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 arts reveal performance across five subjects: art theory; design; drama and film studies; fine arts; music and dance studies.
In total, 460 universities worldwide receive a rating for at least one subject in the arts pillar.
Twenty universities achieve an A+ grade in all five of the arts subjects, while Tsinghua University is the top-performing institution in mainland China.