This statistic provides a ranking of the leading universities in China as of 2024, as ranked by Times Higher Education. That year, Tsinghua University ranked highest in China with an overall score of 92.8.
Leading universities in China as ranked by Times Higher Education in 2024
Characteristic
Times Higher Education score
Tsinghua University
92.8
Peking University
92.6
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
82.2
Fudan University
81
Zhejiang University
80.3
University of Science and Technology of China
79.3
Nanjing University
76
Sichuan University
68.7
Harbin Institute of Technology
68.2
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
68
Tongji University
67.5
Wuhan University
66.5
Beijing Normal University
65.4
Tianjin University
65.4
Xi'an Jiaotong University
63.8
Sun Yat-sen University
62.3
South China University of Technology
61.9
Southern University of Science and Technology
61.7
Beijing Institute of Technology
61.5
Southeast University
61.4
Beihang University
61.1
Northwestern Polytechnical University
60.4
Nankai University
59.7
East China Normal University
58.7
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
The number one ranked university in the world (not seen in this list) has a score of 100 and the scores of all other institutions around the world are expressed as a percentage of the top rating university's score. In this list only Chinese universities are depicted. To calculate the rankings the following criteria were considered: research quality (30%); research environment (28%) – volume, income and reputation; teaching (24.5%) – the learning environment; industry (10%) – income and patents; international outlook (7.5%) – staff, students and research.
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