Universities

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) began as Hong Kong Baptist College in 1956 under the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong and became a fully funded public tertiary institution in 1983. It gained university status and was renamed Hong Kong Baptist University in 1994. HKBU offers a broad whole-person education across arts, business, communication, social sciences, science and technology, Chinese medicine, and sport through its faculties and schools, and welcomes international students into English-taught and bilingual pathways depending on the program.

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is a self-accrediting university in Hong Kong whose degrees are recognised by the HKSAR Government, with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across multiple disciplines.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), founded in 1972 in Hong Kong, is a major UGC-funded university focused on professional education and applied research across design, business, engineering, and related fields.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), founded in 1991 at Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, is a research university known for science, engineering, business, and interdisciplinary graduate study.

Huanggang Normal University (HGNU) was founded in 1905. It is a four-year undergraduate university offering both teacher-training and non-teacher-training programs. It sits in Huanggang (population about 7.4 million), with Dongpo Red Cliff to the north and the Yangtze River to the south. Three campuses (Southern, Northern, Western) cover 133 hectares with about 700,000 m² of building space. Admission draws students from 27 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions. There are 20 schools, over 17,000 full-time students, and 1,200 staff. Disciplines span nine fields: Letters, Science, Engineering, Law, Economics, Administration, Pedagogy, Agriculture, and Arts. Programs: 8 master’s specialties, 51 bachelor’s specialties, and 13 three-year diploma specialties; double bachelor’s degrees can be conferred in 19 specialties. In the past five years, 17 more specialties were added. Chinese Language and Literature, Educational Technology, and Biological Sciences are national-level distinctive specialties appointed by the Ministry of Education.

Huangshan University is an undergraduate university of applied science in southern Anhui, on the south bank of the Xin’an River at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, in a region shaped by Huizhou culture. It developed from Huizhou Normal College into a comprehensive university. After more than 30 years of growth, it has 16 schools and 2 departments and offers 57 undergraduate majors, enrolling students from 18 provinces of China. Full-time undergraduate enrollment is about 18,000. The university reports 2 National Characteristic Construction Specialties, 5 Provincial Characteristic Construction Specialties, 4 Provincial Experimental Training Centers, 5 Provincial Experimental Model Zones for Talent Cultivation and Innovation, and 4 provincial education teams / superior talent training projects. About 76.9% of faculty hold master’s or PhD degrees. The campus covers about 1,800 acres with roughly 380,000 square meters of buildings

Huaqiao University has two campuses: the main campus in Quanzhou and a satellite campus in Xiamen, both in Fujian Province. Founded with a focus on serving overseas Chinese communities, it offers undergraduate, master’s, professional master’s, and doctoral degrees across 28 schools. The university provides instruction in Chinese and hosts international students primarily from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. It has awarded degrees to more than 200,000 graduates since its establishment. Teaching staff hold academic and professional qualifications relevant to their disciplines. Programmes span 94 undergraduate fields, 20 professional master’s specialisations, and 8 doctoral programmes.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology stands in Wuhan, central China’s largest inland city. Founded in 1953, it is one of China’s national key universities, administered directly by the Ministry of Education. Its campus spans over 1,150 acres and features dense tree cover—nearly three-quarters of the grounds are green, earning it the informal title 'University in the Forest'. The university offers programmes across twelve academic disciplines, with around 60,000 students enrolled, including over 3,000 from more than 130 countries. It delivers undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral training through 95 bachelor’s, 224 master’s and 183 doctoral programmes. Research infrastructure includes five national key laboratories, the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and a high magnetic field facility—one of only four such centres globally. Teaching staff include approximately 900 professors and 1,200 associate professors.

Hubei Normal University is a provincial university in Huangshi, Hubei, with a long tradition in teacher education. Programmes span education, arts and sciences, and related fields for undergraduate and graduate students. The campus serves local and international learners in a normal-university setting.

