Peking University was the only Chinese university to make the top 20 on the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024 this year, falling five places to the 17th from a year earlier.
Tsinghua University took the 25th spot on the rankings released today, the third-highest in Asia but down 11 places from last year. The top Asian university is the National University of Singapore, ranking eighth.
Three other Chinese universities made the top 100, with Zhejiang University at 44th, Fudan University at 50th, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University at 51st. The list includes 1,500 universities from 104 locations, and China has the third most with 71, behind the US with 199 and the UK with 91.
