Top Universities in China

304 universities in China with a measured position, 37 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
51 Yangtze University not ranked #173 858,656
52 The University of Nottingham Ningbo China not ranked #195 543,807
53 Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University not ranked #200 508,090
54 Guizhou Normal University not ranked #222 288,390
55 Shenyang Jianzhu University not ranked #246 184,400
56 Shandong Medical University not ranked #247 178,544
57 Shanghai International Studies University not ranked #265 73,917
58 Beijing Language and Culture University not ranked #280 33,955
59 Suzhou University not ranked #38 11,528,906
60 Nanjing Medical University not ranked #39 8,648,006
61 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics not ranked #40 8,192,878
62 Lanzhou University not ranked #41 7,836,827
63 Nanjing Agricultural University not ranked #42 7,168,863
64 Huazhong Agricultural University not ranked #43 6,805,441
65 Northwest A&F University not ranked #44 6,633,186
66 East China University of Science and Technology not ranked #45 6,509,025
67 Wuhan University of Technology not ranked #46 6,426,994
68 Beijing University of Chemical Technology not ranked #47 6,307,668
69 Southern Yangtze University not ranked #48 5,789,755
70 Qingdao University not ranked #50 5,190,027
71 Jinan University not ranked #51 5,121,211
72 4th Military Medical University not ranked #53 5,006,678
73 2nd Military Medical University not ranked #54 4,976,132
74 Fuzhou University not ranked #55 4,948,501
75 Southwest University not ranked #56 4,918,771
76 3rd Military Medical University not ranked #57 4,820,164
77 Harbin Medical University not ranked #58 4,773,878
78 Chongqing Medical University not ranked #60 4,750,211
79 Ocean University of China not ranked #61 4,490,172
80 South University of Science and Technology of China not ranked #62 4,461,623
81 China Medical University Shenyang not ranked #63 4,420,837
82 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics not ranked #64 4,288,343
83 South China Agricultural University not ranked #65 4,268,434
84 Zhejiang University of Technology not ranked #66 4,157,623
85 Yangzhou University not ranked #67 4,120,821
86 Southwest Jiaotong University not ranked #69 4,057,581
87 Beijing Polytechnic University not ranked #70 3,992,986
88 Dalian University not ranked #71 3,910,582
89 Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology not ranked #72 3,896,597
90 Central China Normal University not ranked #73 3,878,148
91 Donghua University, Shanghai not ranked #74 3,875,341
92 China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing not ranked #76 3,695,562
93 Anhui Medical University not ranked #77 3,556,382
94 Guangxi University not ranked #78 3,540,819
95 Hefei University of Technology not ranked #80 3,506,832
96 North China Electric Power University not ranked #79 3,506,145
97 Guangdong University of Technology not ranked #81 3,387,440
98 National University of Defense Technology not ranked #82 3,327,399
99 South China Normal University not ranked #83 3,006,902
100 Northeast Normal University not ranked #84 3,002,675
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked Malaysia 11 ranked