Chinese university ranking of billionaire alumni

In first decade of the 21st century, many Chinese media have been very active in making ranking lists for Chinese colleges and universities according to the number of billionaires they have produced.

This kind of rankings and lists are often seen in Chinese TV, newspapers, books, and even academic studies and publications. Such rankings are normally made annually. Most of these rankings are based on the billionaire rankings made by Forbes (American business magazine) and Hurun Report (a business ranking specialized company based in mainland China).

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Methodology

The methodology for these kind of rankings is rather simple: the amount of billionaire a university or college have, including its alumni and ffaculty.

Notable ranking source

There are several notable ranking entities, and most of them are also Internet-based and have their own homepages.

Ranking

The most recent ranking is[1]: (only top 10 are listed out as below) measured in billion Chinese Yuan.

Ranking University/College Location No. of billionaires Wealth Majors
1 Peking University Beijing 63 139 MBA, management, law, bioengineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, Chinese language
2 Tsinghua University Beijing 54 91.1 MBA, mechanical engineering, civil engineering & architecture, physics, electronic engineering
3 Zhejiang University Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 53 149.9 MBA, management, law, computer science, history, civil engineering & architecture
4 Fudan University Shanghai 38 135.4 MBA, management, medicine & pharmacy, photonics, journalism, philosophy
5 Renmin University Beijing 26 89.4 MBA, management, law
6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 19 27.9 MBA, management, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science
7 Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 18 40.4 MBA, management, philosophy, Chinese language
8 Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 16 27.2 MBA, management, history, electronic engineering, civil engineering & architecture
9 South China University of Technology Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 15 35.3 telecommunication, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, chemical engineering
10 Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 12 30.7 MBA, management, chemical engineering, automation

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