Lanzhou University was founded in 1909, and its predecessor was Gansu Law and Politics School established during the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. 1928 extended to Lanzhou Sun Yat-sen University; 1946 was named National Lanzhou University. 1952, identified as one of the 14 comprehensive universities in China; Postgraduate education begins at1954; 200 1 The Ministry of Education and the Gansu Provincial Government signed an agreement on key joint construction of provinces and departments; In 2002 and 2004, the former Gansu Grassland Ecology Institute and Lanzhou Medical College were merged into Lanzhou University.
2. Lanzhou Jiaotong University
It is a university jointly established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government, the State Railway Administration and China Railway Corporation. It is one of the railway universities invested by the central ministries and commissions, the third railway undergraduate university in China, a high-level university in Gansu Province, a "first-class discipline" construction university and a national defense education characteristic school. It has been selected into the Education and Training Program for Outstanding Engineers of the Ministry of Education, the Basic Capacity Building Project of Universities in the Midwest, the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, the China Municipal Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Foreign Students in China, the National Demonstration College for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, and the Excellent College for Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation of the Ministry of Education.
3. Lanzhou University of Technology
It is a university jointly established by Gansu Provincial People's Government, Ministry of Education and National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It has been selected into the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Universities in the Midwest", the "Excellent Engineer Program" of the Ministry of Education, the new engineering research and practice project, and the national innovative experiment program for college students. It is a national defense education school with characteristics, a national university with typical experience in graduate employment, a China government scholarship institution for receiving international students in China, a reserve officer selection and training base of the China People's Liberation Army, and a "Belt and Road" strategic alliance.
4. Northwest University for Nationalities
Northwest University for Nationalities, located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is a full-time undergraduate college directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It was jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, the China Academy of Sciences and the Gansu Provincial People's Government. It is the first institute for nationalities established after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is the backbone plan of ethnic minorities, the first batch of pilot universities for the reform of the national education and training plan for outstanding talents in agriculture and forestry, the construction unit of high-level universities in Gansu Province, the member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance and the governing unit of China Entrepreneurship Education Alliance of UNESCO.
5. Northwest Normal University
Located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, it is a key university jointly established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. Selected into 14 universities in the western region supported by the state, including the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions, the excellent teacher training plan, the excellent engineer education and training plan, the academic innovation and intelligence introduction plan of universities, the Chinese education base of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, and the scholarship receiving institutions of the China government for overseas students in China. Supported by Beijing Normal University.