100 Best Art & Design schools in China

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in China ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 8.88M citations received by 925K academic papers made by 553 universities in China was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Tsinghua University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#2 in Asia

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 48,739
Founded: 1911

2. University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#4 in Asia

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 21,652
Founded: 1911

3. Zhejiang University

China | Hangzhou

For Art & Design

#7 in Asia

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 60,739
Founded: 1897

4. Peking University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#9 in Asia

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 44,730
Founded: 1898

5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#10 in Asia

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

6. Chinese University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#11 in Asia

#125 in the World

Founded: 1963

7. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#14 in Asia

#157 in the World

Founded: 1937

8. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Art & Design

#16 in Asia

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 71,970
Founded: 1953

9. Wuhan University

For Art & Design

#17 in Asia

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1893

10. City University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#19 in Asia

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1984

11. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#23 in Asia

#219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1920

12. Fudan University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#25 in Asia

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1905

13. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#26 in Asia

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1991

14. University of Science and Technology of China

For Art & Design

#27 in Asia

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1958

15. Beijing Normal University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#28 in Asia

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1902

16. Sun Yat - Sen University

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#30 in Asia

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 65,638
Founded: 1924

17. Beihang University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#32 in Asia

#256 in the World

Founded: 1952

18. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Art & Design

#34 in Asia

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 40,346
Founded: 1896

19. Nanjing University

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#36 in Asia

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 56,068
Founded: 1902

20. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Art & Design

#37 in Asia

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

21. Beijing Institute of Technology

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#39 in Asia

#308 in the World

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1940

22. Southeast University

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#40 in Asia

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 30,664
Founded: 1902

23. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

China | Chengdu

For Art & Design

#41 in Asia

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 39,000
Founded: 1956

24. South China University of Technology

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#42 in Asia

#323 in the World

Enrollment: 42,720
Founded: 1952

25. Tianjin University

China | Tianjin

For Art & Design

#44 in Asia

#327 in the World

Enrollment: 35,370
Founded: 1895

26. Shandong University

For Art & Design

#45 in Asia

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1901

27. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#48 in Asia

#345 in the World

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

28. Dalian University of Technology

For Art & Design

#51 in Asia

#364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1949

29. Jilin University

China | Changchun

For Art & Design

#52 in Asia

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 68,000
Founded: 1946

30. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#55 in Asia

#386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1955

31. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Art & Design

#56 in Asia

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1938

32. Central South University

China | Changsha

For Art & Design

#57 in Asia

#392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1914

33. Xiamen University

For Art & Design

#58 in Asia

#403 in the World

Enrollment: 40,302
Male:Female: 49:51
Founded: 1921

34. Chongqing University

China | Chongqing

For Art & Design

#62 in Asia

#414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1929

35. Hunan University

China | Changsha

For Art & Design

#67 in Asia

#439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 36,000
Founded: 1926

36. National University of Defense Technology

China | Changsha

For Art & Design

#68 in Asia

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1953

37. East China Normal University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#70 in Asia

#455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 36,026
Founded: 1951

38. Shanghai University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#71 in Asia

#456 in the World

Enrollment: 36,000
Founded: 1994

39. Nankai University

China | Tianjin

For Art & Design

#72 in Asia

#458 in the World

Enrollment: 26,568
Founded: 1919

40. Xidian University

For Art & Design

#76 in Asia

#479 in the World

Enrollment: 35,277
Founded: 1931

41. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Art & Design

#79 in Asia

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1952

42. Renmin University of China

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#80 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 24,201
Founded: 1937

