Chinese Universities Cancel Management Majors, Add Quantum Information Science Programs

According to First Financial News, on May 9, 2026, multiple Chinese universities have been adjusting undergraduate programs, with management, arts, foreign language, and some engineering and liberal arts majors becoming the focus of cancellations. Universities are simultaneously introducing emerging majors such as quantum information science to align with industrial development and technological change.

Jinan University is canceling five undergraduate majors, including editorial publishing and e-commerce, while adding quantum information science and aircraft control and information engineering. E-commerce was the most frequently canceled major among “double first-class” universities from 2020 to 2024, with nine such institutions halting admissions in 2024 alone, as the curriculum has become disconnected from rapid industry changes. Universities across Jiangsu, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, and Jiangxi provinces are also canceling majors in business administration, marketing, tourism management, and visual communication design, many of which face low employment fit or saturated social demand.