Rankings of universities in China
As of 2020,
Universities and colleges being part of the
Rankings distribution
Global
As of 2023,
China tops the list for the first time with 214 out of 1,000 universities in the 2023
There were 32 universities from Mainland China on lists of the global top 200 in the 2023
Regional
China has dominated the
National
China is home to over 3,000 institutions of higher education. Within this vast landscape, around 147 universities as part of the Double First-Class Construction hold a prominent position as national key universities, while the tier 1 universities consist of the former 985 Project Universities.[26][27][28] These universities are widely recognized as some of the most renowned in China and continuously maintain high rankings nationally and globally.[29][30]
In terms of city representation, according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking for 2022, Beijing has the highest number of universities including in the ranking, totaling 24. Following Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an both have 17 highly ranked universities, while Nanjing has 16 and Wuhan has 15. Other cities with notable representation include Chengdu with 11 universities, Guangzhou and Hangzhou with 10 each, Tianjin with 9, Harbin and Nanchang with 8 each, Changsha, Chongqing, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang and Zhengzhou with 7 each.[31]
Rankings of universities in China
There are several comprehensive rankings of universities in China, including
In 1987, a ranking of 86 key universities according to Science Citation Index was compiled by Xiao Ming, Chinese Academy of Management Science.[33]
It's said that the first comprehensive (exactly, synthetic) ranking of Chinese universities was made by Cai Yanhou, Higher Education Research Institute,
The Chinese university ranking on research and development in 1991 was published in 1993 by
In 1998, Netbig, or literally Net Universities in abbreviation, a higher education internet information company, released
In 2002, Chinese university ranking by Airuishen (a company) was released. The
In 2003, a team in
Major International Rankings
Bibliometric-based rankings
Annual international rankings of the
Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
University Ranking By Academic Performance (URAP)
A complete ranking of 485 Chinese universities, including in the top 3,000 universities worldwide, can be found through the external link according to the University Ranking by Academic Performance 2020-2021.[41]
WURI Global Top 100 Innovative Universities Rankings
CSRankings: Computer Science Rankings
Institution | 2022[44] | 2023[45] |
---|---|---|
Tsinghua University | 1 | 1 |
Peking University | 2 | 2 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 3 | 3 |
Zhejiang University | 4 | 4 |
Nanjing University | 6 | 6 |
Fudan University | 7 | 7 |
University of Science and Technology of China | 9 | 8 |
Renmin University of China | 8 | 8 |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 9 | 10 |
Beihang University | 10 | 11 |
AIRankings: AI Institute and Author Rankings by Publications
Institution | 2022[46] | 2023[47] |
---|---|---|
Peking University | 1 | 1 |
Tsinghua University | 2 | 2 |
Zhejiang University | 3 | 4 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong | 5 | 5 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 7 | 6 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 6 | 7 |
Nanjing University | 8 | 8 |
Fudan University | 9 | 9 |
Sun Yat-sen University | 10 | 10 |
Opinion-based rankings
A number of international publications formulate their rankings using the weighted average of opinions gathered in surveys, including the
QS World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Times Higher Education Most International Universities Ranking
Institution | 2022[50] |
---|---|
Peking University | 123 |
Zhejiang University | 133 |
Tongji University | 138 |
East China Normal University | 140 |
Nanjing University | 150 |
Tsinghua University | 152 |
Fudan University | 159 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 161 |
Beijing Normal University | 168 |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
181 |
Wuhan University | 182 |
Tianjin University | 184 |
Sichuan University | 187 |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 188 |
Sun Yat-sen University | 189 |
University of Science and Technology of China | 190 |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology | 191 |
Central South University | 193 |
US News Best Global Universities Ranking
Other Global Rankings
Other international rankings:
- CWTS Leiden Ranking by CWTS Leiden Ranking
- Nature Index by Nature Research
- UTN Rankings by Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities
- SCImago Institutions Rankings by SCImago Institutions Rankings
- The Center for World University Rankings by the Center for World University Rankings(CWUR)
- Webometrics Ranking ranks more than 2500 universities in China by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities[52]
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