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What are the top ten universities in China?
According to the ranking of 20 17:

1. Peking University

Peking University, founded in 1898, was the first national comprehensive university in China and the highest educational administrative organ in China at that time. It was renamed as 19 12 after the Revolution of 1911.

As the center of the New Culture Movement and the birthplace of the May 4th Movement, as the birthplace of China's earliest dissemination of Marxism and democratic scientific thoughts, and as the earliest activity base of China's * * * production party, Peking University has made irreplaceable contributions to the national rejuvenation and liberation, national construction and development, social civilization and progress, and played an important vanguard role in the modernization process of China.

The traditional spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy and science and the study style of diligence, preciseness, truth-seeking and innovation are endless and passed down from generation to generation here.

2. Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University is a famous institution of higher learning in China, located in the scenic campus of Tsinghua in the northwest suburb of Beijing, and is an important base for high-level personnel training and scientific and technological research in China.

Tsinghua University, formerly known as Tsinghua School, was founded in 19 1 1. It was originally a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua University. In order to try to cultivate talents locally, 1925 established the undergraduate department, and in the same year, opened the Institute of Chinese Studies. 1928 was renamed as "National Tsinghua University". 1937 after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha to run a school jointly with Peking University and Nankai University. 1938 moved to Kunming and was renamed as National Southwest Associated University. 1946, Tsinghua University moved back to the original site of Tsinghua campus for re-education.

3. Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and outstanding reputation, located in Hangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city and a scenic tourist attraction in China. Qiushi College, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by the people of China. 1928, named National Zhejiang University.

Zhejiang University is a comprehensive research university with distinctive features and great influence at home and abroad. Its disciplines cover twelve categories, including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, art, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and management. The school has 7 departments and 36 colleges (departments).

Two disciplines has 14 national key disciplines and 2 1 national key disciplines. According to the data published by ESI, as of September 20 15, there were 18 disciplines in our school before they entered the world academic institutions 1%, ranking second among universities in China; Seven disciplines ranked in the top of the world 100, and four disciplines ranked in the top 50 in the world, ranking first among universities in China.

4.fudan university

Fudan University was founded in 1905 and formerly known as Fudan College. It is the first institution of higher learning independently established by the people of China, and its founder is Ma, a famous educator in modern China. The name of "Fudan" is selected from the famous sentence "The sun shines brightly, Fudan is thriving" in Yu Xia Biography, which is intended to strive for self-improvement and place the hope of China intellectuals to run their own schools and educate the country at that time.

19 17 Fudan college was renamed as private Fudan university; 1937 After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the school moved to Beibei, Chongqing, and 194 1 was changed to "national"; 1946 moved back to the original site of Jiangwan, Shanghai; After the national colleges and universities were adjusted from 65438 to 0952, Fudan University became a comprehensive university of arts and sciences. 1959 became a national key university.

5. China Renmin University

China Renmin University is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipality, focusing on humanities and social sciences.

The school's predecessor was Northern Shaanxi Public School, which was born in the bonfire of 1937 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, followed by North China United University and North China University. Famous educators Wu, Cheng, Yuan, Huang Da, Ji Baocheng and Chen successively served as principals. The current party secretary is Professor Jin Nuo, and the principal is Professor Liu Wei.

6. Shanghai Jiaotong University

Shanghai Jiaotong University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China, enjoying a high reputation at home and abroad. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. After 120 years of unremitting efforts, Shanghai Jiaotong University has become a first-class domestic and internationally renowned university with "comprehensiveness, research and internationalization".

/kloc-at the end of 0/9, the Sino-Japanese War was defeated and the nation was in danger. Sheng Xuanhuai, a famous industrialist and educator in modern China, and a group of people of insight founded Nanyang Public College, the predecessor of Jiaotong University, in Shanghai on 1896, with the belief that "self-improvement first lies in talent storage, and talent storage must first promote learning".

Since its establishment, the school has adhered to the tenet of "seeking truth from facts, seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic", taking the cultivation of "first-class talents" as its educational goal, and has been diligent and enterprising. In the 1920s and 1930s, it became a famous institution of higher learning in China, known as "Oriental Massachusetts Institute of Technology".

