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{{Short description|Public university in Beijing, China}}
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The '''China University of Political Science and Law''' ('''CUPL'''; {{Lang-zh|s=中国政法大学}}) is a national public university in [[Beijing]], China. It is affiliated with the [[Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Education]] and co-sponsored with the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The university is part of [[Project 211]] and the [[Double First-Class Construction]].

The university focuses on the fields of [[law]], [[politics]], [[economics]], [[management]], [[sociology]], [[history]], and [[philosophy]]. CUPL has two campuses, one in [[Haidian, Beijing|Haidian]] as the original campus of the university, and the other located in [[Changping, Beijing|Changping]]. At present, Haidian campus only conducts [[postgraduate]] education while [[undergraduate]]s study on the larger Changping campus. In 2015, CUPL comprises 13 schools, with 15,833 students and 951 faculty members, of whom 290 are professors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cupl.edu.cn/szdw.htm|title=师资队伍-中国政法大学|website=www.cupl.edu.cn|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> CUPL maintains a broad international exchange program, with approximately 1000 foreign students from many countries.

== Rankings ==
{{Infobox university rankings|QS_Asia==267|QS_Asia_year=2025|QS_Asia_ref=<ref name="topuniasia">{{Cite web |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 – Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings?items_per_page=150 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Top Universities |language=en }}</ref>}}The university features in the top 10 Asia universities in "Law and Legal Studies" as ranked by the [[QS World University Rankings]] by Subjects.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings for Law & Legal Studies 2022 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/law-legal-studies |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> As of 2023, it ranked 38th globally in "Law and Legal Studies" by the [[QS World University Rankings]] by Subjects.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060419233310/http://www.cupl.edu.cn/en/ China University of Political Science and Law's English website]

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