List of universities in the People's Republic of China
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This article is a list of universities in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

by provincial-level divisions.

By the end of 2004, China had 2,236 colleges and universities, with over 20 million students enrolled. More than 6 million Chinese students graduated from university in 2008. The "Project 211
Project 211
Project 211 is a project of National Key Universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of high-level universities and cultivating strategies for socio-economic development...

" for creating 100 universities began in the mid-1990s, and has merged more than 700 institutions of higher learning into about 300 universities.

Corresponding with the merging of many public universities
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...

, has been the rapid expansion of the private sector
Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...

 since 1999. As of 2006, private universities accounted for around 6 percent of student enrolments, or about 1.3 million of the 20 million students enrolled in formal higher education.

Provinces


Autonomous regions


Municipalities


Special administrative regions

  • Hong Kong
  • Macau

Rankings

Established rankings include:

See also

  • Law schools in China
    Law schools in China
    This is a list of law schools in the People's Republic of China.* China University of Political Science and Law* China Youth College for Political Science* Chinese Academy of Social Science, the Department of Law* Chinese People's Public Security University...

  • Education in the People's Republic of China
    Education in the People's Republic of China
    Education in the People's Republic of China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years. The government provides primary education for six years, starting at age six or seven, followed by six years of secondary...

  • National Higher Education Entrance Examination
  • OpenCourseWare in China
  • China Open Resources for Education
    China Open Resources for Education
    The China Open Resources for Education is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to promote closer interaction and open sharing of educational resources between Chinese and international universities, which CORE envisions as the future of world education.CORE aims to provide Chinese...

  • Association of East Asian Research Universities
    Association of East Asian Research Universities
    The Association of East Asian Research Universities, established in 1996 by nine universities of East Asian region, is now the organisation of 17 universities...

  • Association of Pacific Rim Universities
    Association of Pacific Rim Universities
    The Association of Pacific Rim Universities , formed in 1997, is a consortium of leading research universities in the Pacific Rim. APRU aims to foster education, research and enterprise thereby contributing to the economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim...

  • BESETOHA
    BESETOHA
    BESETOHA is a forum in which four representative East Asian Universities—Peking University, Seoul National University, the University of Tokyo and Hanoi National University—meet to discuss the present state and future directions of university education, basic education and educational...

  • Global U8 Consortium
    Global U8 Consortium
    The Global U8 Consortium or GU8 is an educational consortium of eight leading universities located in coastal, maritime and seaport cities in Australia, China, France, Israel, South Korea, UK and USA. In 2008, Dr...

  • International Alliance of Research Universities
    International Alliance of Research Universities
    The International Alliance of Research Universities was launched on 14 January 2006 as a co-operative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders...

  • Universitas 21
    Universitas 21
    Universitas 21 is an international network of universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance." Together, there are 500,000 students and 40,000 academics and researchers associated with these universities, which...

  • Worldwide Universities Network
    Worldwide Universities Network
    The Worldwide Universities Network is an invitation-only group of research-led universities that have agreed to carry out research and research training on a collaborative basis...


Related lists


Further reading

National Colleges and Universities List (1909 institutions in total as of 18-May-2007, Location, authority and level are also given) List of Chinese Higher Education InstitutionsMinistry of Education
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China , formerly Ministry of Education, Central People's Government from 1949 to 1954, State Education Commission from 1985 to 1998, is headquartered in Beijing. It is the agency of the State Council which regulates all aspects of the...

 China's Universities and Colleges Admitting International Students - China Education and Research Network

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