Chinese University Rankings 2022

A complete list of all Chinese university rankings for 2021 and QS world rankings for 2022 coupled with Project 985, Project 211, and C9 university data.

1. Ranking Systems: An Overview

The ranked universities below include Project 985, Project 211, and C9 universities throughout China. The 985 group consists of 39 universities, the 211 group consists of over 100 universities, and there are nine C9 universities. Universities in these groups are considered the most prestigious in China.

Project 211: beginning in 1995, this project involved providing funding to over 100 universities to develop their research standards.
Project 985: beginning in 1998, this project involved providing additional funding to a select group of universities, many of which also received funding from Project 211. Originally, nine universities, now known as the C9 universities, were selected, and the final 30 received funding in 2004 during the second phase of the project.
C9 Universities: Also known as the C9 League, C9 universities are China’s equivalent to the ivy leagues.

While Project 985 and Project 211 are still frequently used to rank Chinese universities, the projects were replaced by the World-Class 2.0 project in 2015. This project combines universities from both projects and includes a few additional universities. Through its new project, China aims to develop both research and education capabilities at select universities with the following goals:

By 2020, China will develop world-class universities.
By 2030, China will increase its number of world-class universities.
By 2050, China will be a leader for world-class universities and a “higher-education powerhouse.”

Ranking Systems

Notable Chinese Universities

2. Map of Notable Chinese Universities

Below is a map of C9, Project 295, and Project 211 universities. Universities in the three ranking systems are represented by different colors:

C9 League: red
Project 985: blue
Project 211: pink

Image link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_Universities_Map.png

Ranks

Chinese University Rankings

While Project 211, Project 985, and C9 universities are considered the best universities in China, some very high-ranked universities are not in these groups. Therefore, ranking is also an important consideration when using this data for partnerships and admission purposes.

Not only are C9 universities and Project 211 and 985 universities prestigious within China, but many of them also rank among the best universities in the world. The table below is ordered by Chinese ranking in 2021 and includes the QS world ranking for 2022. Here are some key take-aways from the rankings:

6 of the 9 C9 universities are ranked within the top 100 internationally.
23 of the 39 Project 985 universities are ranked within the top 500 internationally.
23 of the 112 Project 211 universities are ranked within the top 500 internationally.

