business administration , food science and engineering , are advantageous disciplines of Jiangsu universities. They inherit the original characteristics of the school. The economic management disciplines develop faster and have become a prominent feature of the school and have a strong influence in financial universities.
2022 financial colleges and universities ranking (soft science) results show that Nanjing University of Finance and Economics ranks 10th, ranking 166th in comprehensively among domestic universities. In Jiangsu Province, where universities are numerous, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics ranks 23rd in comprehensively, and is also a very influential financial and economic university in Jiangsu. The fourth round of discipline evaluation of the Ministry of Education, applied economics and business administration are B grades, food science and engineering are B- grades, and there are 6 C disciplines. The discipline strength is still very good.
Henan University of Technology is located in Zhengzhou, the capital of the provincial capital, and is a university jointly built by National Grain Administration and Henan Province. The school’s three disciplines, including food science and engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering, were selected as Class A of the disciplines for the construction of characteristic backbone disciplines in Henan Province, and has 24 provincial-level key disciplines. There are 4 first-level doctoral programs, 25 first-level master programs, 2 second-level master's degree authorization programs, and 14 master's professional degree categories, covering 9 disciplines including science, engineering, management, economics, literature, and agriculture. Food Science and Engineering, Grain Engineering, , computer science and technology, civil engineering, and e-commerce are all national-level specialties.
2022 soft science university rankings, Henan University of Technology ranked 7th in Henan Province, and the domestic comprehensive ranking was 196th. Overall, its strength is still very good. Henan Province is a major agricultural province and the main production area of wheat and other grain crops. There are many grain processing enterprises and food production enterprises. Henan college entrance examination candidates who plan to find employment in the province have advantages in employment when choosing the school's majors such as food science and engineering, grain engineering, etc.
Wuhan University of Light Technology is located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province. It is a university jointly built by National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau and Hubei Province. The discipline of food science and engineering is the discipline of the construction of Hubei Province's "domestic first-class disciplines", the discipline of the construction of Hubei Province's doctoral program, the key disciplines of Hubei Province, and the main disciplines of the advantageous and characteristic disciplines of Hubei Province. In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation of , it was rated as B-level. Mechanical engineering, animal husbandry, chemical engineering and technology, biology, Marxist theory, civil engineering , etc. are all provincial key disciplines.
Food Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Packaging Engineering , Animal Science and other majors are all national-level specialties. Although the school is named after light industry, there are not many light industry majors and are not prominent. It is more like a comprehensive university. In 2022, it ranked 16th among universities in Hubei Province and ranked 231st in the country. Overall, it is still a very good university.
Judging from the admission situation of the college entrance examination in 2022, among these three universities, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics has the highest admission score, and it is the first batch of admissions. Henan University of Technology and Wuhan University of Light Technology are still in the second batch of admissions in some provinces. Taking the Shaanxi Science Filing Score as an example, the lowest filing score is, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics is 524 points, 75 points higher than the first-tier line; Henan University of Technology has 446 points, 3 points lower than the first-tier line, and Wuhan University of Light Technology has 448 points, 1 point lower than the first-tier line, which is more suitable for college entrance examination candidates to apply for the first-tier line.
The once famous "three major grain institutes" have developed over the years, and today, in comparison, only Nanjing University of Finance and Economics stands out, and the other two are developing in a fair manner. What do you think?
