1. The rankings of Sun Yat-sen University and Beihang University are different. Beihang University ranked 15 in 2022 and Sun Yat-sen University ranked 12 in 2022. Comparing the rankings of the two universities in the soft science rankings in 2022, we can find that Sun Yat-sen University ranks higher, three places higher than Beihang University.

2. In terms of discipline strength, Beihang University has 23 disciplines on the list and Sun Yat-sen University has 48 disciplines on the list.