Helps to organize the application and managing of national key disciplines, provincial key disciplines, and Shanghai A-level disciplines. It takes chargeof discipline assessment; the layout, demonstration, reporting, adjustment andevaluation of degree authorization units; participating in formulating disciplinedevelopment strategies, plans, and regulations; development and maintenance ofdiscipline information management system; conducting the research related todiscipline affairs; participating in developing regulations of graduateeducation and academic degrees, etc.