Founded in 1931, Hubei University is situated in central Wuhan, the largest city in central China. Its campus spans over 2000 mu and includes more than 700,000 square metres of academic and residential buildings. The university comprises 18 disciplinary colleges and delivers 74 undergraduate programmes alongside doctoral and master degrees across a broad range of fields. It hosts around 20,000 full-time undergraduates and college students, over 4500 postgraduate students, and approximately 200 international students annually from more than 20 countries. With more than 1140 teaching staff—including over 700 professors and associate professors—the university maintains active research programmes supported by two state key laboratories and several provincial research platforms. Its library holds nearly 2.2 million physical volumes and occupies over 46,000 square metres.

Hubei University of Economics is a full-time provincial university approved by the Ministry of Education in September 2002. Its history goes back to 1907, when Hubei Commercial College was established by Zhang Zhidong. The campus is in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, beside Tangxun Lake. It covers about 1,740 mu with more than 620,000 m² of building space. The university focuses on economics and management. It has 4 provincial key discipline project units; 12 “Chutian Scholar” distinguished professor disciplines; 1 major for master’s degree recruitment; 56 bachelor’s majors; 3 national featured disciplines; 1 national pilot program of specialty comprehensive reform; 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center; 3 provincial specialty reform pilots; 5 provincial brand specialties; and 3 provincial experimental demonstration centers. Related fields include law, literature, science, engineering, and arts. There are also national and provincial student activity bases, provincial excellent courses, and provincial teaching teams. Over 16,000 postgraduate and undergraduate students are enrolled; graduate employment has stayed above 90% in the figures given.

Hubei University of Medicine (HUM) is in central Shiyan, Hubei Province — often called the Motor City. Nearby attractions include Wudang Mountain (a Taoist sacred site), Danjiangkou Reservoir (described as the largest artificial freshwater lake in Asia), and the Shennongjia Forest. HUM was founded in 1965. In 1996 it was among the first to pass the National Undergraduate Teaching Quality Assessment (TQA) of the State Education Commission. In 2006 the Ministry of Education rated it “Excellent” in undergraduate TQA. Facilities cover 421,800 m², of which 117,000 m² are for teaching and administration. Fixed assets are about RMB 1 billion; teaching and research equipment over RMB 100 million; library holdings about 838,400 volumes. There are over 15,000 full-time students and over 1,000 faculty and staff. The university offers 12 undergraduate programs in medicine, science, management, and engineering: Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Anesthesiology, Medical Imaging, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Medical Laboratory Science, Dentistry, Public Health Administration, Information Management & Systems, Rehabilitation Therapy, and Bioscience. It has two nationally recognized majors, five provincially recognized majors, seven provincially recognized courses, three provincial teaching model centers, and five Level Three hospitals. The five affiliated hospitals are Level Three hospitals, with about 6 million outpatients and 300,000 inpatients a year. Alongside undergraduate education, HUM is developing graduate, overseas-student, and continuing education.

Hubei University of Technology (HBUT) is in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Wuhan is a major historical and cultural city and has a very large college-student population. HBUT is a multi-discipline university with engineering as its main strength, also covering liberal arts, science, economics, management, law, and education. It began in 1952 as Hubei Academy of Agricultural Machinery. In 1984 it merged with Hubei Institute of Light Industry to form Hubei Polytechnic Institute, and was renamed Hubei University of Technology in 2004. Campus area is over 1.06 km² with more than 900,000 m² of floor space, including teaching, research, entertainment, sports, logistics, and laboratory facilities. The library (about 46,000 m²) is the largest among Hubei higher education colleges and holds large print and digital collections. The campus has a secure network and online service platforms. The Light Industry Faculty has 5 schools; there are 13 other schools, 60 majors, 18 first-level master’s accreditation programs, and 75 second-level master’s accreditation programs. Students are admitted from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. There are over 20,000 full-time students. Full-time teachers number about 1,200, including 530 professors and associate professors and 483 postgraduate and doctoral tutors. More than 200 part-time professors from universities, research institutes, and enterprises at home and abroad also teach.

Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU) is a key provincial university co-constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture and the People’s Government of Hunan Province. It was among the first national experimental units in the Research Institute of New Rural Development (Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology) and was selected for the Project for Basic Capacity-building of Midwest Universities. In 2012 it gained first-level university status and may recruit first-class undergraduate students. The 2.27-square-kilometer campus is in Furong District, Changsha, with Donghu Lake to the north and the Liuyang River to the south. It has been recognized as an “Outstanding Unit” in a national teaching evaluation by the Ministry of Education, and as a “National Civilized Unit” and “Garden Unit.” HUNAU developed from Hunan Provincial Xiuye Agricultural and Forestry College (1903), was renamed Hunan Agricultural College in 1951 (name inscribed by Mao Zedong that November), and became Hunan Agricultural University in February 1994 with approval of the former State Education Commission. After more than 110 years, it is a comprehensive agricultural university awarding degrees in agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, sciences, economics, management, law, pedagogy, medicine, and the arts. It has 21 colleges and awards bachelor’s degrees in 72 specialties, master’s degrees in 18 first-level specialties, and doctorates in 8 first-level specialties )

Hunan University of Arts and Science (HUAS) is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary university with nearly 60 years of history. It is in Changde, a historic and cultural city with rail, airport, waterway, and expressway links. Changde has received awards such as National Civilized City, National Garden City, National Hygienic City, International Awards for Livable Communities, and National Traffic Management Model City. The campus covers 1,791 mu with about 478,000 square meters of buildings. The library holds 1.543 million paper books and 640,000 digital books. HUAS has 21 colleges and departments offering 51 specialties across literature, science, engineering, economics, management, law, agriculture, history, education, and art. Full-time enrollment exceeds 23,000 students from 31 provinces and municipalities. International enrollment began in 2004. The university has exchange and cooperation ties with more than 20 universities in over ten countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Canada, South Korea, and Japan )

Founded in 1902 and situated in Wuxi, a historic city in Jiangsu Province’s Yangtze River Delta, Jiangnan University operates under the direct supervision of China’s Ministry of Education. The university comprises 17 schools offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes across disciplines including food science, fermentation engineering, textile technology, industrial design, economics, law, literature, and medicine. Its food and fermentation programmes hold national leadership and international recognition, while newer fields such as international trade and business administration attract growing numbers of overseas students. Since 1964, Jiangnan University has welcomed learners from over 80 countries. Its campus reflects an ecological design centred on waterways, with functional buildings and green spaces integrated across the site. The university maintains a consistent emphasis on academic quality as central to its mission.

Jiangsu Normal University in Xuzhou, established in 1952, is a provincial normal university with programmes in teacher education, philosophy, economics, engineering, and the arts and sciences. It hosts a sizable undergraduate and postgraduate community and international students from many countries.

Jiangsu Ocean University is located in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province — described as an eastern bridgehead of the Eurasian Continental Bridge and one of China’s first coastal open cities. The university has 20 colleges and 69 undergraduate majors across ten disciplines: engineering, science, management, literature, agriculture, law, economics, art, education, and medicine. It emphasizes applied talent development with an ocean-related focus and runs international education and research cooperation with universities in the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and other countries

Jiangsu University (JU) was formed in August 2001 by combining the former Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (a key university), Zhenjiang Medical College, and Zhenjiang Teachers’ College, with Ministry of Education approval. It is in Zhenjiang beside the Yangtze River. Its origin traces to San-jiang Normal School founded in Nanjing in 1902. It has 24 schools and 83 undergraduate programs across Engineering, Science, Medicine, Literature, Economics, Law, Management, Education, and History; 8 post-doctoral research stations; 9 first-level disciplines for doctoral degrees; 42 Ph.D. programs; 167 master’s programs; 3 national key academic disciplines (1 under cultivation); 2 Jiangsu special-advantage disciplines; 4 Jiangsu provincial key primary disciplines; 13 Jiangsu provincial key disciplines; 7 professional master’s categories; and 26 ME fields. Campus: 3,045 mu; buildings 1.4 million m²; teaching and experimental equipment worth 500 million yuan; 4 national top-quality courses; 2 national excellent teaching groups; 1 national engineering technology research center; 1 national experiment teaching demonstration center; 2 national pilot zones for talent cultivation innovation; 1 Ministry of Education key lab; 12 provincial experiment teaching demonstration centers; 37 ministry-level key labs and engineering technology research centers. Library: 62,500 m² floor area; 2.6 million books.

