China's first national comprehensive university, a leader across the sciences, medicine, economics, law, and the humanities, and a powerhouse of artificial intelligence research.
24 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
President of Peking University
Office of the President
A chemist and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician who took the helm of Peking University in May 2026, he carries a scientist's care for rigor into the stewardship of one of the world's great universities.
Executive Vice President; Director of Peking University Health Science Center
University Leadership / Health Science Center
An academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who leads both the university's medical enterprise and the Third Hospital, she has devoted her career to helping families conceive and to advancing women's reproductive health in China.
Vice President (President 2022 to 2026)
University Leadership
An optics academician who guided Peking University as its president through years of growth, he continues to serve the university he has helped shape.
University Chair Professor of Physics; former President of Peking University
School of Physics
An academician whose insight into surfaces and solid-liquid interfaces is matched by his service as a former president, he has given the physics community both discovery and steady leadership.
Boya Distinguished Professor, International Center for Quantum Materials
School of Physics
By pioneering hydrogen-sensitive microscopy, he lets us see single water molecules with atomic clarity, turning the most familiar substance on Earth into a frontier of quantum physics.
Boya Chair Professor of Chemistry
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician and founder of the Beijing Graphene Institute, he has worked to carry graphene from the lab bench toward materials that can serve everyday life.
Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematical Sciences
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician whose deep results in geometric analysis and Kahler geometry are studied worldwide, he has kept Chinese mathematics at the front rank while mentoring its next generation.
Boya Chair Professor; Director, Stem Cell Research Center
School of Life Sciences
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician whose chemical reprogramming of human cells offers new hope for regenerative medicine, his work reflects a lifelong commitment to healing through fundamental biology.
Professor, College of Future Technology
Institute of Molecular Medicine / College of Future Technology
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician who discovered the calcium spark and the mitoflash, he revealed the tiny sparks by which our cells signal, and built the instruments to see them.
Dean of Yuanpei College; Professor of Philosophy
Yuanpei College / Department of Philosophy
A philosopher of ethics and the ancient and early-modern traditions, he leads Yuanpei College's bold experiment in liberal, interdisciplinary undergraduate education for China.
Dean of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Chair Professor
Institute for Artificial Intelligence
A leader in computer vision and cognitive AI who returned to China to build a home for general artificial intelligence, he is teaching a new generation to pursue machines that truly understand.
Professor of Computer Science
School of Computer Science
A Chinese Academy of Engineering academician who pioneered China's audio and video coding standards, his work quietly powers the video that billions of people watch every day.
Dean of the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering; Boya Distinguished Professor
School of Electronic and Computer Engineering
A Boya Distinguished Professor advancing machine vision and brain-inspired computing, he helps keep Peking University at the leading edge of China's artificial intelligence research.
Dean of the Guanghua School of Management; Professor of Finance
Guanghua School of Management
A finance scholar who leads Guanghua with a clear, honest voice on China's economy, he works to build business education that serves both markets and society well.
Dean, Institute of New Structural Economics; Honorary Dean, National School of Development
Institute of New Structural Economics
The first economist from a developing country to serve as World Bank chief economist, he founded what became the National School of Development and built a homegrown theory of how poorer nations can grow.
Dean of the National School of Development; Boya Distinguished Professor
National School of Development
An economist who has served on the central bank's monetary policy committee and pioneered the study of digital finance, he brings candid, rigorous analysis to the choices facing China's economy.
Boya Chair Professor of Law; former Dean of the Law School
Law School
One of China's most influential legal thinkers, he carried the study of law out to remote villages and asked what justice really means in Chinese life, reshaping how a nation understands its own legal system.
Boya Chair Professor of Chinese Literature; former Chair of the Department
Department of Chinese Language and Literature
A beloved scholar of twentieth-century Chinese literature who spent decades recovering the images and ideas of a changing China, his careful reading has enriched the humanities for readers everywhere.
Boya Chair Professor; President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies
School of International Studies
One of China's most respected voices on US-China relations, he has spent a lifetime seeking clear-eyed, honest understanding between two nations whose relationship shapes the world.
Professor of International Studies; former Dean of the School
School of International Studies
A thoughtful scholar of Chinese foreign policy and cross-strait relations, he has long argued for engagement and mutual understanding across some of the world's most difficult divides.
Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician who turned science on China's haze, his research links the air we breathe to human health and points the way toward cleaner skies.
Boya Chair Professor of Molecular Oncology; former President of the Health Science Center
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology
An academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, his patient work on the cell cycle and esophageal cancer has opened real paths toward understanding and treating a disease that burdens so many Chinese families.
Professor and Director, Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital)
Institute of Mental Health / Peking University Sixth Hospital
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician in psychiatry and sleep medicine, he has brought scientific care and compassion to mental health at a time when China needs it most.
Professor of Pathophysiology; former President of the Health Science Center
Department of Pathophysiology
A Chinese Academy of Sciences academician who led the Health Science Center and championed the question 'what is medical science', he has shaped how generations of Chinese doctors think about their calling.
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A celebration of the faculty and academic leaders of Peking University, assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured or by the university. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.