Top Engineering Schools in mainland China

The recently released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 for 53 different subjects including 533 of the top engineering and technology schools around the world – 35 of which can be found in mainland China. 

The ranking covers six different branches subjects within the engineering and technology category – chemical engineering, civil and structural engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, and mineral and mining engineering. 

The rankings are compiled using five indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, H-index citations (a way of measuring the productivity and published work of an institution or scholar) and international research network. Find out more about the methodology used on our website. 

Read on as we discover the top engineering and technology schools in mainland China.

Of the 35 engineering and technology universities in mainland China, Tsinghua University is the highest-ranked for another consecutive year and has risen five places in the global rankings. It earns an almost perfect score in the H-index indicator as well as scoring highly for academic reputation. 

Notable movements in the engineering and technology top 10 this year in mainland China is Zhejiang University which moved up two places in the mainland China ranking and 32 places from 61st in the global rankings. Harbin Institute of Technology also rises three places from eighth in the mainland China rankings and 65 places from 137th in the global rankings. 

See the full engineering and technology subject rankings here. 

There are currently 420 chemical engineering schools in the subject rankings, with 33 of these located in mainland China. Six Chinese universities can be found in the global top 100. 

China’s top university for chemical engineering this year is Tsinghua University, in 12th place globally after rising one place from the 2022 rankings. New entries to this year’s top 10 are Xi’an Jiaotong University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. 

See the full chemical engineering rankings here. 

The 230 civil and structural engineering schools featured in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 include 14 top Chinese universities. 

The highest ranking of these is Tsinghua University which once again offers the best course in mainland China: placing 11th worldwide after rising one place this year. The school earns a perfect score in the H-index indicator and an almost perfect score for citations per paper. 

Five Chinese universities feature in the global top 100. 

See the full civil and structural engineering rankings here.