Universities in China by province: how many institutions each province has in the national list
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The Ministry of Education's national list of higher education institutions, as of 17 June 2026, prints 2,952 regular higher education institutions (普通高等学校) under 31 province headers. Each header carries its own printed number, and the table below gives those numbers in the order the list prints them. In this article, the province is the header a school is printed under in the list.
This page is one part of this directory's section page, which lists universities by province. The official lists are in Chinese. The English in this article is this site's translation of the Chinese text, and the English names of the provinces are this directory's renderings.
What the national list covers
The page of the national list gives the position as of 17 June 2026. It states that the list includes 3,196 higher education institutions in total. Of these, 2,952 are regular higher education institutions, and 244 are adult higher education institutions. The page gives 1,412 undergraduate-level institutions (本科学校) and 1,540 vocational institutions at junior-college level (高职（专科）学校) within the regular institutions. The page states that the list does not include higher education institutions in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
The regular institutions are printed in attachment 1, 全国普通高等学校名单 (the list of regular higher education institutions), which is attached to the same page. Attachment 1 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 (competent authority), 所在地 (location), 办学层次 (level of education) and 备注 (remarks). The 办学层次 column takes two values, 本科 (undergraduate level) and 专科 (junior-college level). Counting the rows of attachment 1, 1,412 rows carry 本科 and 1,540 rows carry 专科 in that column. The seven columns do not include a ranking column.
Counts by province header
The number in each header is printed on attachment 1. The two count columns in the table are counts made by this site from the rows under each header (counting the rows of the list). They are not figures printed by the Ministry of Education.
| Province header (as printed) | English name (this directory) | Number printed in header | Undergraduate-level rows (counted from the rows) | Junior-college-level rows (counted from the rows) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 北京市 | Beijing | 92 | 69 | 23 |
| 天津市 | Tianjin | 56 | 32 | 24 |
| 河北省 | Hebei | 133 | 62 | 71 |
| 山西省 | Shanxi | 84 | 36 | 48 |
| 内蒙古自治区 | Inner Mongolia | 54 | 21 | 33 |
| 辽宁省 | Liaoning | 115 | 64 | 51 |
| 吉林省 | Jilin | 68 | 40 | 28 |
| 黑龙江省 | Heilongjiang | 81 | 42 | 39 |
| 上海市 | Shanghai | 69 | 40 | 29 |
| 江苏省 | Jiangsu | 175 | 84 | 91 |
| 浙江省 | Zhejiang | 111 | 66 | 45 |
| 安徽省 | Anhui | 126 | 51 | 75 |
| 福建省 | Fujian | 90 | 42 | 48 |
| 江西省 | Jiangxi | 120 | 51 | 69 |
| 山东省 | Shandong | 171 | 77 | 94 |
| 河南省 | Henan | 182 | 68 | 114 |
| 湖北省 | Hubei | 134 | 74 | 60 |
| 湖南省 | Hunan | 148 | 57 | 91 |
| 广东省 | Guangdong | 167 | 77 | 90 |
| 广西壮族自治区 | Guangxi | 93 | 42 | 51 |
| 海南省 | Hainan | 29 | 12 | 17 |
| 重庆市 | Chongqing | 77 | 31 | 46 |
| 四川省 | Sichuan | 146 | 60 | 86 |
| 贵州省 | Guizhou | 80 | 34 | 46 |
| 云南省 | Yunnan | 91 | 38 | 53 |
| 西藏自治区 | Tibet | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 陕西省 | Shaanxi | 98 | 61 | 37 |
| 甘肃省 | Gansu | 49 | 28 | 21 |
| 青海省 | Qinghai | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 宁夏回族自治区 | Ningxia | 24 | 11 | 13 |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 | Xinjiang | 68 | 31 | 37 |
The table lists the headers in the order printed on the list. The order is the printed order, and it does not indicate any quality or ranking.
Confirm against the current list
Before you rely on any count or school name in this article, check it against the current official list. This article uses the list as of 17 June 2026.
Questions people ask
How many regular higher education institutions does the national list print under Beijing?
The header 北京市 prints 92 regular higher education institutions. Counting the rows under that header, 69 rows carry 本科 (undergraduate level) and 23 rows carry 专科 (junior-college level).
Does being on the national list show that a school enrols international students?
No. Attachment 1 records the serial number, school name, school identification code, competent authority, location, level of education and remarks of each school. Being on the list does not show that a school enrols international students in any programme.
Does the national list cover Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan?
The page of the national list states that higher education institutions in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are not included.
What does the number in each province header mean?
The number in each header is printed on attachment 1 and gives the count of regular higher education institutions printed under that header. The undergraduate-level and junior-college-level columns in this article are counts made by this site from the rows under each header.
Sources
- 全国高等学校名单 (National list of higher education institutions), as of 17 June 2026, Ministry of Education of the PRC. Attachment 1, 全国普通高等学校名单, is attached to this page.
Checked 11 October 2026.
This page is an unofficial summary. It is not published by the Ministry of Education or by any university, it promises no admission outcome, and the official Chinese text and the current official list prevail if they differ.