Peking University

Since its establishment in 1898 as the first national comprehensive institution of higher learning ever founded in China, Peking University has been regarded as a symbol of modern Chinese education. The campus, known as ‘Yan Yuan'(the garden of Yan), is situated at Haidian District in the western suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 2,742,342 square metres (or 274 hectares). It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace. Peking University is proud of its outstanding faculty, including 63 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 8 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 17 members of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World(TWAS). The university has effectively combined research on important scientific subjects with the training of personnel with a high level of specialized knowledge and professional skill. It strives not only for improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various disciplines. Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of a new type, embracing diverse branches of learning such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of medicine, management, and education.

Cultivating talents Creating initiatives Leading cultures and Serving the society. Peking University has always been at the forefront of China`s modernization, from offering innovative academic instruction to bolstering new overseas relationships. With current trends of worldwide globalization demanding rapid development in the social, economic, and technological spheres of Chinese society, Peking University utilizes its traditional strengths in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to make further progress in engineering, applied sciences, education, and numerous other interdisciplinary fields of study, resulting in the marked improvement of Peking University`s academic disciplinary system. With these serving as the basis for projected advancement, Peking University hopes to provide scholarly contributions to society, cultivate capable and inventive young minds, and ultimately better Chinese society both internally and on the global front.

Foundation year: 1898
Short name: PKU
Type: National
Students: 42550
Faculty: 4780
Faculty/Students Ratio: 9:1
Region: Asia
Location: Beijing