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QS 2026: 72 mainland Chinese universities ranked, five inside the global top 100
Peking University holds 14th place — the highest ever for a mainland Chinese institution — while Nanjing University records the edition's biggest jump.
The QS World University Rankings 2026, released on 19 June 2025, included 72 mainland Chinese universities among 1,500-plus institutions from 106 countries and territories. Five mainland institutions reached the global top 100.
- Peking University: 14th (unchanged)
- Tsinghua University: 17th, up three places
- Fudan University: 30th
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 47th
- Zhejiang University: 49th
- Nanjing University: 103rd, up from 145th — the largest single-edition improvement
A further three mainland universities reached the global top 200, and 33 were ranked inside the global top 500. QS reported that around 45% of mainland Chinese institutions improved their position compared with the previous edition.
Sources
- QS World University Rankings / edu.cn https://www.edu.cn/ke_yan_yu_fa_zhan/gao_xiao_cheng_guo/ssgx/202506/t20250619_2675658.shtml
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