Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in China for Sports

We ranked the top 100 universities for Sports in China based on strict academic metrics. Our methodology evaluated 7.83M subject-specific papers and 162.23M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Sports

#2 in Asia #66 in the World

28% Acceptance

34,241 Enrollment

1937 Founded

2

Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Sports

#6 in Asia #131 in the World

20% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1963 Founded

3

Shanghai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Sports

#10 in Asia #161 in the World

20% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

4

Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

For Sports

#11 in Asia #169 in the World

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

5

Shanghai

Fudan University

For Sports

#15 in Asia #213 in the World

18% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

6

Beijing

Peking University

For Sports

#18 in Asia #225 in the World

21% Acceptance

44,730 Enrollment

1898 Founded

7

Beijing

Capital Medical University

For Sports

#22 in Asia #247 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1960 Founded

8

Chengdu

Sichuan University

For Sports

#31 in Asia #300 in the World

37% Acceptance

44,200 Enrollment

1896 Founded

9

Guangzhou

Sun Yat – Sen University

For Sports

#33 in Asia #314 in the World

30% Acceptance

65,638 Enrollment

1924 Founded

10

Hangzhou

Zhejiang University

For Sports

#38 in Asia #340 in the World

20% Acceptance

60,739 Enrollment

1897 Founded

11

Beijing

Tsinghua University

For Sports

#43 in Asia #361 in the World

22% Acceptance

48,739 Enrollment

1911 Founded

12

Wuhan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Sports

#47 in Asia #381 in the World

26% Acceptance

71,970 Enrollment

1953 Founded

13

Changsha

Central South University

For Sports

#64 in Asia #473 in the World

77% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

14

Beijing

Peking Union Medical College

For Sports

#65 in Asia #478 in the World

9% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1917 Founded

15

Harbin

Harbin Institute of Technology

For Sports

#73 in Asia #504 in the World

16% Acceptance

33,496 Enrollment

1920 Founded

16

Nanjing

Nanjing Medical University

For Sports

#75 in Asia #509 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

17

Suzhou, Jiangsu

Soochow University

For Sports

#89 in Asia #571 in the World

30% Acceptance

48,901 Enrollment

1899 Founded

18

Chengdu

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Sports

#90 in Asia #573 in the World

30% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

19

Jinan

Shandong University

For Sports

#93 in Asia #590 in the World

30% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1901 Founded

20

Hefei

University of Science and Technology of China

For Sports

#94 in Asia #593 in the World

10% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

21

Shanghai

Tongji University

For Sports

#97 in Asia #598 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1907 Founded

