Private Academies
Educational institutions in ancient China consisted of National University, Directorate of Education, and private schools. Private academy was a new form of educational institution that came into existence in the Song Dynasty.
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Metropolitan University
In September 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi launched a coup d´etat which declared the failure of the vigorous reform movement. Almost all reform measures were annulled. Of all things that survived the coup d´etat, the Metropolitan University founded during the reform movement is notable.
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Imperial Examination System
To recruit officials through open examinations was a great invention of ancient China. It even influenced the West in their formation of civil servants system in modern times.
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Imperial College
There is a Guozijian Street at Andingmennei of Beijing. It is the street that has more archways or pailou than any other street in Beijing and it emanates strong cultural atmosphere. "Guozijian", or Imperial College of Beijing, the highest educational institution of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, situates in this street. In modern term, the Imperial College is a national institution of higher learning in the capital.
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