Qinghai University
Xining · Comprehensive
Top tier — Priority coverage — programs, tuition and English-taught options actively maintained; a full international admission profile is shown where available.
Xining
Regional hub Est. budget CNY 1,800–3,500 (USD 250–490) / month incl. dorm or shared flatHighland capital of Qinghai at about 2,275 m and the rail gateway to Lhasa, Xining hosts Qinghai University and Qinghai Normal University in a multiethnic city of Hui, Salar, Tibetan and Han communities, with the great Kumbum Monastery (Ta'er Si) nearby.
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Academic strengths
China’s official discipline evaluation (MOE Degree Centre, 4th round, 2017): A+ ≈ top 2%, A ≈ top 2–5%. Methodology
| Double First-Class discipline | Evaluation |
|---|---|
| Ecology | — |
All evaluated disciplines (3)
- Grassland B-
- Crop Science C
- Clinical Medicine C-
What its badges mean
China’s elite university initiative (147 universities designated in the 2022 MOE list)
112 universities chosen in the 1990s for key national investment
Data sources: university international-admission pages (linked above), MOE Double First-Class list (2022), MOE Degree Centre discipline evaluation (2017). Figures marked as typical ranges are editorial estimates, dated — per-source verification in progress — full data notes.