Peking University is a comprehensive and National key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"-- the gardens of Yan, is situated at the northeast of the Haidian District at the western suburbs of Beijing . It stands near the Yuan Ming Gardens and the Summer Palace .
The University consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments, with 93 specialties for undergraduates,2 specialties for the second Bachelor's degree, 199 specialties for Master candidates and 173 specialties for Doctoral candidates. While still laying stress on basic sciences, the university has paid special attention to the development of applied sciences.
At present, Peking University has 216 research institutes and research centers, and there are 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories.
The university has made an effective combination of the research on important scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization. It strives not only for the simultaneous improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various subjects.
Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of the new type, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of management and education. Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities at the beginning of the next century.
北京大学是一所综合性的国家重点大学。校园被叫做"燕园"，位于海淀区东北部的市郊。它和圆明园，还有故宫很近。
北京大学由30个学院和12个部门构成。它拥有93个学士学位，2个二级学士学位，199个硕士学位，173个博士学位。学校在以基础科学为重点的同时，还特别注意应用科学的发展。
目前，北京大学拥有216个研究所和研究中心，并且拥有两个国际工程研究中心，81个国家重点学科，和12个国家重点实验室。
学校对于将重点科学议题的研究，和训练高水平的拥有特殊知识和社会需要的特殊现代化专业技能人才紧密联系在一起。北京大学不仅重视同时发展教学和研究工作，而且还在同时提升相互交流和促进在不同的学科。
北京大学成为了一个新型的教学和研究中心，由不同的学科分支构成。比如说哲学，应用科学，社会科学，人文科学和管理科学。它的目标是在下个世纪初挤身于世界著名大学。