Recently, ShanghaiRanking, a fully independent organization on higher education intelligence and consultation, published “2021 Best Chinese Subjects Rankings”. Seven subjects, constituting 30% of HZNU total first-level disciplines, enters the national top 20%; 20 subjects, 83% of its total first-level disciplines, enters the national top 50%.
ShanghaiRanking is a world leading organization on higher education evaluation. Rankings published by it enjoy significant influence both domestically and internationally and are well acknowledged among global universities. In 2003, it published the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for the first time, which is now one of the most influential and authoritative university rankings in the world and has been referred to by world top universities such as Cambridge University and Stanford University for multiple times.
Appendix: 20 Subjects in 2021 Best Chinese Subjects Rankings by ShanghaiRanking
Subjects | 2021 Ranking | 2021 Ranking in Percentage |
Foreign Language and Literature | 10 | Top 5% |
Art Theory | 6 | Top 10% |
Applied Economics | 51 | Top 20% |
Pedagogy | 22 | |
Psychology | 19 | |
Chinese Language and Literature | 36 | |
Public Administration | 39 | |
Mathematics | 82 | Top 30% |
Biology | 60 | |
Computer Science and Technology | 82 | |
History of China | 38 | Top 40% |
Chemistry | 72 | |
Philosophy | 69 | Top 50% |
Law | 94 | |
Marxist theories | 177 | |
Physics | 81 | |
Ecology | 48 | |
Cyberspace Security | 36 | |
Fine Arts | 50 | |
Design Science | 82 |
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