KingLead 2026 China Public University International Competitiveness Ranking Evaluation System
Evaluation System
The KingLead China Public Universities International Competitiveness Ranking system is based on objective data across four dimensions: international education, international research, international collaboration, and international awards, combined with university internationalization experts evaluations and peer evaluation by KingLead Research, to comprehensively assess the international competitiveness of universities. The indicator weighting system is as follows:
1 International Education
1.1 Sino-foreign Cooperative Education
- Number of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education Institutions
- Number of Sino-foreign Cooperative Master Programs
- Number of Sino-foreign Cooperative Bachelor Programs
- Number of Students in Sino-foreign Cooperative Education
1.2 International Communication
- Number of International Cooperation & Communication Programs
- Number of Overseas Internship Training Programs
- International College / International Department / International Exchange Center
2 International Research
2.1 Top Disciplines
- Number of ESI Top 1% Disciplines
2.2 Top Papers
- Number of Papers Published on Cell, Nature, Science
- Number of ESI Highly Cited Papers
3 International Collaboration
3.1 International Research Lab Platforms
- Number of Sino-foreign Joint Laboratories
3.2 National International Science and Technology Platforms
- Number of Platforms Approved by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, etc.
3.3 International Experts
- Number of Foreign Academicians, Professors, etc. from World-Renowned Universities
3.4 International Lectures and Visits
- Number of International Lectures and Visits, including lectures given by foreign university faculty on campus, lectures given by faculty of the university abroad, incoming visits from foreign universities, and outgoing visits abroad by the university
4 International Awards
4.1 Nobel Prize
- Number of Nobel Prizes
4.2 Other Major International Awards
- Number of Fields Medals
- Number of Turing Awards
- Number of Wolf Prizes
- Number of Crafoord Prize
- Number of Lasker Medicine Awards
5 Professional Evaluation
5.1 Professional Evaluation
- University Internationalization Experts Evaluations
- Peer Evaluations
Rating System
Based on the score and ranking results, the competitiveness level of each school is rated as below:
The top 1-50 correspond to the "AAAAA" rating, the top 51-100 correspond to the "AAAA" rating, the top 101-200 correspond to the "AAA" rating, the top 201-300 correspond to the "AA" rating, the top 301-500 corresponds to the "A" rating.
