Peking University [3] (abbreviated PKU and colloquially known in Chinese as BÄ›idà 北大; Chinese: 北京大å¦, pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng Dà xué), is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League. It is the first modern national university established in China, founded as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the ancient Taixue or Guozijian, or Imperial Academy.[4] It also served as the highest
administration for
education (ministry of education) in China at the beginning of its founding.[5] By 1920, it had become a center for progressive thought. Peking University is consistently ranked as the top higher learning institution in mainland China.[6][7][8][9][10] In addition to academics, Peking University is especially renowned for its campus grounds,[11][12][13] and the beauty of its traditional Chinese architecture. Academics Peking University is a national key university.[23] The university consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments, with 93 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second Bachelors degree, 199 specialties for Masters degree candidates and 173 specialties for doctoral candidates. A leader in basic sciences research and teaching, the university has successfully developed applied sciences research and teaching as well. At present, Peking University has 216 research institutions and research centres, including 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories. With 11 million holdings, the university library is the largest of its kind in Asia.[24] The university has made an effort to combine the research on fundamental scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the countrys modernization. Peking University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University jointly administer the Wallace H. Coulter Department of
Biomedical Engineering Program, which is ranked the 2nd in the United States. Campus The campus of Peking University was originally located northeast of the Forbidden City in the center of Beijing, and was later moved to the former campus of Yenching University in 1952. The main campus is in northwest Beijing, in Haidian district, near the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace; the area is traditionally where many of Beijings most renowned gardens and palaces were built. The university campus is in the former site of the Qing Dynasty imperial gardens and it retains much traditional Chinese-style landscaping, including traditional houses, gardens, pagodas, as well as many notable historical buildings and structures. There are several gates that lead into campus — East, West and South gates, with the West Gate being the most well known for the painted murals on its ceiling. Weiming lake is in the north of the campus and is surrounded by walking paths and small gardens. Schools & departments • School of Mathematical Sciences • School of Physics • College of Chemistry • School of Life Sciences • School of Electronics Engineering and
Computer Science • College of Urban and Environmental Sciences • Department of
Psychology • School of Earth and Space Sciences • Institute of
Computer Science & Technology • College of Engineering • College of Environmental Science and Engineering • Department of
History • School of
Archaeology and Museology • Department of Philosophy • School of Foreign Languages • School of Arts • School of Chinese as a Second Language • School of
Economics • Guanghua School of
Management • Law School • Department of Information
Management • Department of
Sociology • School of Government • School of Marxism • Graduate School of
Education • School of
Journalism and Communication • Institute of Population Research • National School of Development • Department of Physical
Education • Yuanpei School • Institute of Molecular
Medicine • Advanced Technology Institute • Institute of
Social Science Survey • Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies • The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and
Astrophysics • ShenZhen Graduate School • HSBC
Business School • School of Transnational
Law • school of software & microelectronics • Department of Chinese Language and Literature • School of International Studies Peking University-HKBU Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics PKU-HKBU Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics (JRIAM) published between1 J anuary 2016 - 31 December 2016 which are tracked by the Nature Index. Hover over the donut graph to view the WFCoutput for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of
articles organized by journal, and then by title. Research collaboration: PKU-HKBU Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics (JRIAM) is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its participating partner institutions.
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