1, ranking. According to the ranking of soft science in 2023, Nankai University ranked 20th in China, second only to Tianjin University and Tianjin University, and ranked 16 in national comprehensive universities, second only to Southeast University, while Sun Yat-sen University ranked 12 in China, second only to Xi Jiaotong University and Guangdong Province ranked 1.

2. Academic strength. The results of the fourth round of discipline evaluation show that Sun Yat-sen University ranks 48 disciplines, and 14 discipline is selected as Class A, among which ecology and business administration are the top disciplines,1/kloc-0 discipline is selected as double-class, Nankai University ranks 35 disciplines, and 14 discipline is selected as Class A, but there is no A+ top discipline.