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Rankings

University and subject rankings for China

Compare QS, Times Higher Education, U.S. News and the Chinese Ministry of Education discipline evaluation side by side, then open any ranked university already in the catalog.

QS 2027: highest ranked universities in mainland China

RankUniversityOverall
13Peking University92.6
14Tsinghua University92.1
26Fudan University89
36Shanghai Jiao Tong University85.8
47Zhejiang University83.5
90Nanjing University70.4
134University of Science and Technology of China63.9
146Tongji University62.2
165Wuhan University60.1
190Harbin Institute of Technology56.8
235Tianjin University52.7
237Beijing Normal University52.5
243Beijing Institute of Technology52
258Sun Yat-sen University50.4
296Xi’an Jiaotong University46.2
300Sichuan University45.9
303Xiamen University45.6
307Huazhong University of Science and Technology45.1
309Shandong University44.8
317Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)44.1
329Nankai University43.3
335Southeast University42.9
342South China University of Technology42.3
349Beihang University (former BUAA)41.9
360University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)41.2

Subject rankings cover QS, Times Higher Education, U.S. News and the fourth-round Ministry of Education discipline evaluation. Each ranking body remains the authority for its own table.