Peking University
Peking University, or Beida for short, is one of the most prestigious universities in the People’s Republic of China. The Beida is often referred to by the Chinese as the Chinese Harvard. It is located in the northwest of Beijing in the Haidian district, not far from the Old Summer Palace and in the immediate vicinity of Tsinghua University, which is also highly regarded.
Peking University is a national priority university of the People’s Republic of China. It currently has 41 faculties. Bachelor’s programmes are offered for 101 subjects, Master’s programmes exist for 244 specialisations, and the university also has the right to award doctoral degrees in most academic disciplines. More than two hundred research institutes and centres are affiliated with it. In total, about 30,000 students study at Beida. With 4.5 million volumes, it has one of the largest university libraries in Asia.(Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A4t_Peking)
Peking University Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
Fudan University, Shanghai
Fudan University is spread over four campuses in the city of Shanghai. Fudan is one of the most renowned and leading universities in the People’s Republic of China and also ranks among the world’s top universities in some subject areas. It is also a member of the C9 League, the Chinese equivalent of the American Ivy League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905 shortly before the end of the Qing Dynasty. Bachelor’s programmes are offered for 70 subjects, Master’s programmes exist for 229 specialisations, and the university also has the right to award doctoral degrees in 29 disciplines with 154 specialisations. Philosophy, national economics, Chinese language and literature, journalism, mathematics, physics and chemistry are considered the university’s top subjects. In 2000, Shanghai Medical University, which had existed since 1927, was affiliated to it as Shanghai Medical College. The university has an Incubator for technology-oriented start-ups. (Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudan-Universit%C3%A4t)
Fudan University Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong, abbreviation: HKU, is an English-speaking university and the oldest in Kong Kong. It is one of the most renowned universities in the world. It is also known colloquially as Hong Kong University. HKU is located in Pokfulam, with buildings to the west and south of the island of Kong Kong proper, in an area stretching from Kennedy Town in the west to Waterfall Bay in the south. The University of Hong Kong traces its origins to the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, founded in 1887 by the Anglican London Missionary Society. The university itself was not created until Sir Frederick Lugard, as governor of Hong Kong, thought it was necessary to establish a university in or near China to catch up with other European powers, especially Prussia, which had shortly before established Tongji University in Shanghai. (Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A4t_Hongkong)
The University of Hong Kong Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
