The President of Peking University is the chief administrator of Peking University, a major public academic institution of higher learning, located in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current president is Gong Qihuang, in office since June 2022.
| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
| Imperial University of Peking | July 1898-Spring 1900 | ||||
| July 1899-July 1900 | |||||
| January 1902-February 1904 | |||||
| February 1904-February 1906 | |||||
| February 1906-July 1907 | |||||
| July 1907-December 1907 | |||||
| December 1907-September 1910 | |||||
| September 1910-November 1911 | |||||
| November 1911-February 1912 | |||||
| National Peking University | February 1912-October 1912 | ||||
| December 1912-November 1913 | |||||
| November 1913-December 1916 | |||||
| December 1916-August 1927 | |||||
| Imperial College of Peking | August 1927-June 1928 | Peking University | |||
| National Peiping University | June 1928-January 1929 | Pasteur Institute Ecole Pratique d'Agriculture du Chesnoy | |||
| January 1929-August 1929 | |||||
| National Peking University | September 1929-December 1930 | ||||
| December 1930-July 1937 | |||||
| January 1939-March 1940 | |||||
| March 1940-October 1945 | Italy National University | ||||
| October 1945-August 1946 | Peking University University College London Humboldt University of Berlin | ||||
| September 1946-December 1948 | Cornell University Columbia University | ||||
| Peking University | May 1949-September 1951 | ||||
| June 1951-March 1960 | Tianjin University Yale University Columbia University | ||||
| March 1960-June 1966 | |||||
| July 1978-March 1981 | |||||
| May 1981-March 1984 | University of Shanghai Lingnan University Tsinghua University University of Toronto Yale University | ||||
| March 1984-August 1989 | Utopia University Tsinghua University | ||||
| August 1989-August 1996 | |||||
| July 1996-November 1999 | |||||
| November 1999-November 2008 | |||||
| November 2008-March 2013 | [1] | ||||
| March 2013-February 2015 | Liaoning University Peking University | [2] | |||
| February 2015-23 October 2018 | Peking University | [3] | |||
| 23 October 2018–June 2022 | [4] | ||||
| June 2022–present | Chinese: 龚旗煌 | Peking University | [5] |
| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
| Peking University | January 1949-March 1949 | ||||
| March 1949-June 1949 | |||||
| June 1949-October 1951 | |||||
| October 1951-October 1952 | |||||
| October 1952-December 1954 | Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||
| December 1954-December 1956 | |||||
| December 1956-October 1957 | |||||
| October 1957-June 1966 | |||||
| September 1977-December 1979 | Hongda College | ||||
| December 1979-September 1982 | |||||
| September 1982-March 1984 | |||||
| March 1984-January 1991 | Peking University | ||||
| January 1991-July 1994 | Peking University | ||||
| July 1994-March 2000 | |||||
| April 2000-April 2002 | Peking University Health Science Center | ||||
| April 2002-August 2011 | |||||
| August 2011-December 2016 | Peking University | ||||
| December 2016-23 October 2018 | |||||
| 23 October 2018 | Qiu Shuiping | Peking University | |||
| June 2022–present |