Wu Shulian Chinese university rankings

Wu Shulian is an individual who created and published by himself the rankings for universities in China. Wu Shulian's ranking has caused significant controversy due to his excessive business operations behind the rankings and for-profit indicator system design of the rankings. The publication of the rankings has been criticized by many Chinese media, including Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, and Guangming Daily. The Ministry of Education of China strongly opposed the university rankings as it was based on the payment of "fees."

Published ranking

The annual ranking has been continuously released since 1996. Top 100 universities out of 2,236 colleges and universities since 2002 are as below, as well as 1996 ranking.

University	1996	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Zhejiang University	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1
Peking University	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tsinghua University	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	21	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Fudan University	6	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
Nanjing University	2	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
Wuhan University	20	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	7	8	7
Sun Yat-sen University	19	10	11	10	10	12	12	8	9	7	8
University of Science and Technology of China	10	15	15	11	13	11	7	7	13	16	17
Huazhong University of Science and Technology	7	5	5	7	7	7	8	9	8	9	11
Jilin University	15	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	12	12	12
Xi'an Jiaotong University	5	12	12	14	12	10	10	12	14	14	15
Sichuan University	27	13	10	12	11	13	13	13	10	10	9
Harbin Institute of Technology	8	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	11	11	10
Nankai University	25	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14
Shandong University	23	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	13
Beijing Normal University	43	25	22	20	19	19	18	17	20	20	22
Tianjin University	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	18	21	22	20
Central South University	32	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	17	17	16
Southeast University	9	21	20	21	22	23	20	20	18	19	19
Renmin University of China	44	35	28	26	24	20	22	21	19	18	21
Beihang University	14	22	23	23	23	22	23	22	25	27	27
Xiamen University	42	24	25	22	21	21	21	23	26	23	23
Dalian University of Technology	11	30	26	27	27	25	24	24	22	21	18
Tongji University	29	23	21	24	26	24	26	25	23	25	25
South China University of Technology	35	20	24	25	25	27	27	26	24	24	24
Chongqing University	34	33	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26
Lanzhou University	33	41	42	32	33	31	30	28	29	29	29
Northwestern Polytechnical University	12	26	29	28	28	26	25	29	28	28	28
East China Normal University	39	36	34	33	32	30	29	30	31	33	33
Beijing Institute of Technology	50	32	36	37	35	33	31	31	30	30	30
China Agricultural University	13	29	30	31	30	29	32	32	33	31	31
Hunan University	38	45	43	43	40	34	33	33	32	32	32
Northeastern University	22	27	27	29	31	32	34	34	46	46	46
Zhengzhou University	51	44	44	44	39	36	35	35	35	34	34
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	17	52	47	45	44	39	36	36	36	37	36
East China University of Science and Technology	31	34	35	36	36	38	38	37	34	35	35
Soochow University	64	37	39	39	38	35	37	38	42	36	37
Nanjing Agricultural University	47	50	50	49	45	42	40	39	40	39	38
Wuhan University of Technology	63	38	38	42	42	40	39	40	39	42	42
Shanghai University	49	43	45	52	54	50	43	41	38	38	41
University of Science and Technology Beijing	26	40	40	38	43	43	42	42	50	49	51
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	37	56	56	48	49	47	48	43	37	40	39
Southwest University		93	91	79	51	51	46	45	41	43	43
Northeast Normal University	36	58	60	59	58	54	49	43	43	44	44
Xidian University	46	53	55	47	46	45	44	46	47	45	45
Northwest A&F University		57	49	54	52	49	53	47	49	48	48
Jinan University	84	49	51	53	48	44	47	48	54	52	49
Nanjing University of Science and Technology	30	46	46	46	50	48	51	49	48	47	47
Huazhong Normal University	52	54	57	58	57	55	50	50	45	58	67
