ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities(ARWU), U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and QS World University Rankings are recognized as the most authoritative rankings all over the world. Since we are discussing the ranking of Chinese universities in Beijing now, we’d better refer to ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. After all, no foreign institution knows Chinese universities better than Chinese institutions. How do you think?
According to ARWU in 2021, the universities in Beijing that enroll foreign students ranks as below:
Top 1. Tsinghua University
Top 2. Peking University
Top 3. Beijing Normal University
Top 4. Beihang University
Top 5. Renmin University of China
Top 6. Beijing Institution of Technology
Top 7. China Agricultural University
Top 8. University of Science and Technology Beijing
Top 9. Beijing Jiaotong University
Top 10. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Top 1. Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is the best university in China. Tsinghua University campus is located on the site of the imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty in the northwest of Beijing, surrounded by many historical sites. The college attaches great importance to the interaction between Chinese and Western culture, science and humanities, ancient and modern. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, in the National University and college restructuring in 1952, the University was shaped into a Polytechnic College focusing on engineering.
Since China opened to the outside world in 1978, Tsinghua University has developed at an amazing speed into a comprehensive research university. At present, the university has 21 colleges and 59 departments, with disciplines such as science, engineering, humanities, law, medicine, history, philosophy, economy, management, education, and art.
Tsinghua University is committed to the well-being of Chinese society and the development of the world with the motto of "self-discipline and social commitment" and the spirit of "action is better than eloquence". As one of the most prestigious and influential universities in China, Tsinghua University is committed to cultivating global citizens who thrive in today's world and become future leaders. By pursuing the highest level of excellence in education and research, Tsinghua is developing innovative solutions to help solve pressing problems in China and the world.
Top 2. Peking University
Peking University, founded in 1898, is the first national comprehensive university in China. In recent years, with the support of the "211 Project" and the "985 Project", Peking University has entered a new historical development stage and has made remarkable achievements in discipline construction, talent training, teaching staff construction, teaching and scientific research, which has laid a solid foundation for Building Peking University into a world-class University. Today, Peking University has become the cradle of cultivating high-quality and creative talents, the frontier of scientific research, an important base for knowledge innovation, and an important bridge and window for international exchanges.
Top 3. Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University is a key university directly under the management of the Ministry of Education. The school headquarters of Beijing Normal University (North Taipingzhuang Campus) covers an area of 1048 Mu and is the main concentration of school education and teaching activities. There are more than 4.2 million documents in the library, with about 30600GB of digital resources, including about 1580GB of e-books.
Beijing Normal University has extensive international cooperation and exchanges. The university has signed cooperation agreements with nearly 300 universities and research institutions in more than 30 countries and regions and has cooperated in international student exchange projects with more than 50 universities in the United States, Britain, Japan, South Korea, and Canada. The school has successively established 7 Confucius Institutes in cooperation with Manchester University in the UK, San Francisco State University in the United States, University of Oklahoma, Dawson College and the University of Sherbrooke in Canada, Aalborg University in Denmark, the University of Macerata in Italy and William University of Mary in the United States.
Top 4. Beihang University
Since recruiting the first batch of 18 overseas graduate students in 1993, Beihang has always adhered to the combination of scale and quality, character development, and overall improvement. Its international student scale, student source quality, training level, and education level rank among the forefront of colleges and universities in China. In 2017, there were more than 2000 international students from 110 countries.
Beihang took the lead in realizing all courses to be taught in English for overseas graduate students in China, with 284 English courses, of which 7 courses have been approved as "brand courses of international education in English medium" by the Ministry of Education, and 9 English textbooks have been officially published by Beihang.
Beihang has established a diversified, multi-channel, influential, and well-known scholarship system for international students, including Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, Beijing Foreign Student Scholarship, Beihang International Student Scholarship, and Enterprise Funded Scholarship. The perfect scholarship system has greatly improved the competitiveness of Beihang international education.
Top 5. Renmin University of China
Renmin University of China is the first new formal university founded by the Communist Party of China. It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university focusing on Humanities and social sciences. It directly belongs to the Ministry of Education and is jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Beijing. The university belongs to one of the first batch of national key universities under the "985 Project" and "211 Project", and was selected into the national list of "World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines" in 2017.
By September 2020, Renmin University of China had 28494 students, including 11991 undergraduates, 11602 masters, and 4901 doctoral students; The above data include 1199 international students with academic qualifications. The number of international students ranks among the top among colleges and universities in China.
Top 6. Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Institute of Technology has more than 2500 foreign students from 149 countries, mainly from South Korea, Russia, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, France, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Beijing Institute of Technology is committed to cultivating high-level international talents with international vision, international competitiveness and cooperation ability, and excellent leadership in the fields of global politics, economy, culture, education, and science and technology. It is famous for high-quality students, high training level, broad employment prospects, diverse awards and grants, strict daily management, perfect life security, and rich student activities. It has formed a scientific and perfect education and management system for overseas students in China and has become an important destination school for domestic overseas students and a strong school for overseas students' education.
Top 7. China Agricultural University
China Agricultural University is the origin of modern agricultural higher education in China. Its history begins from the Agricultural College of Beijing University, which was established in 1905. Since the founding of new China (1954), China Agricultural University has accepted more than 3000 international students from more than 90 countries.
At present, the university has 52 undergraduate majors, 89 master's majors, and 68 doctoral majors for international students. At the same time, it has opened English teaching postgraduate programs involving 12 majors for international students (including four colleges: College of agriculture and biotechnology, College of Engineering, School of economics and management, and College of human resources and development). In addition, nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate courses taught in English are open to international students.
Top 8. University of Science and Technology Beijing
The history of Beijing University of Science and Technology can be traced back to the first mining and metallurgy discipline in modern Chinese history founded in 1895. In May 1997, the University was among the first batch of colleges and universities to enter the national "211 Project". In 2006, the University became one of the universities supported by "985 Project". In 2017, the university was selected as a national "Double First-class" University.
In the 69 years since its establishment, the school has trained more than 200000 talents for the society, many of whom have become the pillars and backbone of national politics, economy, science and technology, education, and other fields, especially metallurgy and material industries. The school is known as the "Cradle of Steel".
As of September 2021, there are more than 26000 full-time students, including 13853 undergraduates, 12591 postgraduates, and 812 international students. A multi-level and relatively complete talent training system of graduate education, full-time undergraduate education, higher vocational education, and continuing education has been formed.
Top 9. Beijing Jiaotong University
With a 66 year history of international education, Beijing Jiaotong University is one of the first universities to pass the quality certification for teaching international students. In 2020, international students from more than 110 countries studied there.
The library has a total of about 14.62 million paper books, e-books, and network resources, has a transportation characteristic database, a science and technology novelty search workstation of the Ministry of Education, and has been approved as the first batch of national intellectual property information service centers of colleges and universities.
Now, with a glorious history of 125 years, Beijing Jiaotong University is marching towards the goal of a world-class university with a more pioneering and enterprising spirit.
Top 10. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, jointly built by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is a key university that belongs to both "985 Project" and "211 Project" listed universities. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is an important training base for information technology talents in China.
The school has a Haidian campus and a Changping campus. There are more than 27000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduate, doctoral, and international students.
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