The 2015 law major list of QS World University Rankings was published on April 29th. Peking University Law School ranked 18th with a total score of 80.7. The result ranked 1st in China (including Hong Kong and Macao) and 2nd in Asia.

For long, with the goal of building the first-class Law School in the world, Peking University sticks to high-quality education, and constantly improves scientific research, teaching and management. Professors here devote themselves into academic studies, and published    a large number of high quality academic achievements. The research institutions in PKU Law School and the academic journals sponsored by it, also play an important role in legal research.

Peking University Law School always puts cultivating excellent legal talents as its central mission. Apart from focusing on traditional theory, professional skills and problems in China, PKU Law School also pays attention to the practical skills, comprehensive abilities and international vision of its students. With the cultivation from PKU Law School, the legal talents will be able to involve in the solutions of the issues and problems in China as well as in the world. They will be the leader in the development of rule of law and legal education in China. To achieve this, PKU Law School has established stable cooperation with famous Law Schools in the world, such as Columbia Law School, Oxford Law School, etc, in order to improve international academic communications and to cultivate excellent legal talents.

QS World University Rankings, one of the three most influential university ranking systems in the world, is conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds, a British education and academic information enterprises annually. The evaluative criteria include academic peer review, employment evaluation from employers, the reference ratio of academic achievements, the internationalization level of teachers and students and so on. PKU Law School will continue to improve our education, scientific research and management, and speed up the pace of becoming the first-class Law School in the world!

Translated by: Kang Weiting

Edited by: Xia Jing