1. Yunnan University: Founded in 1922, it is one of the oldest universities in China and one of the first comprehensive universities with complete disciplines in China, with excellent teachers and scientific research achievements.

2. Yunnan Normal University: Founded in 1938, it is a comprehensive university with teacher education and humanities and social sciences as its main development direction, and has a number of excellent social sciences and education disciplines.

3. Kunming University of Science and Technology: Founded in 1954, it is a key engineering and multidisciplinary university focusing on science, engineering, management and literature. It has a number of disciplines and high-quality engineering majors supported by the state.

4. Dali University: Founded in 200 1, it is a comprehensive university with the characteristics of cultivating all kinds of talents of ethnic minorities and cutting-edge technology.

5. Yunnan University of Finance and Economics: Founded in 1953, it is characterized by economics, with business and finance as its main disciplines, and has good education, scientific research and social service capabilities.

6. Southwest Forestry University: Founded in 1960, it is one of the earliest supported agricultural and forestry universities in China and is famous for its ecology, forestry and environmental protection.

7. Yunnan University for Nationalities: Founded in 195 1, it focuses on national characteristics and traditional culture, is multilingual, multicultural and multi-ethnic, and has strong humanities and social sciences and cultural research capabilities.

8. Yunnan Art Institute: Founded in 1959, it is the only well-known higher art education institution in southern China, with high-quality disciplines such as music, drama, art and design.

9. Kunming Medical University: Founded in 1933, it is one of the earliest medical institutions of higher learning in China, with rich clinical teaching and first-class medical research results.

10, Yuxi Teachers College: Founded in 1978, it is a comprehensive university with teacher education as the main development direction and an excellent humanistic society calling for filial piety and natural science.

As an important carrier of social education and knowledge inheritance, colleges and universities play an important role:

1. Training talents: Colleges and universities are important bases for training talents. By providing high-quality education and scientific research, we will cultivate all kinds of talents for the society and contribute to the development of social economy, culture, science and technology.

2. Promoting scientific research: As an important base of scientific research, colleges and universities play an important role. Colleges and universities promote social development and improve the country's scientific and technological level and economic competitiveness through academic research and scientific and technological innovation.

3. Cultural popularization: As an important carrier of cultural inheritance and development, colleges and universities play an important role in spreading, researching and protecting historical culture and traditional arts. At the same time, it also transmits knowledge, inherits culture and promotes cultural construction through education, discipline construction and social service.