Our first-ever ranking of the universities in mainland China sees Tsinghua University deservedly take the crown. Tsinghua scored consistently well across all the indicators used to compile the ranking (more information about which can be found in our methodology) and ranked second for both academic and employer reputation.

Interestingly, the same institution pipped them to first place for both of those two indicators: Peking University. However, that wasn’t enough for Peking to claim first place and they’ve had to settle for being second this year. In total, almost 100 universities from mainland China have been ranked this year.

You can find out how these universities perform compared to other institutions from the BRICS nations later this month in the QS World University Rankings by Region 2019.