China University of Mining and Technology

Xuzhou Medical University (XZMU) is in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province (about three hours by train to Beijing or Shanghai). It is administered by the Jiangsu Provincial Government. Founded in 1958, it is a center for medical education, service, and research in northern Jiangsu and the Huaihai Economic Zone. Since 2001 it has repeatedly ranked among the top fifty medical colleges nationwide in comprehensive strength. In 2005 it received an “Excellence” rating in the Ministry of Education Undergraduate Course Teaching Level Assessment and began educating international students. In 2013 it was authorized to grant doctoral degrees. There are four campuses covering over 1,200 mu; the second Main Campus extension is in use. The university has fourteen affiliated hospitals (two under direct administration), five clinical institutes, and more than eighty clinical teaching bases. In 2007 two of its papers were selected among China’s First “One Hundred Most Influential and Excellent International Dissertations.” It offers 24 undergraduate specialties across major medical fields, including Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Optometry, Medical Imageology, Medical Rehabilitation, Preventive Medicine, Nutriology, Stomatology, and Oral Restoration. Separately, the application-guide text notes about 11,000 students including around 350 international students from nearly 40 countries

Jiangsu Normal University in Xuzhou, established in 1952, is a provincial normal university with programmes in teacher education, philosophy, economics, engineering, and the arts and sciences. It hosts a sizable undergraduate and postgraduate community and international students from many countries.

It was formed in June 2016 by merging Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce and Shanghai Finance University. Its roots go back to Lixin education founded by Dr. Pan Xulun in 1928. In 2022, the School of Business and Administration received five-year full AACSB accreditation. SLU has three campuses in Pudong, Songjiang, and Xuhui, covering more than 1,200 mu (about 800,000 square meters). It has more than 19,000 full-time students, including over 370 graduate students; 3 master’s degree programs and 40 undergraduate majors; more than 1,630 faculty and staff, including over 1,240 full-time teachers

Established in 1898 in Beijing, Peking University is China’s first national university. Its campus hosts five faculties—Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Medicine, and Information and Engineering—alongside 47 colleges and departments. The university offers over one hundred undergraduate programmes and more than five hundred graduate and doctoral programmes. With around 34,000 students including nearly 2,400 international learners from 80 countries, its academic community is both large and diverse. The teaching staff includes over 5,800 full-time faculty members, among them more than 1,700 professors and over 60 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Research infrastructure includes 11 national key laboratories, 46 state key laboratories, and a library holding 7.7 million volumes—the largest university library in Asia.

Zhejiang University, founded in 1897 in Hangzhou, is one of China’s leading comprehensive research universities. Teaching and research span science, engineering, medicine, humanities, and social sciences. International students study across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Founded in 1896, Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s oldest universities and is based in Shanghai’s Minhang and Xuhui districts. It comprises 28 schools and departments, offering 64 undergraduate programmes across nine disciplinary areas including engineering, medicine, science, and management. The university hosts over 44,000 students, including nearly 6,000 international learners, and employs more than 2,800 full-time academic staff. Its research infrastructure includes eight state key laboratories and multiple national engineering research centres. SJTU awards degrees at bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels across a broad range of disciplines, with particular depth in engineering and the natural sciences. The university operates several affiliated hospitals and maintains close ties with Shanghai’s municipal government and national education authorities.