Top Chinese Universities by Subjects(1)
Note: The following ranking results by subject are from Global University Ranking of U.S. News & World Report (2021)
Agricultural Sciences
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
China Agricultural University | 2 | 332 | Beijing |
Jiangnan University | 3 | 598 | |
South China University of Technology | 4 | 219 | |
Zhejiang University | 6 | 93 | |
Nanjing Agricultural University | 7 | 483 | |
Northwest A&F University – China | 12 | 590 | |
Nanchang University | 15 | 745 | |
Huazhong Agricultural University | 16 | 501 | |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 28 | 112 | |
South China Agricultural University | 37 | 702 |
Artificial Intelligence
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Tsinghua University | 1 | 23 | Beijing |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 6 | 196 | |
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China | 8 | 231 | |
Peking University | 9 | 39 | |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 10 | 112 | |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 11 | 109 | |
Northwestern Polytechnical University | 14 | 333 | |
Zhejiang University | 17 | 93 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 20 | 89 | |
University of Science & Technology of China, CAS | 21 | 102 | |
Tianjin University | 23 | 260 | |
Xidian University | 24 | 643 | |
Beihang University | 26 | 253 | |
Southeast University – China | 26 | 234 | |
Sun Yat Sen University | 29 | 129 | |
Nanjing University of Science & Technology | 30 | 531 |
Arts and Humanities
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Peking University | 139 | 39 | |
Tsinghua University | 194 | 23 | |
Zhejiang University | 204 | 93 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 241 | 89 | |
Biology and Biochemistry
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Tsinghua University | 17 | 23 | |
Peking University | 31 | 39 | |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 33 | 112 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 40 | 89 | |
Zhejiang University | 64 | 93 | |
Fudan University | 66 | 116 | |
Sun Yat Sen University | 100 | 129 | |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 136 | 109 | |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 140 | 196 | |
Hunan University | 149 | 168 |
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 6 | 112 | |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 12 | 196 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 13 | 89 | |
Zhejiang University | 15 | 93 | |
Tsinghua University | 17 | 23 | |
Hunan University | 23 | 168 | |
China Agricultural University | 27 | 332 | |
Huazhong Agricultural University | 30 | 501 | |
Northwest A&F University – China | 37 | 590 | |
Peking University | 47 | 39 |
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 128 | 109 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 160 | 89 | |
Capital Medical University | 163 | 884 | |
Wuhan University | 170 | 150 | |
Fudan University | 180 | 116 | |
Peking Union Medical College | 181 | 593 | |
Peking University | 193 | 39 | |
Tianjin Medical University | 227 | 1167 | |
Nanjing Medical University | 229 | 736 | |
Zhejiang University | 233 | 93 |
Cell Biology
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 27 | 112 | |
Tsinghua University | 34 | 23 | |
Sun Yat Sen University | 39 | 129 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 41 | 89 | |
Peking University | 43 | 39 | |
Zhejiang University | 49 | 93 | |
Fudan University | 55 | 116 | |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 70 | 109 | |
Central South University | 75 | 209 | |
Guangzhou Medical University | 75 | 1129 |
Chemical Engineering
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Tsinghua University | 1 | 23 | |
Wuhan University of Technology | 2 | 342 | |
Hunan University | 3 | 168 | |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 4 | 112 | |
Jiangsu University | 5 | 844 | |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 6 | 196 | |
Soochow University – China | 8 | 311 | |
South China University of Technology | 9 | 219 | |
Central South University | 12 | 209 | |
China University of Petroleum | 13 | 512 |
Chemistry
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Tsinghua University | 2 | 93 | |
University of Science & Technology of China, CAS | 5 | 102 | |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | 9 | 112 | |
Peking University | 12 | 39 | |
Nanjing University | 15 | 123 | |
Zhejiang University | 17 | 93 | |
Tianjin University | 18 | 260 | |
Nankai University | 19 | 256 | |
Xiamen University | 22 | 247 | |
South China University of Technology | 24 | 219 | |
Fudan University | 29 | 116 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 26 | 89 |
Civil Engineering
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Tongji University | 1 | 196 | |
Tsinghua University | 4 | 23 | |
Southeast University – China | 6 | 234 | |
Central South University | 9 | 209 | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 11 | 89 | |
Hunan University | 13 | 168 | |
Dalian University of Technology | 15 | 392 | |
Harbin Institute of Technology | 16 | 196 | |
Chongqing University | 18 | 379 | |
Southwest Jiaotong University | 18 | 653 | |
Chang’an University | 20 | 989 | |
Hohai University | 22 | 653 | |
Zhejiang University | 22 | 93 | |
Beijing Jiaotong University | 26 | 598 | |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 27 | 109 |
Clinical Medicine
University | Subject Global Ranking | Best Global Uni. Ranking | Location |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 62 | 89 | |
Peking University | 69 | 39 | |
Fudan University | 73 | 116 | |
Sun Yat Sen University | 105 | 129 | |
Tsinghua University | 116 | 23 | |
Peking Union Medical College | 121 | 593 | |
Wuhan University | 146 | 150 | |
Huazhong University of Science & Technology | 155 | 109 | |
Zhejiang University | 156 | 93 | |
Central South University | 175 | 209 |