Tsinghua tops Peking in school rankings

Tsinghua University has overtaken Peking University for the first time and was named the best higher education institution on the Chinese mainland in the latest Times Higher Education report.

The World University Rankings 2019 listing puts Tsinghua University in 22nd place globally, followed by Peking University in 31st.

Tsinghua University finished ahead of the National University of Singapore, which was 23rd globally, to be named the best university in Asia. It was the first time that a Chinese university has held the title under the current methodology introduced in 2011.