Academics
Peking University is a national key university. The university consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments, with 93 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second Bachelor's degree, 199 specialties for Master's degree candidates and 173 specialties for Doctoral candidates. A leader in basic sciences research and teaching, the university has successfully developed applied sciences research and teaching as well. At present, Peking university has 216 research institutions and research centres, including 2 national engineering research centres, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories. With 4.5 million holdings, the university library is the largest of its kind in Asia.
The university has made an effort to combine the research on fundamental scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's modernization.
Peking University has been becoming a center for teaching and research, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of management and education.
Over the past century, more than 400 Peking University alumni had become presidents of other major Chinese universities, including former Tsinghua President Luo Jialun, Renmin University President Yuan Baohua, Zhejiang University President Qian Sanqiang, Fudan University President Zhang Zhirang, Nankai University President Teng Weizao, Chinese University of Science and Technology President Guan Weiyan and many others.
Many domestic rankings place Peking University amongst the top universities in China. In 2010, the Chinese University Alumni Association in partner with China Education Center ranked Peking University 1st among national universities in the country, while the China University Ranking placed Peking University 2nd among universities in China, behind Tsinghua.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Peking University at 46th in the world in their 2012-13 rankings, while the QS World University Rankings placed the University at 44th worldwide in 2012. Further, ARWU (2012) considered it to be among 151st-200th in the world and 1st-4th in mainland China.
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