Universities

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (GZUCM) was founded in 1956 and is one of the four oldest Traditional Chinese Medicine higher-education institutions in mainland China. It has two campuses — San Yuan Li and Higher Education Mega Center — totaling about 920,000 square meters, with 15 schools and 10 research institutions. Bachelor programs: 20 programs spanning medicine, engineering, administration, economics, arts, education, and related fields. Postgraduate: 46 master’s and 19 doctoral programs in Chinese Medicine, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine; three postdoctoral centers. Enrollment: more than 20,000 students, including 14,692 undergraduates, 3,485 postgraduates, and 2,108 Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas students.

Guilin University of Electronic Technology (GUET) is in Guilin. Founded in 1960, it is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a nominated university under the National Basic Ability Construction Project for Western and Central China and a key public university of Guangxi. Campuses: Jinjiling, Liuhelu, Huajiang, and Beihai — about 684 acres total. Library: about 45,000 square meters, 2 million books, 19,000 Chinese and foreign journal titles, and 71 databases. Academic scale: 17 colleges; 70 bachelor programs; 18 first-level master’s programs across 7 fields; 4 first-level PhD programs; 1 postdoctoral research station; over 2,900 teachers and staff; about 40,600 students. Students have won awards in national competitions such as the National College Students Electronic Design Competition, National Internet Plus Competition, and Mathematical Modeling, including a Gold Medal in National Internet Plus and the SONY Cup in the Electronic Design Competition.

Guizhou University (GZU) is a key “211 Project” university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Guizhou Province. In 2012 it was listed among 14 universities in the Project for Improving Comprehensive Abilities of Midwestern Universities in China. Library: over 3.1 million regular books. Structure: 33 colleges; 136 undergraduate specialties across 11 branches including philosophy, economics, law, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, agriculture, and administration. Full-time enrollment: 55,121 students. Teaching staff: 4,003, of whom 2,714 are full-time teachers. International cooperation: relations with more than 140 academic institutions in over 40 countries and regions.

Hainan Medical University (HMU) is a provincial public medical university in Haikou, Hainan. It developed from earlier medical schools founded in the late 1940s and today runs multiple campuses in Haikou with a focus on clinical medicine and health sciences. The university offers undergraduate through postgraduate medical education and hosts hundreds of international students, including an English-medium MBBS pathway. Scholarships such as Hainan Government and ASEAN awards may be available depending on the year; confirm current fees and intakes with the School of International Education.

Hainan Normal University is in Haikou, a coastal tourist city and a national historical and cultural city. Hainan is China’s southernmost province and its only tropical island province. The climate is warm and subtropical, with an average yearly temperature of 23.8°C. Founded in 1949, it is a key higher education institution in Hainan Province. It has two campuses, Longkunnan and Guilin Yang, covering about 3,100 mu. The university has 25 schools, 65 undergraduate majors, 19 first-level master’s programs, 21 professional master’s programs, and 6 doctoral programs, so students can study from bachelor’s through doctoral level. About 25,000 full-time students study here, including more than 500 international students. There are 2,166 staff members, including 1,397 full-time teachers and researchers and 714 senior faculty. The university has 4 post-doctoral research stations and 21 academician innovation platforms. The Ministry of Education selected it as one of the second batch of pilot units for AI-powered teacher training. International student enrollment began in 1988. It was among the first institutions approved by the former State Education Commission to enroll international students, and one of the earliest Chinese language education bases set up by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. It jointly runs a Confucius Institute with SEGI University in Malaysia. It can receive Chinese Government Scholarship students and International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship students, among other awards

Hainan University, formed in 2007 through the merger of two institutions, is a provincial-level comprehensive university jointly supported by the Hainan Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education. Its three campuses—Haidian (the main campus on Haidian Island in Haikou), Chengxi, and Danzhou—span around 830 acres across tropical southern China. The university hosts over 37,000 students and employs more than 2,400 faculty members, including nearly 1,600 full-time teaching staff. It organises studies across nine disciplinary categories, with distinctive strengths in tropical agriculture, marine science, and regional development linked to Hainan’s geography and administrative status. Four academic schools oversee 21 colleges, and the university maintains national and provincial research platforms, including a co-managed key laboratory and doctoral programmes across multiple disciplines.

