University · Haidian, China
Peking University
University in Beijing, China
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affiliation API endpoint URL category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization chairperson child organization or unit Commons category Commons Institution page coordinate location count of students 50,481 point in time: 2025 44,730 point in time: 2018 country employees 4,206 11,337 point in time: 2018 field of work founder has part(s) School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University School of Physics, Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Peking University College of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Peking University School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences of Peking University School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University College of Engineering, Peking University School of Software & Microelectronics, Peking University Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University Department of History, Peking University School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University School of Foreign Languages, Peking University School of International Studies, Peking University School of Economics of Peking University Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Peking University Law School Department of Information Management, Peking University Peking University Department of Sociology School of Marxism, Peking University School of Journalism & Communication, Peking University Peking University Health Science Center Yuanpei College, Peking University Yenching Academy of Peking University Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School image PekingUniversityPic6.jpg media legend: Portail de l'entrée ouest, un des symboles du campus de l'université. (fr); media legend: Porta oest de la Universitat de Pequín, un dels símbols del campus universitari. (ca) inception 3 July 1898 identity of subject in context: Imperial University of Peking instance of located in the administrative territorial entity location maintained by WikiProject member of motto native label official name Peking University 北京大学 (zh-hans) official website on focus list of Wikimedia project postal code ranking 34 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 18 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 1 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2024 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2023 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2015 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2016 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2017 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2018 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2019 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2020 2 determination method or standard: Best Chinese Universities Ranking; point in time: 2021 24 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 49 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 45 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 29 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 53 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 57 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 71 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 17 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 12 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 71 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 44 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 46 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 57 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 41 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 39 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 38 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 30 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 22 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 23 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 13 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 23 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025 replaces seal image social media followers 255,948 point in time: 2 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 303,663 point in time: 7 January 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 636,588 point in time: 6 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 topic has template topic's main category
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(80) abART institution ID ACM Digital Library institution ID ARWU university ID Baidu Tieba name 北京大学 point in time: 2 March 2023; number of works: 2,678,445 Bibliothèque nationale de France ID BIBSYS ID Bilibili UID Canadiana Name Authority ID Chinese school ID CiNii Research ID Crunchbase organization ID Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) 3y8Hgu subject named as: 北京大学; last update: 21 April 2023 Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021) Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID Facebook username FAST ID FES digital collections entity ID Freebase ID Gateway to Research organization ID GeoNames ID Glassdoor company ID GND ID GNS Unique Feature ID Golden ID (archived) Google Maps Customer ID Google Scholar organization ID Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) 2709431 subject named as: ПЕКИНСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ GRID ID HKCAN ID IdRef ID Instagram username ISNI J9U entity ID Japan Search name ID Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID KISTI ID Libraries Australia ID Library of Congress Authorities ID LinkedIn company or organization ID Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) MusicBrainz place ID NACSIS-CAT author ID Namuwiki ID National Library of Korea ID National Library of Latvia ID National Library of Lithuania ID National Library of Poland MMS ID NDL Authority ID NicoNicoPedia word article ID NL CR AUT ID NLAI ID 1642562 subject named as: دانشگاه پکن; subject named as: Beijing da xue NLC authorities NUKAT ID Open Funder Registry funder ID OpenAlex ID Qichacha firm ID QS World University ID Quora topic ID Reddit topic ID (obsolete) REDnote profile ID RERO ID (legacy) Ringgold ID 12465 subject named as: Peking University ROR ID ScholarGPS institution ID SCImago Institutions Rankings ID SNARC ID Times Higher Education World University ID U-Multirank university ID UK Parliament thesaurus ID 435964 subject named as: Peking University Unified Social Credit ID Vatican Library VcBA ID VIAF cluster ID WeChat ID Weibo user ID Wolfram Language entity code X (Twitter) username PKU1898 start time: 7 April 2017; point in time: 27 December 2020; has characteristic: verified account or profile; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 YouTube channel ID UCE4U908y-nBHcNazDnX0xvw start time: 4 July 2017; point in time: 10 September 2026; subject named as: Peking University; YouTube handle: pekinguniversity1898 Zhihu topic ID Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University · Public
Location Haidian, China
Founded 1898
Students 50,481
Also known as PKU, Beida, Beijing University, University of Beijing, Imperial University of Peking
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