CHOSEN ASPECTS OF PROJECTS REALIZATION AT CHINESE UNIVERSITIES ON THE EXAMPLE OF HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HUST)

Project management is the basis for the development of various organizations in a
changing environment at present time. This method is very popular in developed European
countries and has developed in Poland for the last 10 years. In other developed countries
projects are also coming to be a very important part of the economy. This situation can be
observed among others in China.
The aim of the paper is to analyze the Chinese universities in the context of system project
management and to compare their approach with the most popular methodologies in European
countries. Currently, China stands out in the world in terms of reforms in the area of both
higher education and innovation systems. The size of investments and the economic effects
achieved, allocate this country in the top in the world in this area. Therefore, it is very
important to analyze and understand processes in this country.
Chinese universities often provide a very big projects due to the size of the state and the
amount of population. Analyzing the situation on the basis of Huazhong University of Science
and Technology (HUST the usage of project management methods similar to the European
Union) could be seen. There are also differences resulting from the culture of project
management.
The article is based on studies and information gathered from Chinese universities,
especially HUST. Knowledge and information acquired made it possible to describe the role
of projects in investigated university and generally compare.

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