Hangzhou City University (HZCU) is a full-time public university approved by China’s Ministry of Education and organized by the Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government. It was established in 1999, originally as Zhejiang University City College. HZCU is in Hangzhou, a historic cultural city and scenic destination, next to the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal (a World Cultural Heritage site). The campus covers about 67 hectares with over 510,000 square meters of floor space. It has 13 schools and one Sino-foreign joint institute. It offers 36 undergraduate programs across 9 disciplines (economics, law, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, and art) and 3 professional master’s programs. There are more than 11,500 full-time undergraduates, about 100 full-time master’s students, and more than 330 postgraduate students jointly educated with partners such as Zhejiang University. HZCU has built a Sino-foreign joint institute with the University of Waikato (New Zealand) and cooperates with over 70 universities in the United States, Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, New Zealand, and elsewhere

Hangzhou Dianzi University (HDU) was founded in 1956 in Hangzhou. In 2015 Zhejiang Provincial Government listed it among 5 key universities in the province. Strengths include electronic science and technology, engineering and information technology, and management and economics. There are 57 undergraduate programs and 70 postgraduate programs across 21 academic schools, plus interdisciplinary offerings. HDU has over 28,000 full-time students and aims to train graduates with practical and innovative skills. Doctoral programs are offered in Control Science & Engineering, Electronics Science & Engineering, and Computer Science & Engineering. The university has completed many high-tech and state/provincial research projects. It partners with about 80 universities in the United States, Russia, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Australia, Japan, Belarus, and elsewhere. English-taught bachelor’s programs: Business Management, International Economics and Trade, Telecommunication Engineering. English-taught master’s programs: Business Management, Automation, Telecommunication Engineering. More than 80 English-taught undergraduate and graduate courses are offered in management, economics, accounting, telecommunication engineering, electronic information, and computer science and technology.

Hangzhou Normal University traces its history to the Zhejiang Dual-Level Normal School founded in 1908. It took its present name in 2007 after mergers with Hangzhou College of Education and Hangzhou Senior School of Medicine beginning in 2000. It is a comprehensive university with 11 major branches of learning: literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, education, science, engineering, medicine, and arts. English-medium programs in Health Care Management, E-commerce, and Nursing were planned for international students. It has 2 faculties and 19 schools offering one doctoral program, over 80 master’s programs, and over 60 undergraduate programs to 22,698 full-time students (21,137 undergraduates and 1,561 master’s candidates)

Founded in 1953 in Harbin—a city on the banks of the Songhua River known for its winter climate—Harbin Engineering University evolved from the Harbin Military Engineering Institute. It is part of China’s national ‘211 Project’ and hosts a graduate school alongside a National University Science Park. The university focuses strongly on shipbuilding engineering, ocean exploration, and nuclear energy applications, with teaching and research shaped by this technical emphasis. Its campus supports over 30 academic disciplines delivered in English and draws students from more than 70 countries. With around 20 schools and institutes, HEU maintains a concentrated profile in engineering and applied sciences. Student numbers reflect its role as a national key university, particularly for maritime and nuclear-related fields.

Founded in 1920 in Harbin, northeast China, Harbin Institute of Technology is a national key university with strengths across engineering, science, management, and humanities. It hosts multiple schools and institutes, offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes. The campus spans several sites in Harbin, with the original campus situated near the city’s central walking street. HIT maintains a strong research orientation and a long-standing commitment to multidisciplinary education. Around 1800 international students from over 100 countries study at the university each year. Its location in Harbin provides a distinct regional context, shaped by both historical development and seasonal character.

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) is a C9 League university, often called the “Cradle of Engineers.” In the 2025–2026 U.S. News World University Rankings for Engineering, HIT ranked third globally, with Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical & Electronic Engineering among the top 10 worldwide. HIT also ranks among leading Chinese universities in major global rankings. Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (HITSZ) was established in 2002 and is one of HIT’s three main campuses. It sits in Shenzhen, a core city of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. The campus has more than 14,000 students, including over 2,000 international students (more than 16% of the student body). Over 80% of full-time faculty have studied or worked abroad. Programs are aligned with regional development needs. Flagship fields include Computer Science and Technology; Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation; Civil Engineering; Architecture; and Economics. Shenzhen is often called “China’s Silicon Valley” and is a major high-tech and finance hub in the Greater Bay Area, close to Hong Kong )

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) is a well-known technical university by the Songhua River with nearly 100 years of development. HIT, Weihai is HIT’s campus on the Yellow Sea coast. HIT is among the first Project 985 key universities of China’s Ministry of Education and a C9 League member. It has about 3,000 faculty, including 35 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Nine first-class disciplines are national key disciplines, and 10 disciplines rank in China’s top five. HIT ranks second in China for the number of national key disciplines related to engineering. In recent years it has been ranked about 7th globally for engineering. HIT opened its Weihai campus more than three decades ago. HIT, Weihai now has more than 11,000 full-time students (undergraduates, graduates, and PhD candidates) and 535 academic faculty. Schools and departments include Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering; Marine Science and Technology; Automotive Engineering; Information and Electrical Engineering; Computer Science & Software Engineering; Material Science and Engineering; Science; Economics and Management; Languages and Literature; and Civil Engineering )

