Nanjing University enters the QS top 100; Wuhan also climbs

In the QS World University Rankings 2027, published on 18 June 2026, Nanjing University rose to 90th. It was 103rd in 2026 and 145th in 2025, a climb of 55 places in two years that makes it the only new mainland Chinese entrant to the top 100.

Another of our partners, Wuhan University, also rose in the same ranking, from 186th to 165th.

Of the 72 mainland Chinese universities ranked in both editions, 52 improved their position. You can compare programmes, teaching languages and annual tuition at Nanjing and Wuhan on their university pages.