Peking University
China's oldest modern university and one of the country's two most prestigious — with the legendary Weiming Lake campus.
Peking University was founded in 1898 and remains a symbol of Chinese education and research. Many key figures in Chinese history studied and taught here, and today it ranks among the world's top 20 universities in the QS rankings.
Its Yanyuan campus — a former imperial garden with Weiming Lake, Boya Pagoda and traditional pavilions — is considered one of the most beautiful in China. The university is especially strong in the humanities, natural sciences, economics, law and medicine.
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