Peking University Rankings and Quick Facts
Also known as the Beijing University, Beida, and ????
| University world Ranking - Times 200 (UK) | 36 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 203 to 304 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| Asia Rank (Jiaotong) | 25 to 42 |
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Peking University Basic Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 15,128 |
15,039 |
30,167 |
| Faculty / Staff | 4,200 |
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| Established | 1898 |
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| Number of foreign students | 2,000 |
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| Affiliations | APRU, BESETOHA, IARU, Universitas 21 |
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Peking University Information
The Times ranks Peking university as the best in Asia and the 36th best in the world. This is high accolade for a university from the fastly emerging economically country of China, especially as it is faced with competition from well funded Japanese and Korean universities. Peking University is situated in the Chinese capital of Beijing, and is named after the old name for the city. The university was established at the end of the 19th century, making it the second oldest university in China.
Peking university has thirty different colleges, and a further twelve departments; this enables the university to offer a large range of subjects for its students to study; indeed there are 95 degree options available at undergraduate level, nearly 200 at masters level and around 170 at PhD level. Some of the subjects in which Peking university is especially strong are teaching, social sciences, pure science, applied science, humanities, and engineering.
Peking University Address
Peking University
100871 Beijing
CHINA