Harbin Medical University (HMU) was founded in 1926 and is a key Project 211 university in Heilongjiang Province. Affiliated units include the School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, School of Pharmacy, School of Health Administration, Department of Bioinformatics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Graduate School, School of Adult Education (Continuing Education), five medical schools (affiliated hospitals), School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, and the Daqing Campus. Organizations based at HMU include the Center for Endemic Disease Control of CDC, the National Research Center for Clinical Trial of New Drugs, the Russian Language Training Center of the Ministry of Health, the Heilongjiang Branch of China Medical Academy, and Heilongjiang Provincial Medical Academy. It has 8 first-grade doctorate degree programs (including basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, biology, biomedical engineering, public management, pharmacy, and nursing) and 11 first-grade master’s degree programs, plus 57 second-grade doctorate and 61 second-grade master’s programs. HMU has 5 postdoctoral research programs and 2 postdoctoral work stations, and 3 national key disciplines. Current enrollment is 15,321 students, including 673 full-time PhD students, 3,796 master’s students, 7,098 undergraduates, and 232 international students

Hebei Medical University is in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province. It is a provincial key university with more than 100 years of history. Its predecessor was Beiyang Medical School, established by the Qing government in 1894, making it one of the oldest public universities in modern China. Main subjects include Clinical Medicine, Clinical Discipline of Chinese and Western Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Stomatology, Pharmacy, and Biology. There are 14 undergraduate majors, 68 authorized postgraduate subjects, and 42 authorized doctoral subjects. Postdoctoral stations exist for Biology, Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine is a national key discipline. Faculty include 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; 39 experts with State Council special allowance; 31 provincial outstanding experts; 99 middle-aged and young experts with outstanding national/provincial science and technology management contributions; and 4 national excellent teachers. The university has 4 first-class tertiary general hospitals, 1 first-class tertiary specialized hospital, 8,100 sickbeds, and 17 affiliated hospitals, plus 8 libraries, 8 provincial research institutes, and 9 academic publications edited and published by the university. Over 400 foreign students currently study for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees

Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, founded in 1902, is a provincial normal university centred on teacher education. Programmes also cover literature, science, engineering, and management. International students can enrol in education and related degree pathways.

Hebei University is the only key comprehensive university co-established by the province and the ministry. It is near Beijing: about 30 minutes by light rail, or 1–1.5 hours by train or car. Its predecessor was Tianjin Business University, founded by the French Society of Jesus; later stages included Tianjin Business Institute, Jinggu University, Tianjin Normal Institute, and Tianjin Normal University. The name Hebei University was confirmed in 1960, and the university moved to Baoding, a national historical and cultural city, in 1970. It has 29 colleges and 5 common teaching departments; 87 undergraduate majors; 189 master’s programs; 19 professional master’s programs; 37 doctoral programs; and 6 post-doctoral research stations ) It has partnerships with more than 100 universities worldwide, Confucius Institutes at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Xavier University of Louisiana (USA), and language centers in Britain, Mongolia, South Korea, Russia, and Malaysia. Teachers have been sent overseas and international experts invited to lecture. International students have been enrolled since 1965. More than 3,000 doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s, and short-term students from over 50 countries have studied here. The university can accept Chinese Government Scholarship students and is a new HSK test center

Hebei University of Economics and Business (HUEB) is in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province. It is one of the top 10 universities in Hebei, with Economics, Management, and Law as main disciplines, and strengths also in Arts, Science, and Technology. Shijiazhuang has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate and tourism resources including scenery and historical sites. It is about one and a quarter hours by train from Beijing

Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT) is a key provincial university and a national “Project 211” university. Under Hebei Province, it specializes in engineering and also covers technology, science, economics, management, and arts. Founded in 1903 as Beiyang Technical School, it follows the motto “Diligence, Prudence, Devotion and Loyalty” and stresses both academic learning and engineering practice. It offers 69 undergraduate programs across engineering, science, economics, management, art, and law. Structure: 17 schools/departments, 1 physical-training teaching department, and 2 teaching administrative schools. It has 6 state-level characteristic disciplines, 18 province-level representative programs, 2 national key disciplines, 4 province-level advantageous disciplines, and 20 provincial key disciplines. There are 42 doctoral disciplines and 131 master’s or professional degree fields. HEBUT was the first engineering-based university in China to launch an MBA program and is the only university in Hebei offering EMBA education. It has 9 post-doctoral work stations; Material Science and Engineering is a special national program among them. Faculty: 2,474 qualified members; among 1,365 full-time teachers, 706 hold senior titles and 682 have doctorates