Weifang University		55	52	55	55	53	55	51	51	54	53
China University of Mining and Technology	24	31	33	35	41	41	45	52	53	85	87
Nanjing Normal University	70	47	48	51	53	52	52	53	64	51	54
Yangzhou University	74	51	54	57	60	57	57	54	44	41	40
Huazhong Agricultural University	69	60	58	56	56	56	62	55	61	65	58
Northwest University	95	48	53	50	47	46	54	56	62	61	63
Ocean University of China	54	64	65	60	59	58	56	57	60	57	56
Hunan Normal University	62	61	61	66	65	60	61	58	59	62	68
Beijing Jiaotong University	53	66	67	73	70	62	60	59	52	55	57
South China Normal University	61	65	66	62	61	59	59	60	56	59	62
Beijing University of Chemical Technology	75	86	74	69	66	61	58	61	57	56	55
Shaanxi Normal University	80	84	83	75	71	67	63	62	66	60	60
Nanchang University	97	71	73	88	68	66	65	63	63	63	61
Shanxi University		80	72	64	64	63	64	64	69	68	70
Hohai University	85	81	70	71	69	64	66	65	67	66	64
Beijing University of Technology	81	59	64	68	74	74	67	66	65	64	65
South China Agricultural University	83	70	75	65	62	69	68	67	82	79	77
Jiangnan University		101+	101+	101+	94	85	73	68	58	53	52
Donghua University		75	86	84	77	82	75	69	55	50	50
Nanjing University of Technology		72	63	67	75	70	70	70	77	80	78
Fuzhou University		69	77	83	79	72	72	71	83	77	74
China University of Geosciences		42	37	41	34	65	69	72	72	72	73
Yanshan University		91	79	81	82	75	74	73	73	73	75
Henan University	59	97	101+	93	87	83	77	74	71	67	66
Zhejiang University of Technology		100	92	91	91	88	80	75	74	70	71
Harbin Engineering University	90	96	89	78	78	79	71	76	81	75	69
Hebei University		82	81	86	81	77	76	77	80	78	80
Jiangsu University		73	71	77	83	81	79	78	75	74	72
Shandong Agricultural University	23	87	80	76	76	73	81	79	93	101+	101+
Hefei University of Technology	68	79	85	87	86	87	78	80	68	71	76
Xiangtan University	98	89	93	89	90	89	85	81	78	83	82
Capital University of Medical Sciences		63	59	61	63	68	82	82	70	69	59
China University of Petroleum	48	39	41	40	37	37	41	83	85	84	89
Yunnan University		67	69	72	72	78	83	84	79	76	79
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law		74	62	74	80	76	86	85	86	90	88
China Medical University		62	68	63	67	71	87	86	101+	101+	101+
Southern Medical University		101+	101+	101+	101+	80	88	87	98	101+	101+
China University of Geosciences		42	37	41	34	91	89	88	89	88	93
North China Electric Power University		101+	95	101+	100	94	92	89	76	81	84
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics		85	76	85	84	90	90	90	88	82	83
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	89	94	100	92	85	86	84	91	87	87	81
China Pharmaceutical University		101+	101+	101+	96	101+	97	92	90	94	85
Shandong Normal University	65	99	97	94	97	95	91	93	95	101+	101+
Heilongjiang University		101+	101+	101+	101+	101+	96	94	94	92	91
Capital Normal University		101+	101+	101+	101+	101+	101+	95	92	93	95
Shanghai Normal University		98	96	97	101+	101+	98	96	95	95	96
Anhui University		95	98	98	101+	101+	99	97	101+	101+	100
Fujian Normal University	77	92	101+	101+	101+	101+	100	98	101+	101+	101+
Taiyuan University of Technology	79	88	84	80	89	99	101+	99	101+	101+	101+
Kunming University of Science and Technology		83	90	90	95	93	93	100	101+	101+	101+

Notes:

The rank once tried category ranking in 1998. To list top 5, comprehensive universities ranking: 1. Nanjing University, 2. Peking University, 3. Fudan University, 4. Shandong University, 5. Jilin University, and technological universities ranking: 1. Tsinghua University, 2. Zhejiang University, 3. Southeast University, 4. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 5. Xi'an Jiaotong University. However, many schools developed to be comprehensive universities soon later, including through mergers.
Since about the year 2000 there were peaks of mergers of universities for several years, and one of the reasons for them is to become comprehensive universities.
China University of Petroleum has two branches: One in Beijing and the other one in Qingdao, Shandong Province. The Qingdao branch is ranked among Top 100.
China University of Geosciences also has two branches: One in Beijing and the other one in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Both branches are ranked among Top 100.