University · Beijing, China
Peking University
University in Beijing, China
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About
instance of inception 3 July 1898 · identity of subject in context: Imperial University of Peking founder official name Peking University 北京大学 (zh-hans) native label field of work
Location and contact
country located in the administrative territorial entity location postal code coordinate location official website
People and numbers
count of students Earlier figures (1) employees chairperson
Rankings and recognition
ranking 1 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2024 14 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 13 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2025 Earlier figures (30) 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2023 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2021 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2020 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2019 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2018 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2017 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2016 2 · Best Chinese Universities Ranking · 2015 14 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 17 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 12 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 18 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 23 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 22 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 30 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 38 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 39 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 41 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 57 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 46 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 44 · QS World University Rankings · 2012 24 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2024 29 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2023 34 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2022 45 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2021 49 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2020 53 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2019 57 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2018 71 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2017 71 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2016
Structure and memberships
child organization or unit has part(s) 23 more 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 affiliation member of 2 more replaces
Other facts
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)
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) seal image
Wikimedia and technical details (10)
Commons category topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization on focus list of Wikimedia project API endpoint URL Commons Institution page topic has template maintained by WikiProject social media followers 636,588 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 · 6 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 303,663 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 · 7 January 2022 255,948 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 · 2 January 2021
Identifiers in other databases (80)
abART institution ID ACM Digital Library institution ID ARWU university ID Baidu Tieba name 北京大学 · number of works: 2,678,445 · 2 March 2023 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) 220388 · subject named as: 北京大学 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 · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 850157859065151488 · 27 December 2020 YouTube channel ID UCE4U908y-nBHcNazDnX0xvw · subject named as: Peking University · YouTube handle: pekinguniversity1898 · 10 September 2026 Zhihu topic ID Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University · Public
Location Beijing, China
Founded 1898
Students 44,730 (2018)
Also known as PKU, Beida, Beijing University, University of Beijing, Imperial University of Peking
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