Beijing University and Tsinghua University BeijingⅢ

Ranked in the first in kinds of university rankings in the mainland and ranked 46th in the World University Ranking 2011, Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university of China with greatest comprehensive strength especially in the fields of science, arts, social sciences, engineering, and medical courses. Consisting of 30 colleges and 12 departments, the university offers 93 majors for undergraduates, 199 majors for master candidates and 173 majors for Doctoral candidates with 216 research institutes and 12 national key laboratories. With a collection of 10.46 million books and over 0.7 billion e-books and periodicals, the library of Peking University is the largest in all Asian universities. It has superhigh academic level and excellent team of faculties; many of the professors are leading authorities in their fields, well known scholars and standouts from all walks of life, including 58 academicians from CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), 8 academicians from CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering) and 56 academicians from CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), and so on.