Top Universities in China

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

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
251 Guangxi University for Nationalities not ranked #251 152,055
252 Yangtze Normal University not ranked #252 147,058
253 Communication University of China not ranked #249 130,165
254 Beijing Union University not ranked #253 129,630
255 Capital University of Economics and Business not ranked #254 125,889
256 Anhui University of Finance and Economics not ranked #255 118,847
257 Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University not ranked #256 118,410
258 Huaihai Institute of Technology not ranked #257 118,178
259 Qinghai Normal University not ranked #258 115,479
260 Inner Mongolia Normal University not ranked #260 113,796
261 Beijing Sport University not ranked #259 113,348
262 Huizhou University not ranked #261 100,949
263 Changchun Teachers College not ranked #262 97,656
264 Xinjiang Normal University not ranked #263 93,047
265 Shaoguan University not ranked #264 88,507
266 Tianjin University of Finance & Economics not ranked #266 77,475
267 Panzhihua University not ranked #267 77,023
268 Chongqing Education College not ranked #268 74,360
269 Qiongzhou University not ranked #269 69,898
270 Huanghe Science & Technology University not ranked #270 69,698
271 Shanghai Dainji University not ranked #271 65,552
272 Shanghai Customs College not ranked #272 50,011
273 Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce not ranked #273 48,889
274 Jiaying University not ranked #274 48,024
275 Shanghai Institue of Foreign Trade not ranked #276 45,873
276 Beijing Foreign Studies University not ranked #277 44,295
277 Beijing International Studies University not ranked #275 40,856
278 China University of Political Science and Law not ranked #278 38,068
279 Tibet University of Nationalities not ranked #279 35,866
280 Tibet Tibetan Medical College not ranked #282 28,617
281 Xi'an International Studies University not ranked #281 24,363
282 Shanghai Business School not ranked #283 24,028
283 Southwest University of Political Science and Law not ranked #285 22,827
284 Shanghai Television University not ranked #286 21,768
285 Dalian University of Foreign Language not ranked #284 21,616
286 Dalian Neusoft University of Information not ranked #288 19,641
287 Shanghai Sanda University not ranked #289 18,578
288 Yanbian University of Science and Technology not ranked #290 18,046
289 Sichuan International Studies University not ranked #287 17,245
290 Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics not ranked #291 17,173
291 Urumqi Vocational University not ranked #292 15,277
292 Guangdong Radio & TV University not ranked #295 8,169
293 Central Radio and TV University not ranked #293 7,017
294 China Foreign Affairs University not ranked #296 5,718
295 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art not ranked #297 5,568
296 China Academy of Art not ranked #298 4,938
297 Tianjin Academy of Fine Art not ranked #294 4,380
298 Shandong University of Art and Design not ranked #299 3,151
299 Sichuan Fine Art Institute not ranked #300 1,906
300 Central Academy of Fine Art not ranked #301 1,648
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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