About Tsinghua University:

Tsinghua Universityis a major research university in Beijing, China and a member of the elite C9 League of Chinese universities. Tsinghua University was established in 1911, originally under the name “Tsinghua Xuetang”. The school was renamed "Tsinghua School" in 1912. The university section was founded in 1925. The name “National Tsinghua University” was adopted in 1928. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the University was molded into a polytechnic institute focusing on engineering in the nationwide restructuring of universities and colleges undertaken in 1952. Since China opened up to the world in 1978, Tsinghua University has developed at a breathtaking pace into a comprehensive research university. At present, the university has 14 schools and 56 departments with faculties in science, engineering, humanities, law, medicine, history, philosophy, economics, management, education and art.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 34 28 21 17 14 36 14 7 17

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agriculture 296 290 160 152 208 125 113 106 96 61 43 35 17 13 12 16 12 9
Engineering 5 6 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Life Sciences - - 230 - 263 270 254 214 194 165 153 132 94 92 84 71 80 78
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 451-500 - 451-500 401-450 285 237 301-350 301-350 257
Natural Sciences 46 59 50 42 32 34 26 18 11 10 9 5 1 1 1 3 3 1
Social Sciences - - 254 - - 246 246 233 202 199 179 163 132 90 66 49 50 35

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agricultural Sciences 242 208 220 219 245 - 157 232 171 100 156 131 301-350 301-350 274
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 83 79 72 78 52 51 55
Chemistry 19 10 9 7 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chemical Engineering 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Civil Engineering 7 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 275 225 301-350 301-350 271
Computer Science 5 7 8 5 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 66 62 34 30 15 11 8
Electrical Engineering 13 8 7 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Environment / Ecology 82 60 62 44 36 35 24 12 9 3 2 2 1 2 1
Geosciences 256 218 185 169 127 95 73 61 47 32 21 20 26 16 11
Immunology - - - - - - - - 250 197 163 131 121 124 112
Materials Science 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mathematics 31 47 37 30 31 28 33 53 48 45 36 32 36 23 15
Mechanical Engineering 8 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 66 48 56 40 49 41 45
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 101 98 80 75 62 68 71
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - 277 297 291 285 263 238
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 262 241 240 182 199 198
Physics 47 38 44 31 19 12 11 10 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - 245 222 218 158 160 132 133 94 113
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 201 144 113 88 74 78 49
Space Science - - - - - - - - 102 124 98 96 122 116 96
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 28 20 13 12 12