22

Guangzhou

South China University of Technology

For Sports

#100 in Asia #611 in the World

30% Acceptance

42,720 Enrollment

1952 Founded

23

Changchun

Jilin University

For Sports

#105 in Asia #629 in the World

30% Acceptance

68,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

24

Wuhan

Wuhan University

For Sports

#110 in Asia #663 in the World

19% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1893 Founded

25

Tianjin

Tianjin University

For Sports

#121 in Asia #703 in the World

34% Acceptance

35,370 Enrollment

1895 Founded

26

Qingdao

Qingdao University

For Sports

#128 in Asia #717 in the World

40% Acceptance

46,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

27

Nanjing

Southeast University

For Sports

#129 in Asia #720 in the World

20% Acceptance

30,664 Enrollment

1902 Founded

28

Beijing

Beijing Normal University

For Sports

#135 in Asia #740 in the World

37% Acceptance

36,482 Enrollment

1902 Founded

29

Lanzhou

Lanzhou University

For Sports

#138 in Asia #751 in the World

22% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

30

Chongqing

Chongqing Medical University

For Sports

#153 in Asia #806 in the World

52% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1956 Founded

31

Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou University

For Sports

#164 in Asia #837 in the World

40% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

32

Guangzhou

Guangzhou Medical University

For Sports

#180 in Asia #872 in the World

62% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

33

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Baptist University

For Sports

#182 in Asia #876 in the World

35% Acceptance

14,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

34

Nanjing

Nanjing University

For Sports

#204 in Asia #945 in the World

24% Acceptance

56,068 Enrollment

1902 Founded

35

Nanchang

Nanchang University

For Sports

#216 in Asia #969 in the World

27% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

36

Chongqing

Chongqing University

For Sports

#229 in Asia #1008 in the World

30% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

37

Shanghai

East China Normal University

For Sports

#248 in Asia #1050 in the World

30% Acceptance

36,026 Enrollment

1951 Founded

38

Tianjin

Nankai University

For Sports

#277 in Asia #1122 in the World

37% Acceptance

26,568 Enrollment

1919 Founded

39

Xiamen

Xiamen University

For Sports

#338 in Asia #1285 in the World

36% Acceptance

40,302 Enrollment

1921 Founded

40

Zhenjiang

Jiangsu University

For Sports

#410 in Asia #1463 in the World

38% Acceptance

37,600 Enrollment

1902 Founded

41

Qingdao

Ocean University of China

For Sports

#453 in Asia #1554 in the World

40% Acceptance

26,000 Enrollment

1924 Founded

42

Macau

University of Macau

For Sports

#472 in Asia #1588 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

43

Wuxi

Jiangnan University

For Sports

#498 in Asia #1639 in the World

27% Acceptance

28,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

44

Shanghai

East China University of Science and Technology

For Sports

#544 in Asia #1749 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

45

Beijing

China Agricultural University

For Sports

#580 in Asia #1841 in the World

20% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

46

Tianjin

Tianjin University of Science and Technology

For Sports

#589 in Asia #1859 in the World

52% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

47

Wuhan

Huazhong Agricultural University

For Sports

#630 in Asia #1943 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,196 Enrollment