2021 Chinese Ranking	2022 QS World Ranking	University	Location	C9	Project 985	Project 211
1	17	Tsinghua University	Beijing	✓	✓	✓
2	18	Peking University	Beijing	✓	✓	✓
3	50	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai	✓	✓	✓
4	31	Fudan University	Shanghai	✓	✓	✓
5	45	Zhejiang University	Hangzhou	✓	✓	✓
6	225	Wuhan University	Wuhan		✓	✓
7	131	Nanjing University	Nanjing	✓	✓	✓
8	211	Tongji University	Shanghai		✓	✓
9	601-650	Renmin University of China	Beijing		✓	✓
10	531-540	East China Normal University	Shanghai		✓	✓
11	98	University of Science and Technology of China	Hefei	✓	✓
12	383	Beihang University	Beijing		✓	✓
13		Lanzhou University	Lanzhou ...		✓	✓
14	407	Xiamen University	Xiamen		✓	✓
15	465	Southeast University	Nanjing		✓	✓
16	236	Harbin Institute of Technology	Harbin ...	✓	✓	✓
17	373	Beijing Institute of Technology	Beijing		✓	✓
18		China Agricultural University	Beijing		✓	✓
19	403	Shandong University	Jinan ...		✓	✓
20	358	Nankai University	Tianjin		✓	✓
21	270	Beijing Normal University	Beijing		✓	✓
22	290	Xi'an Jiaotong University	Xi'an	✓	✓	✓
23	334	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Wuhan		✓	✓
24	260	Sun Yat-Sen University	Guangzhou		✓	✓
25	334	Tianjin University	Tianjin		✓	✓
26	407	South China University of Technology	Guangzhou		✓	✓
27	521-530	Central South University	Changsha		✓	✓
28	571-580	Dalian University of Technology	Dalian		✓	✓
29	801-1000	Beijing Foreign Studies University	Beijing			✓
30		Hefei University of Technology	Hefei			✓
31		Zhengzhou University	Zhengzhou			✓
32		Xidian University	Xi'an			✓
33		Central China Normal University	Wuhan
34	801-1000	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	Beijing			✓
35	451	Sichuan University	Chengdu		✓	✓
36	601-650	Shenzhen University	Shenzhen
37	751-800	Jinan University	Guangzhou ...			✓
38	541-550	Northwestern Polytechnical University	Xi'an		✓	✓
39	414	University of Science and Technology Beijing	Beijing
40	651-700	Chongqing University	Chongqing		✓	✓
41	521-530	China University of Geosciences Wuhan	Wuhan ...			✓
42	601-650	Soochow University	Suzhou			✓
43		South China Agricultural University	Guangzhou
44	275	Southern University of Science and Technology	Shenzhen
45		Guangdong University of Foreign Studies	Guangzhou
46	801-1000	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Baixia ...			✓
47		China Europe International Business School	Shanghai
48		Southwest Jiaotong University	Chengdu			✓
49	601-650	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	Nanjing			✓
50		Northeastern University, China	Shenyang		✓	✓
51	801-1000	Beijing Jiaotong University	Beijing			✓
52	801-1000	Capital Normal University	Beijing
53	801-1000	Wuhan University of Technology	Wuhan			✓
54		Shaanxi Normal University	Xi'an ...			✓
55		South China Normal University	Guangzhou			✓
56		Donghua University	Shanghai			✓
57		Communication University of China	Beijing			✓
58		University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	Beijing
59		Chang'an University	Xi'an			✓
60	436	Shanghai University	Shanghai			✓
61		Nanjing Agricultural University	Nanjing			✓
62		China University of Mining and Technology	Xuzhou ...			✓
63		Guangdong University of Technology	Guangzhou
64	571-580	Hunan University	Changsha		✓	✓
65	501-510	Jilin University	Changchun		✓	✓
66	801-1000	Harbin Engineering University	Harbin			✓
67		Huazhong Agricultural University	Wuhan			✓
68		Shanghai International Studies University	Shanghai			✓
69		Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	Chengdu			✓
70		Northeast Normal University	Changchun			✓
71		Ocean University of China	Qingdao		✓	✓
72		Beijing University of Chemical Technology	Beijing			✓
73	601-650	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	Chengdu		✓	✓
74		Northwest A&F University	Yangling		✓	✓
75	571-580	East China University of Science and Technology	Shanghai			✓
76		The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China	Ningbo
77		Yanshan University	Qinhuangdao
78		Jiangsu University	Zhenjiang
79		Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	Shanghai
80		Hunan Normal University	Changsha			✓
81	751-800	Northwest University, China	Xi'an			✓
82		North China Electric Power University	Beijing ...			✓
83		Beijing Language and Culture University	Beijing
84		Fuzhou University	Fuzhou			✓
85		Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications	Nanjing
86		Fujian Normal University	Fuzhou
87		Nanjing Normal University	Nanjing			✓
88		Zhongyuan University of Technology	Zhengzhou
89		Qingdao University	Qingdao
90		Beijing Forestry University	Beijing			✓
91		Central Conservatory of Music	Beijing			✓
92		Qingdao University of Science and Technology	Qingdao
93		XiangTan University	Xiangtan
94		Nanjing Medical University	Nanjing
95		Guangxi Normal University	Guilin
96		Central University of Finance and Economics	Beijing			✓
97		Guangzhou University	Guangzhou
98		Shantou University	Shantou
99		Huaqiao University	Quanzhou
100		Dalian University of Foreign Languages	Dalian
101		Hohai University	Nanjing ...			✓
102		Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology	Nanjing
103		Guizhou University	Guiyang			✓
104		China University of Geosciences Beijing	Beijing ...			✓
105		East China University of Political Science and Law	Shanghai
106		China University of Petroleum	Qingdao			✓
107		China Academy of Art	Hangzhou ...
108		Dongbei University of Finance and Economics	Dalian
109		Foshan University	Foshan
110		Dalian Maritime University	Dalian			✓
111		North China University of Technology	Beijing
112		Hebei Normal University	Shijiazhuang
113		Northeast Forestry University	Harbin			✓
114		Nanchang University	Nanchang			✓
115		Wuhan University of Science and Technology	Wuhan
116		University of Shanghai for Science and Technology	Shanghai
117		Ningxia University	Yinchuan			✓
118		Northwest Normal University	Lanzhou
119		University of International Business and Economics	Beijing			✓
120		Shandong University of Science and Technology	Tai'an
121		Guangxi University	Nanning			✓
122		Kunming University of Science and Technology	Kunming
123		Hubei University	Wuhan
124		Liaoning University	Shenyang			✓
125		Taiyuan University of Technology	Taiyuan			✓
126		Hubei University of Technology	Wuhan
127		University of Jinan	Jinan
128		Zhejiang University of Technology	Hangzhou
129		Anhui University	Hefei			✓
130		Fujian Medical University	Fuzhou
131		Shandong University of Technology	Zibo
132		China University of Political Science and Law	Beijing			✓
133		Hebei University of Technology	Tianjin			✓
134		Henan University of Science and Technology	Luoyang			✓
135		Harbin Medical University	Harbin
136		Shanghai University of Engineering Science	Shanghai
137		China Medical University	Shenyang
138		Henan University	Kaifeng
139		Xi'an International Studies University	Xi'an
140		Tianjin University of Technology	Tianjin
141		Chongqing Normal University	Chongqing
142		Zhejiang Gongshang University	Hangzhou
143		Hebei University of Science and Technology	Shijiazhuang
144		Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology	Xi'an
145		Anhui Agricultural University	Hefei
146		Beijing Technology and Business University	Beijing
147		Beijing International Studies University	Beijing
148		South-Central University for Nationalities	Wuhan
149		Sichuan Fine Arts Institute	Chongqing
150		Yunnan Normal University	Kunming
151		Xi'an University of Technology	Xi'an
152		Capital Medical University	Beijing
153		China Jiliang University	Hangzhou
154	801-1000	Beijing University of Chinese Medicine	Beijing			✓
155		Chengdu University	Chengdu
156		Beijing Dance Academy	Beijing
157		Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts	Xi'an
158		Jilin Agricultural University	Changchun
159		Nanjing Tech University	Nanjing
160		Hangzhou Dianzi University	Hangzhou
161		China University of Petroleum	Beijing ...
162		Lanzhou Jiaotong University	Lanzhou
163		Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication	Beijing
164		Southwest University	Chongqing			✓
165		Chongqing Medical University	Chongqing
166		Anhui Normal University	Wuhu
167		Peking Union Medical College	Beijing
168		Hebei University	Baoding
169		Agricultural University of Hebei	Baoding
170		Gansu Agricultural University	Lanzhou
171		Anhui Medical University	Hefei
172		Nanjing Forestry University	Nanjing
173		Jiangnan University	Wuxi			✓
174		Guizhou Normal University	Guiyang
175		Shanghai Normal University	Shanghai
176		Shandong Normal University	Jinan
177		Qufu Normal University	Qufu
178		Civil Aviation University of China	Tianjin
179		Jiangxi Agricultural University	Nanchang
180		Inner Mongolia University	Hohhot			✓
181		Anhui University of Science and Technology	Huainan
182		Beijing City University	Beijing
183		Northeast Agricultural University	Harbin			✓
184		Liaoning Normal University	Dalian
185		Heilongjiang University	Harbin
186		Yantai University	Yantai
187		Sichuan International Studies University	Chongqing
188		Nantong University	Nantong
189		China Conservatory of Music	Beijing
190		National University of Defense Technology	Changsha		✓	✓
191		Hebei University of Economics and Business	Shijiazhuang
192		Harbin Normal University	Harbin
193		Dalian Nationalities University	Dalian
194		Qinghai Normal University	Xining
195		Hebei Medical University	Shijiazhuang
196		Sichuan Normal University	Chengdu
197		Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics	Nanchang
198		Tianjin Normal University	Tianjin
199		Shanxi Agricultural University	Taigu
200		Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture	Beijing

Chinese University Rankings: https://www.4icu.org/cn/

QS World Ranking Source: https://www.universityrankings.ch/results?ranking=QS&region=Asia&year=2022&q=China

Lists of Project 211 and 985 universities: https://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/cedu/ceduproject211.php

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Chinese University Rankings 2022

A complete list of all Chinese university rankings for 2021 and QS world rankings for 2022 coupled with Project 985, Project 211, and C9 university data.

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1. Ranking Systems: An Overview

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