The Times Higher Education China Subject Ratings 2020 measures university performance based on the Chinese Ministry of Education’s classification of subjects.
The ratings for physical science reveal performance across 14 subjects: astronomy; atmospheric sciences; biology; chemistry; ecology; geography; geology; geophysics; history of science and technology; marine sciences; mathematics; physics; statistics; and systems sciences.
In total, 1,127 universities worldwide receive a rating for at least one subject in the physical science pillar.