Engineering is the largest field of study in Chinese universities.
The field includes 79 undergraduate majors in 21 categories: geological prospecting and mining, materials, machinery, instrument and apparatus, energy and power, electrical and information science and technology, civil engineering and architecture, water conservancy and hydraulic engineering, science of surveying and mapping, environmental science and safety engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical engineering science, science of traffic and transportation, ocean engineering science, food and textile engineering, aeronautics, weapons systems, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, agricultural engineering, forestry engineering, and public security and technology.
Percentage of the China’s graduates awarded engineering degrees in 2008:
Bachelors: 44.95%
Masters: 37.70%
Doctorate: 39.92%
Percentage of the nation’s 40,110 doctoral tutors (professors qualified to instruct doctoral candidates in engineering: 39.75% (15,945 tutors)
Number of Chinese universities offering an engineering major: 536
2008 statistics by the Office of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
Rank | Grade | Name of University |
1 |
A++ |
Tsinghua University |
2 |
A++ |
Zhejiang University |
3 |
A++ |
Shanghai Jiaotong University |
4 |
A++ |
Harbin Institute of Technology |
5 |
A++ |
Tianjin University |
6 |
A++ |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
7 |
A+ |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
8 |
A+ |
Beihang University |
9 |
A+ |
Southeast University |
10 |
A+ |
South China University of Technology |
11 |
A+ |
China Science and Technology University |
12 |
A+ |
Dalian University of Technology |
13 |
A |
Northwestern Polytechnical University |
14 |
A |
Jilin University |
15 |
A |
Central South Univercity |
16 |
A |
Wuhan University |
17 |
A |
Beijing Institute of Technology |
18 |
A |
Tongji University |
19 |
A |
Sichuan University |
20 |
A |
Peking University (PKU) |
21 |
A |
Shandong University |
22 |
A |
Chongqing University |
23 |
A |
Nanjing University |
24 |
A |
East China University of Science and Technology |
25 |
A |
Beijing University of Science and Technology |
26 |
A |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
27 |
A |
Hunan University |
28 |
A |
Northeastern University |
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