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Universities in China
China has 537 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 976. 2 were founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES537
OLDEST976
FOUNDED 1900+494
By founding era
Before 12001 · 0%
1200–15991 · 0%
1600–189917 · 3%
1900 or later494 · 92%
Date unknown24 · 4%
Oldest universities in China
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
976Hunan University
1579Xi'an University of Finance and Economics
1705Qiongtai Normal University
1821Sichuan University of Arts and Science
1879St. John's University
1891Shandong First Medical University
1894Hebei Medical University
1895Tianjin University
1895Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
1895Peiyang University
1896Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1896Sichuan University
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