1898 Founded

48

Ya'an

Sichuan Agricultural University

For Sports

#641 in Asia #1967 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

49

Beijing

Beijing Forestry University

For Sports

#647 in Asia #1981 in the World

30% Acceptance

25,347 Enrollment

1952 Founded

50

Guiyang

Guizhou University

For Sports

#660 in Asia #2002 in the World

40% Acceptance

30,443 Enrollment

1902 Founded

51

Nanjing

Nanjing Agricultural University

For Sports

#752 in Asia #2195 in the World

37% Acceptance

26,196 Enrollment

1952 Founded

52

Yangling

Northwest A&F University

For Sports

#857 in Asia #2375 in the World

30% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

53

Guangzhou

South China Agricultural University

For Sports

#887 in Asia #2420 in the World

34% Acceptance

60,588 Enrollment

1909 Founded

54

Xi'an

Northwest University, China

For Sports

#907 in Asia #2459 in the World

30% Acceptance

25,000 Enrollment

1912 Founded

55

Harbin

Northeast Forestry University

For Sports

#917 in Asia #2474 in the World

41% Acceptance

24,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

56

Wuhu

Anhui Normal University

For Sports

#988 in Asia #2591 in the World

44% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1928 Founded

57

Jingzhou

Yangtze University

For Sports

#1027 in Asia #2655 in the World

33% Acceptance

36,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

58

Wuhan

Central China Normal University

For Sports

#517 in Asia #1692 in the World

27% Acceptance

32,000 Enrollment

1903 Founded

59

Nanjing

Nanjing Forestry University

For Sports

#726 in Asia #2140 in the World

40% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

60

Haikou

Hainan Medical University

For Sports

#820 in Asia #2325 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

61

Zunyi

Zunyi Medical University

For Sports

#607 in Asia #1900 in the World

31% Acceptance

20,164 Enrollment

1947 Founded

62

Taiyuan

Shanxi University

For Sports

#850 in Asia #2363 in the World

27% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1902 Founded

63

Liaocheng

Liaocheng University

For Sports

#868 in Asia #2390 in the World

58% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

64

Fuzhou, Fujian

Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

For Sports

#211 in Asia #954 in the World

43% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

65

Xianyang

Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine

For Sports

#662 in Asia #2005 in the World

48% Acceptance

13,562 Enrollment

1952 Founded

66

Shanghai

Shanghai Tech University

For Sports

#1054 in Asia #2691 in the World

9% Acceptance

3,221 Enrollment

2013 Founded

67

Huzhou

Huzhou University

For Sports

#770 in Asia #2230 in the World

15% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

68

Changchun

Changchun University

For Sports

#875 in Asia #2401 in the World

54% Acceptance

16,089 Enrollment

1946 Founded

69

Wenzhou

Wenzhou University

For Sports

#950 in Asia #2520 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

70

Nanjing

Nanjing Normal University

For Sports

#409 in Asia #1462 in the World

35% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

71

Haikou

Hainan University

For Sports

#1051 in Asia #2687 in the World

65% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1983 Founded

72

Zhaoqing

Zhaoqing University

For Sports

#1112 in Asia #2773 in the World

62% Acceptance

22,729 Enrollment

1970 Founded

73

Shiyan

Hubei University of Medicine

For Sports

#688 in Asia #2062 in the World

59% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1965 Founded

74

Kunming

Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

For Sports

#1050 in Asia #2686 in the World

21% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

75

Fuzhou, Fujian

Fujian Medical University

For Sports

#133 in Asia #733 in the World

51% Acceptance

16,000 Enrollment

1937 Founded

76

Xiamen

Jimei University

For Sports

#998 in Asia #2606 in the World

51% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

77

Shanghai

Shanghai Normal University

For Sports

#796 in Asia #2270 in the World

25% Acceptance

36,026 Enrollment

1954 Founded

78

Hong Kong

Open University of Hong Kong

For Sports

#708 in Asia #2091 in the World

55% Acceptance

9,040 Enrollment

1989 Founded

79

Changchun

Northeast Normal University

For Sports

#560 in Asia #1791 in the World

30% Acceptance

28,024 Enrollment

1946 Founded

80

Wenzhou

Wenzhou Medical University

For Sports

#157 in Asia #819 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,155 Enrollment

1958 Founded

81

Nanchong

North Sichuan Medical College

For Sports

#532 in Asia #1729 in the World

59% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1951 Founded

82

Guiyang

Guizhou Medical University

For Sports

#888 in Asia #2422 in the World

52% Acceptance

20,164 Enrollment

1938 Founded

83

Zhanjiang

Guangdong Medical University

For Sports

#637 in Asia #1963 in the World

24% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

84

Shijiazhuang

Hebei Institute of Physical Education

For Sports

#1010 in Asia #2629 in the World

41% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

85

Kunming

Kunming Medical University

For Sports

#439 in Asia #1523 in the World

20% Acceptance

25,760 Enrollment

1956 Founded

86

Fuzhou, Fujian

Fujian Normal University

For Sports

#523 in Asia #1708 in the World

26% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

87

Xi'an

Shaanxi Normal University

For Sports

#364 in Asia #1358 in the World

40% Acceptance

38,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

88

Quanzhou

Quanzhou Normal University

For Sports

#1116 in Asia #2777 in the World

34% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

89

Hohhot

Inner Mongolia Medical University

For Sports

#605 in Asia #1895 in the World

44% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

90

Binzhou

Binzhou University

For Sports

#664 in Asia #2010 in the World

40% Acceptance

25,460 Enrollment

1958 Founded

91

Weifang

Weifang Medical University

For Sports

#912 in Asia #2467 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

92

Nanchang

Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

For Sports

#987 in Asia #2588 in the World

53% Acceptance

23,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

93

Guilin

Guangxi Normal University

For Sports

#780 in Asia #2246 in the World

57% Acceptance

15,057 Enrollment

1932 Founded

94

Yuncheng

Yuncheng University

For Sports

#1126 in Asia #2788 in the World

56% Acceptance

20,637 Enrollment

1978 Founded

95

Shijiazhuang

Hebei Medical University

For Sports

#174 in Asia #861 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,100 Enrollment

1913 Founded

96

Kunming

Yunnan University

For Sports

#697 in Asia #2074 in the World

37% Acceptance

30,443 Enrollment

1923 Founded

97

Foshan

Foshan University

For Sports

#1084 in Asia #2731 in the World

56% Acceptance

40,302 Enrollment

1995 Founded

98

Xi'an

Xi’an Jiaotong University

For Sports

#69 in Asia #487 in the World

28% Acceptance

40,346 Enrollment

1896 Founded

99

Putian

Putian University

For Sports

#1123 in Asia #2784 in the World

40% Acceptance

16,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

100

Hengyang

University of South China

For Sports

#768 in Asia #2227 in the World

60% Acceptance

39,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded