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Ten Famous Universities with Best Libraries in China

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About the Ranking
To some extent, the total strength of a university can be reflected by its library. And a better library will be helpful for the study activities of the students; it is the same with China’s universities. According to the collections of each library, we selected ten Chinese universities with best libraries in China.
  • 1 Zhejiang University
    By the end of 2003, the total collections held by the Zhejiang University library amount to 5,530,000 volumes (items). About 100,000 new books and 7,500 kinds of periodicals in Chinese and foreign language are added annually.
  • 2 Wuhan University
    Until the end of year 2000, the whole book storage of the library has reached to 4980,000 volumes. The total area of the Wuhan University Library is 44136 square meters, with about 4256 seats for students to read in it.
  • 3 Nanjing University
    NJU Library has a collection of around 4.654 million volumes. With a floor space of 20,000 square meters, it holds more than 10 reading rooms and 1300 seats.
  • 4 Fudan University
    By the end of 2004, the total number of its collection has reached more than 4.4588 million volumes, including books, journals, bound volumes of newspapers, and audio-visual products.
  • 5 Tsinghua University
    With a total area of more than 39000 square meters, it provides more than 2500 seats for patrons. It holds a rich collection of books and journals amounting to 3,923,000 volumes, which covers a broad range of subjects.
  • 6 Xi'an Jiaotong University
    There are 3,370,000 volumes and items in the Library of Xi'an Jiaotong University, of which more than 80000 volumes are added annually. The collections in the library cover the fields of science, engineering, etc.
  • 7 Nankai University
    With years'efforts, the total collection of Nankai University Library has added up to 3,100,000 volumes. Of these holdings, more than 2,000,000 are Chinese materials, while about 200,000 are foreign language materials covering 20 different languages.
  • 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Covering an area of more than 46,200 square meters, it has about 5500 seats in it. The number of the print collection in the library has reached 3.08 million volumes.
  • 9 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    By the end of 1999, the Library in HUST has possessed more than 2,290,000 collections, with a total area of 24,000 square meters. It possesses altogether 29 reading rooms of various kinds, which can hold over 2,700 readers at a time.
  • 10 University of Science and Technology of China
    Owning 25 reading rooms, USTC Library contains over 1 million books, 220,000 back issues of these journals and 2500 current journals in Chinese and foreign languages.

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