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WhatisthePurposeofaUniversityEducation Thereismuchinternationaldebateaboutwhatthepurposeofauniversityeducationis.Inthisessay,Iwillpresentmyownviewsonthistopicfollowedbytheviewsofseveralwesternacademicrepresentatives. BeforeIdidanyresearchonthetopic,Ihadtoconsidermyownviewsonwhatauniversityeducationshouldprovideitsstudents.Themainpurposeofhighereducationisthetrainingforfuturecareer.Theuniversityeducationtrainstudentstothinkclearly,writewell,analysisclearly,thesearewhattheemployerslookfor.Whatisthecontentthetrainingincluding?Professionalknowledgeteachingtakesmuchpartofthetraining.Studentsgettheirmajor’sknowledgeandabsorbit,thenusingwhattheylearnedintheirworks.Besides,todevelopthecapacityofsolvingproblemsisincludedinthetraining.Iassumethatthedevelopmentofthiscapacityfosteringbasesoncriticalthinking.Learningcriticalthinkingislearninghowtofindthekeytosolveproblems.Thiscapacityisveryimportantforworkinginsociety.Theprincipleofhighereducationisforfosteringgoodquality.Whenstudentsgraduatedfromuniversity,theywillworkinthesociety,inthefieldsofscience,economic,technology,serviceandsoon.Theywillworkwithotherpeople,andtheywilllivetogetherwithothers.Theyshoulddevelopthecapacityhowtolivetogetherwithothersinaninterdependentworld.Studentsshouldnotstudyfordegrees.ThisisallwhatIthinkthepurposeofauniversityeducation. Onhiswebpage,MiguelAngelEscoletlooksatwhetherknowledgeorutilityisthepurposeofauniversityeducation.Hepresentstherepurposeofauniversityeducation.Hethinkshighereducationisforfreedomanddemocracy,forknowledgeandinnovation,andforhumankindandtheirenvironment.Itisverycleartoseethathethinksknowledgeisamoreimportantpurposeofauniversity.Itstandsonahigherdegreethantheutilityis.Theknowledgeshouldhelpstudentshaverightvaluesoflifeandtheworld.Auniversityshouldhelpitsstudentsexpandsocial,scientific,andeconomicdevelopment,freedom,dignityandauthenticdemocracy.Hethinksautilitarianmodelistoonarrow.Studentsshouldnotonlypursuedegrees. AccordingtotheRomanCatholicApostolicConstitution,thetruepurpos