On May 15th, 1912, Jingshi University Hall was renamed as Peking University

Peking University was founded in 1898. It was the first national university in China and the first university formally established in China in modern history. Its establishment marked the beginning of modern higher education in China. Peking University was founded as the highest institution of learning in China, and was originally the highest educational administrative organ in China at that time, exercising the functions of the Ministry of Education and taking charge of "educational matters" throughout the country. Peking University inherits the academic system of "Imperial College", the highest institution of learning in China for thousands of years, and is the modern continuation of the highest institution of learning in ancient China. Since its establishment, Peking University has always enjoyed a high reputation and status, which can be evaluated by the sentence "Inheriting Imperial College orthodoxy and establishing a university ancestral family". After the Revolution of 1911 (1912), Jingshi University Hall was renamed "Peking University".

Peking University is the university with the strongest comprehensive strength in China at present, and its strengths are science, liberal arts, social sciences, new engineering and medical disciplines. In 26, The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ranked Peking University 14th in the world and the highest ranked university in Asia.

As the center of the New Culture Movement and the birthplace of the May 4th Movement, as one of the earliest sources of China's Marxism and democratic scientific thought, and as one of the earliest activity bases of China's * * * production party, Peking University has made irreplaceable contributions to the rejuvenation and liberation of the nation, the construction and development of the country, the civilization and progress of the society, and played an important vanguard role in the process of China's modernization. The traditional spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy and science and the study style of diligence, preciseness, truth-seeking and innovation are endless and passed down from generation to generation here.