According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Peking University is neither a liberal arts university nor a science university. It is a comprehensive university with both arts and sciences. PekingUniversity (English name: Peking University) was founded in 1898, located in Beijing, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall. This school is the first national comprehensive university in modern China directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Peking University is a national "double-class" "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and was selected as "Independent Examination Unit for Degree Authorization" and "Experimental Plan for Training Top Students in Basic Subjects".

The departments under Peking University mainly include School of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Life Sciences, School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, School of Earth and Space Sciences, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, School of Architecture and Landscape Design, School of Information Science and Technology, School of Engineering, School of Computer Science and Technology, School of Software and Microelectronics, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Engineering Research Center of Software Engineering, China Language and Literature Department. Department of History, School of Archaeology and Culture, Department of Philosophy (Department of Religion), School of Foreign Languages, School of Art, School of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, School of Drama, School of International Relations, School of Law, Department of Information Management, Department of Sociology, School of Government Administration, School of Marxism, School of Education, School of Journalism and Communication, Department of Physical Education and Research, School of New Media, School of Education and Finance, School of Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Institute of Population Studies. Basic Medical College, Pharmacy College, Public Health College, Nursing College, Medical Humanities College, Medical Continuing Education College, First Hospital, People's Hospital, Third Hospital, Stomatological Hospital, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Sixth Hospital, Shenzhen Hospital, Shougang Hospital, International Hospital, Binhai Hospital, Yuanpei College, Yanjing School, Advanced Technology Research Institute, Frontier Interdisciplinary Research Institute, China Social Science Investigation Center, etc. College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing International Mathematical Research Center, Institute of Oceanography, College of Modern Agriculture, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Information Engineering, College of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, College of Environment and Energy, College of Urban Planning and Design, College of New Materials, HSBC Business School, School of International Law, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.