According to the list of academicians of 985 University of Engineering in 2023, Tsinghua University ranked first with 70 full-time academicians, followed by Peking University with 60 full-time academicians. Zhejiang University ranks third in China with 35 full-time academicians.
Among the top ten universities, besides Tsinghua, Peking University and Zhejiang University, they also include Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Harbin Institute of Technology, China University of Science and Technology and Beihang University. The number of full-time academicians in these universities has exceeded 20.
Among the traditional strong universities of science and engineering, the number of full-time academicians in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Xi Jiaotong University, Central South University, Xiamen University, China Agricultural University and Dalian University of Technology all exceeds 12.
It should be noted that this is only the data in 2023, and the actual situation may change. At the same time, this is only the statistics of the number of full-time academicians, which cannot fully represent the comprehensive strength of colleges and universities.
In addition to the number of full-time academicians, the academic field and research direction of academicians are also important indicators to measure the strength of colleges and universities. Some universities may not be as good as others in the number of full-time academicians, but there are more academicians in specific disciplines or research directions.
For example, Nanjing Agricultural University has many academicians in the field of agricultural science, which shows its great strength in agricultural science research. There are many academicians in the aerospace field in Beihang University, which is closely related to their professional characteristics.
In addition, academicians from different universities have different research directions. Some academicians focus on basic research, while others pay more attention to applied research. These differences also reflect the different emphases and characteristics of different universities in scientific research.