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology sits in Zhenjiang, a riverside city with deep historical roots along the Yangtze. It evolved from technical colleges founded in the late 1930s and gained university status in 2001. The institution delivers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, with doctoral training across eleven disciplines and master’s programmes in seventy-one subject areas. Its academic focus centres on engineering, particularly naval architecture, marine engineering, and sericulture — each supported by a dedicated post-doctoral research centre. Faculty include members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and researchers recognised at provincial and national levels. While most instruction is in Chinese, a selection of degree programmes is taught in English for international students.

Jiaxing University is a public university approved by the Ministry of Education of the PRC. Campus area is about 274 acres. Teaching and research equipment is valued at over USD 85 million. The library holds over 2.3 million print volumes and over 2.49 million electronic volumes. There are 17 teaching units, more than 16,300 full-time students, 8 affiliated hospitals, and 1 affiliated kindergarten. President Lu Jun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Honorary president Professor Zhu Jingwu is a physicist and former president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Faculty and staff: more than 1,660, including 3 full-time academicians, 10 part-time academicians, and national special experts. There are 2 provincial key innovation teams and 4 provincial teaching teams; 59 undergraduate programs; 2 majors in the national-level first-class undergraduate construction plan and 10 in the provincial-level plan; 11 national and provincial experimental teaching platforms. International cooperation includes more than 80 universities or institutions in 22 countries or regions; PhD research programs with Australian universities; Dual Bachelor’s–Master’s (DBDM) with German universities; and dual degree programs with partners in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere

Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages (HQUFL) is in Changchun, along the Jingyue National Forest tourist belt. Founded in 1995, it was accredited by the Ministry of Education in 2003 to offer undergraduate programs and became the first private four-year foreign language institute in China authorized to award bachelor’s degrees. In 2005 it began enrolling postgraduates under joint programs with other universities. In 2007 it was named a key higher education institution in Jilin Province. In 2010 it became the only school to pilot the national educational system reform project “Exploration of School-running Mode for Public Welfare in Private Colleges.” In 2011, with approval of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, it began offering Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) programs. It focuses on applied training in foreign languages and foreign affairs. Enrollment is about 10,007 students, with 596 staff including more than 60 international teachers from 12 countries. The university offers 10 foreign languages, 26 undergraduate programs, and 4 graduate programs. Facilities include a “global village” language and culture training center designated by the Ministry of Education as a national experimental training demonstration center in 2013 and named by UNESCO as a world multi-cultural education center in 2014. In November 2015, a Confucius Institute co-founded with New Jersey City University was launched )

Jilin Normal University, founded in 1958 (formerly Siping Normal College), is a key university in Jilin Province, located in Siping. Campus area is about 920,000 square meters. It serves local education and hosts provincial teacher training, including the Jilin College and University teachers’ training center. Structure: 22 colleges, 2 teaching sections, 27 research units, 117 laboratories; 55 undergraduate programs and nearly 100 secondary-discipline master’s authorization centers. Library: 1.84 million volumes. More than 29,000 students in total, including 15,632 full-time. Faculty: 1,488 staff, 1,041 full-time teachers, 523 associate and full professors, 10 PhD supervisors. International cooperation includes partners in the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In 2006 the Ministry of Education authorized it to accept Chinese Government Scholarship students

Jilin University was founded in 1946. After decades of development and mergers of six higher education institutions, it became China’s largest comprehensive university by student enrollment, supported by national key projects including Project 211 and Project 985. It offers all 13 academic categories: Philosophy, Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, Management, Military Science, and Arts — with 124 undergraduate, 299 master’s, 237 doctoral, and 41 post-doc programs. Faculty: 6,568 members, including 2,058 full professors (1,186 doctoral advisors) and 24 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering (15 adjunct academicians). Full-time students: 68,957, including over 24,021 master’s/doctoral and over 43,024 undergraduates. Library collection: 6.59 million books; designated UNESCO, UNIDO, and World Bank library; CALIS center for Northeast China. About 2,000 international students from 98 countries study in 124 programs across 37 colleges (including School of International and Public Affairs, College of Humanities, Norman Bethune College of Medical Science, Economics School, and others). Popular programs include International Relations, Chinese language, World Economy, and Diplomacy