I find it disgusting to be honest. Scientists and engineers have no need to learn english, and universities have already started to reverse their mistakes. Zhejiang University cancelled the CET4 test as a graduation requirement in 2003, Huazhong University of Science/Technology cancelled it 2007, etc.
Many exceptional scientists and engineers get shut down by 1 english test. An aerospace student could be the best missile designer in the world, and if he cannot pass an English class, he might not be able to contribute and instead would be assembling cell phones or something. It is not even necessary. With modern free translation software English is no barrier. Schools have recognized this, and many employers have as well. Some sciences need more English than others. Biology is one of them, unfortunately. But Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, etc. need no english. At least we have real Chinese terms for many physics and chemistry terms, unlike Taiwan which directly use the English words stacked inside Chinese.
My cousin worked in a Japanese company for a few months. He knew no japanese, written or spoken, and his english was hardly better, failed CET4 test, and luckily, he graduated the year it got cancelled as a requirement. All internal documents were either Japanese, or English. Amazingly, he was hired. He had no problems at all, because he just used translator software and guessed the meaning of words.
