Which Chinese cities have the most Double First-Class universities? Counts by place
Sources checked · Unofficial summary
Beijing (北京市) has 34 entries in the annex to the second-round Double First-Class list, the largest count by place in the table below. The table gives the count for every place with two or more entries, in the order given. These are counts of entries by location, made by joining the annex to the 所在地 (place) column of the Ministry of Education's national list. They are not a measure of the quality of any university or city.
This guide is part of this directory's section page, which lists universities by province. The counts below were made by this site from two official lists. They are not figures printed by the Ministry of Education. The official texts are in Chinese, and the English here is this site's translation of them, so check any point against the Chinese original.
Confirm any school against the current official list. The national list is the Ministry of Education's list as of 17 June 2026, and the Double First-Class list is the second-round list dated 9 February 2022 (教研函〔2022〕1号).
What the counts measure
The annex is annex 1 to the notice 教研函〔2022〕1号 of 9 February 2022, issued by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission. The annex is printed in order of school code. Counting the entries of the annex, there are 147 institutions. Two of them have no disciplines printed, and paragraph 2 of the notice says that these two determined their own disciplines. Counting the entries of the annex, there are 433 discipline entries across the other 145 institutions.
Paragraph 1 of the notice says the list was determined by an expert committee, studied by the three ministries and submitted to the State Council for approval.
Place and province header
Attachment 1 of the national list, 全国普通高等学校名单 as of 17 June 2026, has seven columns: 序号 (serial number), 学校名称 (school name), 学校标识码 (school identification code), 主管部门 (administering body), 所在地 (place), 办学层次 (level) and 备注 (remarks). The attachment groups schools under a header line for each province.
The province header is the heading a school is printed under. The 所在地 column records the place of the school. The two can give different counts. For Tianjin, the place count is 6 and the province header count is 5. For Nanjing (南京市), the place count is 13, while the Jiangsu header count is 16.
Counts by place
The counts below are the number of annex entries by 所在地 in the national list, counted by this site. Only places with two or more entries are shown. The places are listed in the order given, which follows the count. This is not a ranking of cities.
| 所在地 (place, as printed) | Annex entries counted |
|---|---|
| 北京市 | 34 |
| 上海市 | 14 |
| 南京市 | 13 |
| 武汉市 | 7 |
| 广州市 | 7 |
| 成都市 | 7 |
| 天津市 | 6 |
| 西安市 | 6 |
| 哈尔滨市 | 4 |
| 合肥市 | 3 |
| 长沙市 | 3 |
| 太原市 | 2 |
| 沈阳市 | 2 |
| 大连市 | 2 |
| 长春市 | 2 |
| 杭州市 | 2 |
| 青岛市 | 2 |
| 重庆市 | 2 |
Counts by province header
The counts below are the number of annex entries by the province header of the national list, counted by this site. The count line refers to 144 civilian institutions. English province names are this site's renderings.
| Province header | Annex entries counted |
|---|---|
| 北京市 (Beijing) | 34 |
| 天津市 (Tianjin) | 5 |
| 河北省 (Hebei) | 1 |
| 山西省 (Shanxi) | 2 |
| 内蒙古自治区 (Inner Mongolia) | 1 |
| 辽宁省 (Liaoning) | 4 |
| 吉林省 (Jilin) | 3 |
| 黑龙江省 (Heilongjiang) | 4 |
| 上海市 (Shanghai) | 14 |
| 江苏省 (Jiangsu) | 16 |
| 浙江省 (Zhejiang) | 3 |
| 安徽省 (Anhui) | 3 |
| 福建省 (Fujian) | 2 |
| 江西省 (Jiangxi) | 1 |
| 山东省 (Shandong) | 3 |
| 河南省 (Henan) | 2 |
| 湖北省 (Hubei) | 7 |
| 湖南省 (Hunan) | 4 |
| 广东省 (Guangdong) | 8 |
| 广西壮族自治区 (Guangxi) | 1 |
| 海南省 (Hainan) | 1 |
| 重庆市 (Chongqing) | 2 |
| 四川省 (Sichuan) | 8 |
| 贵州省 (Guizhou) | 1 |
| 云南省 (Yunnan) | 1 |
| 西藏自治区 (Tibet) | 1 |
| 陕西省 (Shaanxi) | 7 |
| 甘肃省 (Gansu) | 1 |
| 青海省 (Qinghai) | 1 |
| 宁夏回族自治区 (Ningxia) | 1 |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xinjiang) | 2 |
Questions people ask
What do the place counts measure?
They count annex entries by the 所在地 column of attachment 1 of the national list as of 17 June 2026, for places with two or more entries. This site made the counts by joining the two lists. They are not figures printed by the Ministry of Education.
What is the difference between a province header and a place?
Attachment 1 groups schools under a header line for each province, and the 所在地 column records each school's place. These are separate pieces of information, so the counts by header and by place can differ. For Tianjin, the place count is 6 and the header count is 5.
Does being on the Double First-Class list show that a university enrols international students?
Paragraph 1 of the notice dated 9 February 2022 describes how the list was determined and says nothing about international students. The seven columns of attachment 1 are serial number, school name, school identification code, administering body, place, level and remarks, and none of these columns records a teaching language.
Sources
- 教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委关于公布第二轮“双一流”建设高校及建设学科名单的通知（教研函〔2022〕1号）, Ministry of Education of the PRC
- 第二轮“双一流”建设高校及建设学科名单（附件1）, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission
- 全国高等学校名单（截至2026年6月17日）, Ministry of Education of the PRC
- 全国普通高等学校名单（附件1，Excel）, Ministry of Education of the PRC
Checked 11 October 2026.
This page is an unofficial summary. It is not published by the Ministry of Education or any university, and it promises no admission outcome. If the official Chinese text or the current official list differs from this page, the official text and list prevail.