The university rankings are subdivided into seven tracks, with two universities in Shanghai as the vanguard, the top five in the main list are old faces, and private universities also play the list.

How to evaluate universities in China with China standard? On the morning of April 18th, the 10th edition of China University Rankings was disclosed online by the Soft Science Department, a professional evaluation institution of higher education. The top five universities kept their "old faces", while each of the seven single-discipline "tracks" subdivided by the rankings had its own vanguard. Among them, Peking Union Medical College ranks first in medical universities, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics ranks first in financial universities, Beijing Foreign Studies University ranks first in language universities, China University of Political Science and Law ranks first in political science and law universities, Minzu University of China ranks first in ethnic universities, Shanghai Sport University leads sports universities, and Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) ranks first in China cooperative universities. It can be said that universities in Beijing and Shanghai performed best except those with Chinese prefix.

The reporter from Jiefang Daily Shangguan learned that the 2024 ranking of China University in Soft Science is targeted at more than 1,000 universities at the undergraduate level. The evaluation system has set up ten evaluation modules, subdivided 36 evaluation dimensions, and embedded 100 evaluation indicators, involving 373 evaluation variables, with 28 variables increasing year-on-year, forming a three-dimensional monitoring evaluation of the running level of China University. In order to properly reflect the differences in the nature and types of colleges and universities, and better ensure the fairness of ranking, colleges and universities are divided into comprehensive universities, 7 single-subject universities and 4 non-state-owned university universities, and are ranked respectively by using differentiated index systems. On the whole, attaching importance to personnel training and serving the country are the two most important characteristics of its ranking index system.

[90% of the top 100 are "double-class"]

In 2024, there were 594 universities on the list. Tsinghua University, Peking University and Zhejiang University ranked the top three in the country for 10 consecutive years, while Shanghai Jiaotong University and Fudan University also ranked the top five in the country. The other top ten universities are Nanjing University, China University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University and Xi ‘an Jiaotong University.

The "double first-class" universities occupy an absolute dominant position in the ranking, and 90 of the top 100 universities are "double first-class" universities, among which Nanjing Forestry University (93) and Guizhou University (95) entered the top 100 for the first time this year.

Ten non-"double-first-class" universities are also among the top 100 by virtue of their strong comprehensive strength, including Zhejiang University of Technology (64), Shenzhen University (72), Jiangsu University (80), Yangzhou University (82) and Fujian Normal University (87).

[The list of single-subject universities has the largest number of medical colleges]

Following the principle of classified ranking, in the ranking of each type of medicine, finance, language, politics and law, nationality and sports, not only universities of this type, but also comprehensive universities and all other types of single-subject universities participate in the ranking calculation.

There are 84 medical universities on the list, and Peking Union Medical College, Capital Medical University and Southern Medical University rank in the top three. There are 54 universities in the list of financial universities, with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics and university of international business and economics in the top three. There are 16 language universities on the list, with Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Communication University and Shanghai International Studies University in the top three. There are 34 universities in the ranking of political science and law universities, and China University of Political Science and Law, East China University of Political Science and Law and Southwest University of Political Science and Law rank in the top three. There are 13 universities for nationalities, and Minzu University of China, South-Central University for Nationalities and Southwest University for Nationalities rank in the top three. There are 14 sports universities on the list, and Shanghai Sport University, Beijing Sport University and Capital Institute of Physical Education rank in the top three.

Due to the particularity of the art discipline itself, the objective evaluation indicators of art colleges are relatively scarce. The ranking of China University does not calculate the ranking of art universities, but only provides six key school-running status data for reference.

[3 cooperative universities are ranked as the top three in a row]

Universities independently organized or participated by social organizations are also an important part of China’s higher education system. In 2024, China University Ranking of Soft Science continued to evaluate cooperative universities (including Chinese-foreign cooperative schools and cooperative schools in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and classified and evaluated private universities, including the main list of private universities (including comprehensive, science, normal and agricultural private universities), private financial universities and private language universities.

There are 8 cooperative universities, among which the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), nyu shanghai and unnc are the top three. Duke University in Kunshan made the list for the first time, ranking fourth.

There are 180 listed universities in the ranking (master list) of private colleges and universities, with shandong xiehe university at the top of the master list of private colleges and universities, Zhuhai Institute of Science and Technology and Zhejiang Shuren College in the top three in China.

In terms of two types of private universities with single subject characteristics, there are 36 private financial universities on the list, and Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Changchun University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai Sanda University rank in the top three. There are 9 private language universities on the list, and Jilin International Studies University, zhejiang yuexiu university of foreign languages and Xi ‘an Translation Institute rank in the top three.

[Eight universities in Shanghai rank among the top 100 in China]

A total of eight universities in Shanghai rank among the top 100 in the main list, and the number of the top 100 universities ranks fourth in the country. After the resumption of diplomatic relations, Tongji University (17th), East China Normal University (29th), Shanghai University of Science and Technology (42nd) and East China University of Science and Technology (44th) ranked among the top 50 universities in China. Shanghai University (No.56) and Donghua University (No.76) also have a place in the top 100 national main list.

As the earliest business university in the history of education in China, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics won the crown among the universities of finance and economics. As a language university, Shanghai International Studies University ranks third in China. East China University of Political Science and Law, the first batch of higher political science and law institutions founded in New China, ranks second among political science and law universities. Shanghai Sport University, which successfully renamed its university last year, ranked first in the country; Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has improved by one place compared with the previous year, ranking among the top ten medical universities. In addition, nyu shanghai ranks second in cooperative universities.

In addition to public universities, four private universities in Shanghai have emerged in the private list. Among them, Shanghai Sanda University is outstanding in private financial colleges, ranking third.

According to the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Construction of World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines in Shanghai (2021-2025)", by 2025, several universities in Shanghai will enter the world-class ranks, about 25 disciplines (directions) will enter the world-class ranks or the domestic first-class ranks, more local universities and disciplines will enter the national "double-class" construction ranks, and more disciplines will enter the top 10% of domestic disciplines.