Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

90 Best Universities in China

Exploring the academic landscape of China, our index provides a definitive ranking of the top 90 higher education institutions. By assessing 4.01M research papers and their 81.14M citations, we reveal the most impactful research centers.

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1

Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

#7 in Asia #89 in the World

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

2

Shanghai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

#11 in Asia #130 in the World

20% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

3

Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

#13 in Asia #151 in the World

20% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1963 Founded

4

Shanghai

Fudan University

#20 in Asia #189 in the World

18% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

5

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

#28 in Asia #263 in the World

28% Acceptance

34,241 Enrollment

1937 Founded

6

Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

#33 in Asia #308 in the World

36% Acceptance

34,156 Enrollment

1984 Founded

7

Harbin

Harbin Institute of Technology

#34 in Asia #314 in the World

16% Acceptance

33,496 Enrollment

1920 Founded

8

Jinan

Shandong University

#36 in Asia #336 in the World

30% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1901 Founded

9

Shanghai

Tongji University

#38 in Asia #344 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1907 Founded

10

Changsha

Central South University

#51 in Asia #415 in the World

77% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

11

Nanjing

Southeast University

#54 in Asia #426 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,664 Enrollment

1902 Founded

12

Beijing

Beijing Institute of Technology

#74 in Asia #501 in the World

29% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

13

Chongqing

Chongqing University

#79 in Asia #530 in the World

30% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

14

Chengdu

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

#84 in Asia #557 in the World

30% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

15

Xi'an

Northwestern Polytechnical University

#88 in Asia #562 in the World

20% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

16

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Baptist University

#95 in Asia #594 in the World

35% Acceptance

14,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

17

Lanzhou

Lanzhou University

#99 in Asia #614 in the World

22% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

18

Suzhou, Jiangsu

Soochow University

#100 in Asia #615 in the World

30% Acceptance

48,901 Enrollment

1899 Founded

19

Beijing

University of Science and Technology Beijing

#113 in Asia #674 in the World

34% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

20

Baixia

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

#128 in Asia #749 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

21

Macau

University of Macau

#173 in Asia #891 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

22

Yangling

Northwest A&F University

#179 in Asia #909 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

23

Xuzhou

China University of Mining and Technology

#190 in Asia #944 in the World

30% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

24

Beijing

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

#192 in Asia #946 in the World

30% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

25

Shanghai

Donghua University

#198 in Asia #969 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

26

Guangzhou

South China Normal University

#200 in Asia #972 in the World

69% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1933 Founded

27

Beijing

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

#253 in Asia #1108 in the World

30% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

28

Nanjing

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

#344 in Asia #1382 in the World

30% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

29

Beijing

Beijing Forestry University

#373 in Asia #1469 in the World

30% Acceptance

25,347 Enrollment

1952 Founded

30

Beijing

Capital Normal University

#378 in Asia #1484 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,559 Enrollment

1954 Founded

31

Shanghai

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

#417 in Asia #1613 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,419 Enrollment