43. Southwest University

China | Chongqing

For Art & Design

#82 in Asia

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 2005

44. Beijing Jiaotong University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#83 in Asia

#517 in the World

Founded: 1896

45. Hong Kong Baptist University

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#87 in Asia

#538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1956

46. Northeastern University, China

China | Shenyang

For Art & Design

#88 in Asia

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 46,000
Founded: 1923

47. Jiangnan University

For Art & Design

#92 in Asia

#570 in the World

Enrollment: 28,000
Founded: 2001

48. Wuhan University of Technology

For Art & Design

#93 in Asia

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 540,000
Founded: 1946

49. University of Science and Technology Beijing

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#96 in Asia

#590 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1952

50. Soochow University

For Art & Design

#97 in Asia

#597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 48,901
Founded: 1899

51. North China Electric Power University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#102 in Asia

#613 in the World

Founded: 1958

52. Hefei University of Technology

For Art & Design

#104 in Asia

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1945

53. Shenzhen University

China | Shenzhen

For Art & Design

#107 in Asia

#629 in the World

Enrollment: 34,156
Founded: 1983

54. Lanzhou University

China | Lanzhou

For Art & Design

#109 in Asia

#636 in the World

Founded: 1909

55. Central China Normal University

For Art & Design

#111 in Asia

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1903

56. Nanjing Normal University

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#112 in Asia

#643 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1952

57. Southwest Jiaotong University

China | Chengdu

For Art & Design

#114 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1896

58. Jinan University

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#116 in Asia

#657 in the World

Enrollment: 37,918
Founded: 1906

59. China University of Mining and Technology

For Art & Design

#117 in Asia

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1909

60. Zhengzhou University

China | Zhengzhou

For Art & Design

#118 in Asia

#666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1956

61. Nanjing University of Science and Technology

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#122 in Asia

#679 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1953

62. China Agricultural University

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#124 in Asia

#689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1905

63. Beijing University of Technology

China | Beijing

For Art & Design

#129 in Asia

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 24,442
Founded: 1960

64. Open University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Art & Design

#130 in Asia

#721 in the World

Founded: 1989

65. Jiangsu University

China | Zhenjiang

For Art & Design

#132 in Asia

#726 in the World

Enrollment: 37,600
Founded: 1902

66. Shaanxi Normal University

For Art & Design

#136 in Asia

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1944

67. South China Normal University

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#140 in Asia

#750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1933

68. University of Macau

For Art & Design

#142 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 10,000

69. Fuzhou University

For Art & Design

#144 in Asia

#756 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1958

70. Henan University

China | Kaifeng

For Art & Design

#147 in Asia

#769 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1912

71. Ocean University of China

China | Qingdao

For Art & Design

#149 in Asia

#778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1924

72. Ningbo University

For Art & Design

#151 in Asia

#785 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1986

73. Hohai University

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#153 in Asia

#793 in the World

Founded: 1915

74. Nanchang University

China | Nanchang

For Art & Design

#156 in Asia

#813 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1958

75. Zhejiang University of Technology

China | Hangzhou

For Art & Design

#160 in Asia

#837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1953

76. Harbin Engineering University

For Art & Design

#166 in Asia

#849 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Founded: 1953

77. Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#167 in Asia

#852 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1958

78. Fujian Normal University

For Art & Design

#168 in Asia

#853 in the World

Founded: 1953

79. Zhejiang Normal University

For Art & Design

#169 in Asia

#856 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1956

80. Guangdong University of Technology

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#171 in Asia

#860 in the World

Founded: 1956

81. Anhui University

For Art & Design

#174 in Asia

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1928

82. East China University of Science and Technology

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#175 in Asia

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1952

83. Northwest A&F University

China | Yangling

For Art & Design

#176 in Asia

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1934

84. Hunan Normal University

China | Changsha

For Art & Design

#181 in Asia

#895 in the World

Founded: 1938

85. Guangxi University

China | Nanning

For Art & Design

#182 in Asia

#896 in the World

Founded: 1928

86. Northeast Normal University

China | Changchun

For Art & Design

#183 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 28,024
Founded: 1946

87. Shandong Normal University

For Art & Design

#187 in Asia

#909 in the World

Founded: 1950

88. Hangzhou Dianzi University

China | Hangzhou

For Art & Design

#191 in Asia

#921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1956

89. Northwest University, China

For Art & Design

#196 in Asia

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1912

90. Yangzhou University

China | Yangzhou

For Art & Design

#200 in Asia

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1902

91. XiangTan University

China | Xiangtan

For Art & Design

#201 in Asia

#951 in the World

Enrollment: 37,057
Founded: 1958

92. Donghua University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#205 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1951

93. Qingdao University

China | Qingdao

For Art & Design

#208 in Asia

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 46,000
Founded: 1985

94. Shanghai Normal University

China | Shanghai

For Art & Design

#209 in Asia

#974 in the World

Founded: 1954

95. Shanxi University

China | Taiyuan

For Art & Design

#211 in Asia

#978 in the World

Founded: 1902

96. Nanjing Agricultural University

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#213 in Asia

#986 in the World

Founded: 1952

97. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

China | Nanjing

For Art & Design

#215 in Asia

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1960

98. Yunnan University

China | Kunming

For Art & Design

#217 in Asia

#994 in the World

Enrollment: 30,443
Founded: 1923

99. Huazhong Agricultural University

For Art & Design

#219 in Asia

#998 in the World

Enrollment: 26,196
Founded: 1898

100. Guangzhou University

China | Guangzhou

For Art & Design

#223 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Enrollment: 34,241
Founded: 1927

The best cities to study Art & Design in China based on the number of universities and their ranks are Beijing, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and Shanghai.