Study in China, Clearly

Study in China by the Numbers

Aggregate statistics from our catalog of 27,221 program records at 115 leading Chinese universities, compiled from official admissions sources. Reviewed 2026-08-06.

  • 27,221 program records, 20,363 (75%) with published tuition
  • 4,386 English-taught programs
  • 571 scholarship records and 643 ranking entries

English-taught programs by discipline

DisciplineEnglish-taught programs
engineering1,798
science978
medicine339
management279
economics218
law146
agriculture135
languages-literature123
non-degree120
education104
others64
arts34
history24
philosophy14
interdisciplinary10

Programs by degree level

DegreeAll programsEnglish-taught
Master's11,0671,794
PhD9,7732,099
Bachelor's5,498373
Non-degree883120

Language of instruction

LanguageProgramsShare
chinese21,81780.1%
english4,38616.1%
bilingual5201.9%
unknown2580.9%
chinese/english2030.7%
french140.1%
other110.0%
korean30.0%
russian20.0%
german20.0%
chinese | english20.0%
english | japanese | korean10.0%
chinese/english (four modules)10.0%
chinese | english | other10.0%

Average annual tuition, English-taught programs

DegreePrograms with feesAverage tuition
PhD1,578¥37,422/year
Bachelor's348¥37,052/year
Master's1,502¥35,145/year
Non-degree46¥20,521/year

Top cities for English-taught study

CityUniversitiesEnglish-taught programsAvg tuition/year
Beijing241,066¥37,441
Shanghai9429¥52,084
Xi'an6392¥36,519
Wuhan7323¥34,218
Nanjing8297¥33,841
Chengdu4185¥33,592
Chongqing2184¥32,042
Hangzhou1151¥45,475
Harbin4136¥33,809
Changchun2135¥26,840

Rankings built from this data

Methodology

Figures are aggregated from our program catalog, compiled from official university admissions pages and government sources; QS positions reference the 2027 QS World University Rankings. Missing fields are never guessed: tuition averages cover only programs with published fees. Data reviewed 2026-08-06. Cite as: "Study in China, Clearly — birdtoldmeso.com, 2026-08-06".