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  • Founded in 1898, Peking University (PKU) was the first national comprehensive university in China. At the end of 20th century, the Chinese government placed PKU at the top of the agenda for promoting higher education, with a view to making it a world-class university by the 21st century. With the annexation of the former Beijing Medical University, a completely new Peking University was formed on April, 2000. Supported by the government, Peking University has made great progress in disciplinary programming, talent nurturing and scientific research.


    Human Resource

    PKU is proud of its outstanding faculty. It includes 52 members of Chinese Academy of Sciences and 7 members of Chinese Academy of Engineering. At Peking University, about 60% of the educators hold Ph.D. degrees.  

     

     
     

    Human resource in Natural, Engineering and Medical Sciences of PKU in 2005


    Projects

    Peking University attaches great importance to research in both basic and applied sciences. It tries to make the most use out of the advantages of basic research; on the other hand, it monitors over applied scientific research and technological developments. From 2001 to 2005, Peking University took on about 4000 research projects supported by Natural Science Foundation Committee (NSFC), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Education (MOE), corporations, international organizations and other. 



    Source of projects in Natural, Engineering and Medical Sciences of PKU: 2001-2005 

     


    Funds in Natural, Engineering and Medical Sciences of PKU: 2001-2005 

     


    Source of funds in Natural, Engineering and Medical Sciences of PKU: 2001-2005


     

    Funds

    Peking University received about ￥594 million RMB for scientific research in 2005. Both MOST and NSFC are important sources of funds for scientific research at Peking University. 
     

    Important Prizes

    Peking University won 22 National Prizes in Science & Technology from 2001 to 2005, including 1 National Top S&T Prize, 11 National Natural Science Prizes and 10 National S&T Development Prizes.


    Papers and Patents

    The quality of PKU’s papers has improved in recent years as well as their quantity, so PKU’s influence in science is becoming increasingly felt. From 2001 to 2005, PKU’s scientists have published almost 8,000 SCI papers with PKU as the primary institution, including 2 in SCIENCE, 3 in NATURE, 7 in PNAS, 26 in JACS, 11 in PRL and 1 in Lancet. In terms of cited times of papers, PKU has led all other universities in China in the recent 10 years. Average Impact Factor of papers in 2005 was 2.03.

    From 2001 to 2005, Peking University submitted 687 patent applications and 197 of them have been confirmed. 


    SCI papers and Patents of PKU: 2001-2005