Peking University is an important part of Beijing, China. It is the first national university of China. In addition to being first, most rankings place Peking University within the top two of China. Peking University and Tsinghua University are often exchanging first and second. Although its world wide international rankings have diminished slightly, it continues to be in the top fifty of the world. Peking University has produced numerous famous figureheads in China. One of the most famous was Mao Zedong. Peking University is so powerful that over 400 graduates of Peking have gone on to lead other well known universities such as Tsinghua, Nankai and Fudan. Peking is also well known for its grace in literature (poetry, books, etc) and arts. Not surprisingly, Peking has many (over two thousand) international students with a majority coming from Europe and the Americas. In fact, Peking has expanded so much that it has a joint partnership with Yale in the undergraduate programs. Indeed, Peking University is old, influential, and always providing great education.