Peking University (Peking University for short) was born in 1898, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall. It was the first national university in modern China, and it was also the earliest school established as a "university". Its establishment marks the beginning of modern higher education in China.

Peking University is the only school established as the highest institution of higher learning in modern China. At first, it was also the highest educational administrative organ of the country, exercising the functions of the Ministry of Education and being in charge of national education.

The admission scores are determined by the institutions themselves. In addition, three related scores, namely, qualification line, provincial control line and investment line, are delineated by the provincial recruitment office. It is meaningless to just look at the admission line, because the admission scores of different majors in the same school are different.