Hefei University of Technology (HFUT) is in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province. It is a national key university under the Ministry of Education. Founded in 1945, it is part of Project 211 and a Program 985 innovation platform, and is included in the national “Double First Class” plan. HFUT is mainly an engineering-focused comprehensive university. Eleven disciplines are in the top 1% of ESI global rankings: Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Agricultural Science, Earth Sciences, Environment/Ecology, Social Sciences (General), Biology & Biochemistry, Physics, and Plant & Animal Science. Engineering science ranks in the top 1‰. There are about 33,200 undergraduate and 16,200 graduate students. The university motto is “pursuing virtue and knowledge, seeking truth and innovation.” It offers 20 first-level doctoral disciplines, 38 first-level master’s disciplines, and 84 undergraduate majors. Faculty include academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Sciences, accredited professors, National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation scholars, and national top-teacher award winners.

Heilongjiang University is in Harbin, northeast China. Harbin is known for distinctive architecture, cool summers, winter skiing and skating, and its ice lantern festival. The area is known for standard Mandarin (Putonghua), which makes it a strong place to study Chinese. The university is a key comprehensive institution covering liberal arts, sciences, foreign languages, engineering, management, and more. The campus covers about 1,910,000 square meters, with nearly 1,160,000 square meters of buildings. Full-time enrollment is over 35,000, with about 5,000 students in master’s or doctoral study and about 2,000 international students each year. There are 10 faculty disciplines—Philosophy, Economics, Law, Education, Liberal Arts, History, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, and Management—covering 79 specialties. The university awards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Since 1981, nearly 10,000 international students have studied here, from Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other countries. Heilongjiang University is the province’s designated center for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, an appointed HSK exam site, and an institution approved to admit Chinese Government Scholarship students )

Henan University of Economics and Law (HUEL), established in 2010 in Zhengzhou, focuses on economics, management, and law following the merger of two predecessor institutions.

Henan University of Technology (HAUT) is in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and ranks among the leading universities in the province. The campus began in 1956 as a ministerial institute offering undergraduate programs. In 1998 management moved to Henan Province. In 2010 the university became co-sponsored by the Henan Provincial Government and the State Bureau of Grain. It is a comprehensive university with a strong engineering focus, offering undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate degrees. It has 20 teaching units; 1 doctoral program for national special need; 18 first-level and 108 second-level master’s disciplines; 18 provincial key disciplines; 67 bachelor programs; 5 national-level characteristic specialties and 10 provincial ones. There are over 40,000 students, including more than 30,000 full-time undergraduates and junior college students, about 1,300 graduate students, nearly 100 international students, and about 8,500 students in continuing education. Faculty: 2,183 teaching staff with 1,600 full-time teachers, including 860 associate and full professors; 560 with doctoral degrees; 1 Changjiang Scholar; 3 specially appointed provincial professors; 14 doctoral supervisors; 21 professors with State Council special government allowance; 6 national-level excellent teachers and 40 at ministerial/provincial level; and over 200 Henan academic leaders and Excellent Talents Innovation Award holders. Campus area is 218 hectares, with about 890,000 m² of building space and an 87,000 m² sports field. Teaching and research equipment is valued at around 300 million RMB. The library holds about 3.62 million books, and the campus network was the first 10,000-megabit network in Henan Province.

Hohai University was established in 1915 and is known worldwide for water conservancy research and education. It traces back to Hohai Civil Engineering School, founded by Zhang Jian — China’s first institution focused on water conservancy. After the 1952 national college restructuring, East China Technical University of Water Resources was formed from water-related disciplines of Nanjing University, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Zhejiang University. It was renamed Hohai University in 1985; Deng Xiaoping inscribed the university’s name. Main campus is in Nanjing, with additional campuses in Changzhou and Jiangning. Total area is about 1,533,333 m². It is a state key university under the Ministry of Education, focused on water conservancy, with engineering as the first priority and coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, liberal arts, and law. It is also a Project 211 university. Programs: 52 undergraduate majors; first-level master’s degrees in 34 disciplines and second-level master’s in 185; 9 post-doctoral research bases; first-level Ph.D. degrees in 12 disciplines and second-level in 57.