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Top 10 Chinese universities for graduate salaries

The website China.org.cn recently published a list of the top 10 Chinese universities for graduate salaries. The list, which is based on data from iPIN.com, a professional job hunting website, indicates that graduates with a bachelor’s degree from renowned universities are more likely to earn high salaries in China.

Here are the top 10 Chinese universities with the highest-paid graduates with a bachelor’s degree, according to their website:

#10 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 10,094 yuan

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, founded in 1955, is a comprehensive university specializing in information technology, engineering and science and has developed into a university combining engineering, management, humanities and sciences. It has now become an important base for fostering high-tech talents.
 

#9 Beijing Foreign Studies University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 10,101 yuan

Founded in 1941, Beijing Foreign Studies University is China′s first institution specializing in foreign language studies and is the best foreign language and international studies university in China. The university has 13 schools, seven departments, 40 research centers, and has relationships with more than 351 foreign universities and cultural institutions around the world.

#8 Tongji University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 10,244 yuan

Tongji University is one of the leading universities in China under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education. With a history of over a century, Tongji University now covers 10 broad categories of academic disciplines, including engineering, science, medicine, management, economics, philosophy, literature, law, education and arts.

#7 Shanghai International Studies University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 10,600 yuan

Shanghai International Studies University was founded in 1949 as the former Shanghai Russian College. It has now become a research, teaching, and multidisciplinary comprehensive university, committed to cultivating elite foreign language graduates with "high quality, multiple skills, international vision, a spirit of innovation, and practical capabilities." The school has 20 teaching colleges and departments and offers five major disciplines. It also has partnerships with more than 100 renowned universities in more than 30 countries and regions.

#6 Foreign Affairs University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 10,872 yuan

Foreign Affairs University, the only institution of higher learning under the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to train professional personnel in foreign service, international studies as well as in careers related to international business and law.

#5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 11,201 yuan

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. Located in the municipality of Shanghai, it was established in 1896 under the name Nanyang Public School. Some of its disciplines, including communications and electronic systems, naval architecture and ocean engineering, and automatic control, have been internationally recognized.

#4 Peking University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 11,227 yuan

Founded in 1898, Peking University was originally known as the Imperial University of Peking. It was the first national university covering comprehensive disciplines in China and has been a leading institution of higher education in China since its establishment. The university′s traditional emphasis on patriotism, progress, democracy and science, together with its educational standards of diligence, precision, factualism, and innovation, have been passed down from generation to generation.

#3 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 11,235 yuan

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, founded in 1917, is a top-ranking, world-renowned research university. Focusing on applied economics and management science, it has now become a multidisciplinary university, combining finance, economics, management, law and science.

#2 Fudan University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 11,661 yuan

Fudan University is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China. Founded in 1905, it now consists of 28 schools and departments, with 70 undergraduate disciplines.

#1 Tsinghua University: Monthly salary five years after graduation: 12,807 yuan

Tsinghua University has long been recognized as one of the top two universities on the Chinese mainland. Located in the municipality of Beijing, it was founded in 1911 under the name Tsinghua Xuetang. Every year, many high school graduates with high scores in the National College Entrance Exams choose Tsinghua. The comprehensive research university currently has 14 schools and 56 departments, with faculties in sciences, engineering, humanities, law, medicine, history, philosophy, economics, management, education and art.