1917 Founded

32

Jinhua

Zhejiang Normal University

#421 in Asia #1621 in the World

24% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

33

Macau

Macau University of Science and Technology

#438 in Asia #1687 in the World

40% Acceptance

14,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

34

Shenyang

China Medical University

#466 in Asia #1770 in the World

30% Acceptance

16,366 Enrollment

1931 Founded

35

Beijing

Beijing Technology and Business University

#477 in Asia #1798 in the World

30% Acceptance

14,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

36

Hong Kong

Education University of Hong Kong

#491 in Asia #1841 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

37

Wuhan

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

#528 in Asia #1943 in the World

56% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

38

Shijiazhuang

Hebei Normal University

#562 in Asia #2056 in the World

51% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

1902 Founded

39

Guilin

Guangxi Normal University

#565 in Asia #2069 in the World

57% Acceptance

15,057 Enrollment

1932 Founded

40

Shanghai

Shanghai International Studies University

#615 in Asia #2221 in the World

29% Acceptance

9,389 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Guangzhou

Southern Medical University

#626 in Asia #2250 in the World

9% Acceptance

13,380 Enrollment

1951 Founded

42

Xi'an

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

#652 in Asia #2311 in the World

44% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

43

Chongqing

Chongqing Medical University

#661 in Asia #2331 in the World

52% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1956 Founded

44

Hong Kong

Open University of Hong Kong

#682 in Asia #2386 in the World

55% Acceptance

9,040 Enrollment

1989 Founded

45

Tianjin

Tianjin Medical University

#722 in Asia #2506 in the World

77% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1951 Founded

46

Hefei

Anhui Agricultural University

#729 in Asia #2526 in the World

44% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1928 Founded

47

Shanghai

China Europe International Business School

#750 in Asia #2566 in the World

42% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1994 Founded

48

Ma'anshan

Anhui University of Technology

#764 in Asia #2602 in the World

58% Acceptance

13 Enrollment

1958 Founded

49

Taiyuan

North University of China

#766 in Asia #2612 in the World

60% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

50

Yanji

Yanbian University

#779 in Asia #2657 in the World

80% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

51

Changchun

Changchun University of Science and Technology

#782 in Asia #2669 in the World

56% Acceptance

2,982 Enrollment

1958 Founded

52

Beijing

Beijing Language and Culture University

#787 in Asia #2684 in the World

30% Acceptance

14,282 Enrollment

1962 Founded

53

Shenyang

Shenyang Agricultural University

#815 in Asia #2763 in the World

88% Acceptance

20,752 Enrollment

1952 Founded

54

Shenyang

Shenyang University of Technology

#902 in Asia #2984 in the World

67% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Shue Yan University

#919 in Asia #3029 in the World

27% Acceptance

6,243 Enrollment

1971 Founded

56

Qingdao

Qingdao University of Technology

#1043 in Asia #3333 in the World

80% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

57

Hangzhou

China Jiliang University

#1127 in Asia #3539 in the World

77% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1978 Founded

58

Tangshan

North China University of Science and Technology

#1145 in Asia #3583 in the World

84% Acceptance

34,423 Enrollment

1903 Founded

59

Tianjin

Tianjin University of Technology

#1189 in Asia #3695 in the World

52% Acceptance

26,933 Enrollment

1981 Founded

60

Guilin

Guilin University of Technology

#1321 in Asia #3998 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

61

Xi'an

Xi’an International Studies University

#1355 in Asia #4083 in the World

30% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

1952 Founded

62

Beijing

Beijing Film Academy

#1409 in Asia #4208 in the World

40% Acceptance

3,027 Enrollment

1950 Founded

63

Tianjin

Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

#1466 in Asia #4314 in the World

37% Acceptance

13,409 Enrollment

1958 Founded

64

Tianjin

Tianjin Foreign Studies University

#1615 in Asia #4661 in the World

24% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

65

Huaibei

Huaibei Normal University

#1627 in Asia #4685 in the World

25% Acceptance

26,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

66

Shijiazhuang

Hebei GEO University

#1633 in Asia #4700 in the World

23% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

67

Huzhou

Huzhou University

#1656 in Asia #4743 in the World

15% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

68

Shiyan

Hubei University of Medicine

#1767 in Asia #5016 in the World

59% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1965 Founded

69

Macau

Macao Polytechnic Institute

#1822 in Asia #5132 in the World

48% Acceptance

56 Enrollment

70

Chongqing

Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

#1902 in Asia #5294 in the World

55% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

71

Beijing

China Youth University for Political Sciences

#1941 in Asia #5386 in the World

41% Acceptance

6,282 Enrollment

1985 Founded

72

Beijing

Beijing Dance Academy

#2159 in Asia #5847 in the World

39% Acceptance

16,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

73

Shenyang

Shenyang Medical College

#2274 in Asia #6097 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,920 Enrollment

1949 Founded

74

Macau

Institute for Tourism Studies

#2410 in Asia #6388 in the World

54% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

75

Chengde

Chengde Medical University

#2441 in Asia #6468 in the World

59% Acceptance

9,583 Enrollment

1945 Founded

76

Beijing

Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute

#2460 in Asia #6496 in the World

61% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1947 Founded

77

Jinzhou

Jinzhou Medical University

#2525 in Asia #6617 in the World

80% Acceptance

13,200 Enrollment

1946 Founded

78

Beijing

University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

#2871 in Asia #7393 in the World

43% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1978 Founded

79

Jiaozuo

Henan Polytechnic University

#3056 in Asia #7885 in the World

49% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

80

Changzhou

Changzhou University

#3145 in Asia #8115 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,800 Enrollment

1978 Founded

81

Lanzhou

Lanzhou Jiaotong University

#3175 in Asia #8219 in the World

49% Acceptance

1958 Founded

82

Zhenjiang

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

#3223 in Asia #8364 in the World

51% Acceptance

1933 Founded

83

Macau

University of Saint Joseph, Macau

#3229 in Asia #8375 in the World

52% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1996 Founded

84

Jiangmen

Wuyi University, Guangdong

#3520 in Asia #9048 in the World

62% Acceptance

19,500 Enrollment

1985 Founded

85

Ganzhou

Gannan Medical University

#3637 in Asia #9294 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,810 Enrollment

1941 Founded

86

Guangzhou

Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University

#3648 in Asia #9328 in the World

67% Acceptance

1957 Founded

87

Macau

Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau

#3821 in Asia #9713 in the World

47% Acceptance

279 Enrollment

1923 Founded

88

Ningbo

Ningbo Dahongying University

#3824 in Asia #9720 in the World

47% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1997 Founded

89

Panzhihua

Panzhihua University

#4258 in Asia #10593 in the World

53% Acceptance

1983 Founded

90

Tai'an

Taishan Medical University

#4317 in Asia #10704 in the World

76% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

2019 Founded