Best Chinese Universities Ranking

The Best Chinese Universities Ranking (BCUR) is a domestic ranking table of Chinese institutions of higher education. It is compiled by Shanghai Ruanke, the same agency that is behind the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).^[1]

Best Chinese Universities Ranking

Categories	Higher education
Frequency	Annual
Publisher	Shanghai Ranking Consultancy
Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Country	People's Republic of China
Language	English and Chinese
Website	shanghairanking.com

Best Chinese Universities Ranking
Simplified Chinese	中国大学排名
Traditional Chinese	中國大學排名
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó dàxué páimíng

In the 2024 version, 594 institutions in mainland China were assessed by the exercise.^[1]

Methodology

BCUR methodology^[2]

Dimension	Criterion	Indicator	Weighting
Teaching and Learning	Quality of Incoming Students	Average score of incoming freshmen in national college entrance exam	30%
	Education Outcome	Employment rate of bachelor degree recipients	10%
	Reputation	Income from donations	5%
Research	Scale of Research	Number of papers in Scopus	10%
	Quality of Research	Field Weighted Citation Impact	10%
	Top Research Achievements	World Top 1% Most Cited Paper	10%
	Top Scholars	Chinese Most Cited Researchers	10%
Social Service	Technology Service	Research Income from Industry	5%
	Technology Transfer	Income from Technology Transfer	5%
Internationalization	International Student Ratio	International Students as a Percentage of Total Students	5%