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Engineering research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Engineering research in 2022-now (#1 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

China's world rank
#1
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.1M
Top-10% rate
12.9%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in China?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1100.014.4%44,937
2Tsinghua UniversityBeijing #292.017.4%16,933
3Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai #387.315.6%16,220
4Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou #484.015.5%14,906
5Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an #581.515.5%16,375
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin #679.415.5%17,789
7Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong #777.624.5%6,329
8Chongqing UniversityChongqing #876.116.5%10,918
9Tongji UniversityShanghai #974.715.3%12,242
10University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1271.415.3%8,547
11Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan #1370.516.2%12,610
12Hunan UniversityChangsha #1568.819.2%6,130
13Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing #1668.114.2%12,026
14University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei #1767.414.8%7,045
15Southeast UniversityNanjing #1866.715.9%14,878
16Central South UniversityChangsha #1966.116.7%13,124
17Wuhan UniversityWuhan #2164.917.4%6,580
18City University of Hong KongHong Kong #2363.923.3%3,769
19Peking UniversityBeijing #2463.416.2%5,548
20Dalian University of TechnologyDalian #2562.915.4%9,606
21University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam #2662.521.4%2,992
22Sichuan UniversityChengdu #2762.015.6%7,846
23Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an #2861.616.5%12,524
24Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen #2961.217.9%3,716
25South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou #3060.814.5%9,169
26Tianjin UniversityTianjin #3260.113.9%10,861
27Shandong UniversityJinan #3359.713.9%8,314
28Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong #3459.420.5%2,505
29Beihang UniversityBeijing #3559.014.0%11,444
30Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen #3758.416.4%5,302
31Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou #3957.814.1%6,301
32Jilin UniversityChangchun #4157.215.3%6,387
33Nanjing UniversityNanjing #4356.715.6%3,128
34Fudan UniversityShanghai #4556.214.4%4,850
35University of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing #4955.214.5%8,181
36Nankai UniversityTianjin #5154.716.1%2,929
37Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu #5454.116.0%8,881
38China University of GeosciencesWuhan #6152.717.0%2,881
39Xiamen UniversityXiamen #6252.514.0%3,769
40Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing #6551.917.3%1,854
41North China Electric Power UniversityBeijing #6651.811.0%7,999
42Northeastern UniversityShenyang #6751.617.3%9,494
43Hohai UniversityNanjing #6951.214.0%5,115
44Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong #7051.119.6%1,842
45Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou #7650.114.1%5,178
46Guangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou #7750.014.2%4,716
47Beijing University of TechnologyBeijing #7849.814.1%6,528
48Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsNanjing #8049.511.2%10,854
49Fuzhou UniversityFuzhou #8249.213.1%4,301
50Hefei University of TechnologyHefei #8449.011.3%5,021
51Soochow UniversitySuzhou #8648.713.7%3,783
52Wuhan University of TechnologyWuhan #8848.412.1%8,435
53Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyNanjing #8948.310.8%8,115
54Jiangsu UniversityZhenjiang #9148.018.9%5,600
55China University of Mining and TechnologyXuzhou #9347.815.2%8,898
56Donghua UniversityShanghai #9647.414.4%2,704
57Shanghai UniversityShanghai #9947.111.8%5,807
58Guangxi UniversityNanning #10047.015.1%4,064
59Nanjing Tech UniversityNanjing #10746.212.1%4,262
60University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu #11045.912.2%9,867

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in China?

Wei Huang, Qiang Zhang and Lei Jiang rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Wei Huang#22,470 worldwide overall542.0 of 1,797 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Qiang Zhang#13,247 worldwide overall477.1 of 1,192 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Lei Jiang#4,874 worldwide overall462.1 of 1,176 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Feiyu Kang#4,145 worldwide overall357.0 of 762 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ben Zhong Tang#1,291 worldwide overall360.7 of 821 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Liquan Chen#1,339 worldwide overall314.0 of 562 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jia‐Qi Huang#652 worldwide overall297.5 of 474 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Liqiang Mai#234 worldwide overall297.7 of 500 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jun Chen#1,141 worldwide overall303.4 of 559 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Liang Gao#3,565 worldwide overall325.0 of 775 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Chi Sun Poon#227 worldwide overall299.4 of 527 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Hong Li#30,945 worldwide overall322.2 of 860 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Feng Wu#3,553 worldwide overall296.9 of 663 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Lin Gu#1,293 worldwide overall276.8 of 541 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yunhui Huang#539 worldwide overall265.4 of 497 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in China on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How China compares with other countries in Engineering