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: Wikipedia Link)
Peking University Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
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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: Wikipedia Link)
Fudan University Fact Sheet can be found HERE
Fudan University Presentation
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: Wikipedia Link)
The University of Hong Kong Fact Sheet can be found HERE
HKU International Office
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Fu Jen Catholic University
Fu Jen Catholic University, or FJU for short, is a university under the sponsorship of the Catholic Church in Xinzhuang District of New Taipei City.
Fu Jen is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit-founded university in the Chinese-speaking world and is directly under the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Holy See and R.O.C..
The university was ranked 417th in the Times Higher Education global ranking in 2006 and 533rd in 2008 making it one of the best private universities (Source: Wikipedia Link)
Fu Jen Catholic University Fact Sheet can be found HERE
FJCU Presentation
National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; Chinese: 國立臺灣師範大學; Pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Shīfàn Dàxué) is a public research university with its main campus in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in 1922 during Japanese rule as the “Taihoku Higher School” and was the first teacher-training institution in Taiwan.
The university has three campuses in Taipei and New Taipei City. It comprises ten academic colleges, 13 research centers, and 67 departments, and operates an affiliated high school. In 2025, a total of more than 8,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students were enrolled there. Over 1,600 students at NTNU are international students, and over 1,000 students are overseas Chinese enrolled in preparatory programs. The university is home to the Mandarin Training Center (MTC), the oldest and largest Chinese language teaching institution in the country, and administers the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL), the nation’s most important Chinese language exam for non-native speakers.
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National Central University
National Central University is a public research university in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan. It was founded in Nanjing in 1915, reestablished in Taiwan in 1968 following the Chinese Civil War, and adopted its current name in 1979.
The university is organized into eight colleges, 26 departments, 19 graduate institutes, and six research centers. It is one of six national research universities selected by the Ministry of Education. (Source: Wikipedia Link)
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