During the Anti-Japanese War, teachers and students went through a lot of difficulties, moved to the concession, moved to Chongqing, and persisted in running schools. Many students joined the army and fought bloody battles. On the eve of liberation, teachers and students actively participated in the democratic revolution, and the school was known as the "democratic fortress".

7. Wuhan University

Wuhan University, referred to as "Wu Da", is located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It is a vice-ministerial national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), and the first batch of national key universities under the "985 Project", "21Project" and "20 165438 Plan". At the same time, it is a comprehensive research university with key projects such as "11plan", "Everest plan", "overseas high-level talent introduction plan", "excellent engineer education and training plan", "excellent legal talent education and training plan" and "excellent doctor education and training plan". It is one of the most closely linked and widely cooperated universities between China and French universities.

The school-running source of Wuhan University can be traced back to 1893 when Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, invited the Qing government to establish a self-improvement school in the late Qing Dynasty. 19 13 was renamed as National Wuchang Normal School; 1926 national sun yat-sen university in Wuchang was established; 1928 was named National Wuhan University, one of the four famous universities in the Republic of China. 1949, renamed Wuhan University.

8. Nanjing University

Nanjing University, located in Jinling, the ancient capital of Zhong Ling, is a century-old prestigious school with a long history and outstanding reputation. Its predecessor was Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. Since then, it has been renamed Nanjing University on 1950 after historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, National Southeast University, Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University.

In the course of running a school for more than a century, Nanjing University and its predecessor share the same breath with the times, share the same destiny with the nation, strive for national prosperity and scientific progress, and make important contributions to national prosperity and rejuvenation. Especially since the reform and opening up, Nanjing University, as a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, has shown new vitality in new historical opportunities and maintained a good development trend in teaching, scientific research, social services and other fields. All school-running indicators and comprehensive strength rank among the top universities in China.

9. Sun Yat-sen University

Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, has a school-running tradition of over 100 years, and is an important town of scientific research, cultural scholarship and personnel training in southern China. As a university directly under the Ministry of Education of China, Sun Yat-sen University has become a first-class and internationally renowned modern comprehensive university through the establishment of the Ministry of Education.

Now it consists of three campuses, five campuses and eight affiliated hospitals: Guangzhou Campus, Zhuhai Campus and Shenzhen Campus. Sun Yat-sen University is marching towards a world-class university and striving to become a global academic center.

10. Jilin University

Jilin University was formed in June 2000 by the merger of Jilin University, Jilin University of Technology, Bethune Medical University, changchun university of science and technology and Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications. On August 29th, 2004, the former China People's Liberation Army Quartermaster University was merged into Jilin University. The six schools before the merger had a glorious history.

Jilin University, formerly known as Northeast Administration College, was founded in 1946. 1950 was renamed northeast Renmin university, which was the first comprehensive university founded by our party after the adjustment of 1952 departments. 1958 changed its name to Jilin University.

Extended data:

QS Global Education Group released the ranking of Asia's top 500 universities in 20 18 on the 24th. Six of the top ten universities are from China, among which HKU ranks second in Asia, while Tsinghua University and Nanyang Technological University are tied for third place.

The National University of Singapore topped the list. The top ten universities in China include Peking University, Fudan University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

On the whole, there are 157 universities in China, ranking first in Asia, followed by Japan (89), India (75) and South Korea (57).

According to QS Global Education Group, universities in Chinese mainland are particularly outstanding in international scientific research. Twenty-two universities rank among the top 50 in Asia, and Chinese mainland 16 universities rank among the top 50 in the category of international research cooperation.

Zhang Ji, director of QS Global Education Group in China, said that the academic reputation and talent training of China universities have been gradually recognized by the international community, and more and more outstanding overseas talents are willing to study or teach in China.

Reference: People's Daily Online -2065 438+07 The annual ranking of social influence of China University was released.

Reference: People's Daily Online -20 17 Top 200 Comprehensive Strength of China University.