14 Facts About Peking University

The Imperial Peking University was formally established on 3 July 1898 when the emperor approved the royal charter written by Liang.

On May 1, 1919, some students of Peking University learned that the Treaty of Versailles would allow Japan to receive Germany's colonising rights in Shandong province.

An assembly at Peking University that included these students and representatives from other universities in Beijing was quickly organised.

In 1920, Peking University became the first Chinese university to accept female students.

In 1949, after the People's Republic of China was established, Peking University lost its "national" appellation to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public.

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In 2014, Peking University established the Yenching Academy, a fully funded global fellowship program designed "to cultivate leaders who will advocate for global progress and cultural understanding.

On September 6, 2021, the new Changping campus of Peking University was officially opened, welcoming the first batch of teachers and students.

The new campus in Changping is the first real large-scale new campus built by Peking University in recent years, and is a major strategic deployment of the school for the future.

Campus of Peking University was originally located northeast of the Forbidden City in the center of Beijing, and was later moved to the former campus of Yenching University in 1952.

Beyond its main campus, Peking University Health Science Center is on Xueyuan Road where the country's most distinguished colleges are, and is a fitting site for academics and research.

At present, Peking University has 216 research institutions and research centres, including 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, and 12 national key laboratories.

Typically, Peking University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the Asia-Pacific and the world according to major international university rankings.

In 2019, the QS World Peking University Rankings ranked the university as one of the world's top 20 universities for academic reputation where, it ranked 16 globally, and top 10 in the world and first in the Asia-Pacific for employer reputation.

Since 2017, Peking University has been placed among the world's top 20 most reputable universities by the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, where it ranked 15 globally in 2021.