1. Military Academy directly under the Central Military Commission (1)

National University of Defense Technology: Located in Changsha City, Hunan Province, National University of Defense Technology is a comprehensive research-oriented institution of higher learning directly under the Central Military Commission. It is also the first institution to enter the national "2 1 1 Project", the only institution in the army to enter the ranks of the national "985 Project" and the only institution in the army to enter the first round of national "double-class" construction support.

2. army academies and schools (10)

(1) Army Engineering University (Lugong University): Located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, it mainly undertakes the training of signal soldiers, engineering soldiers, unmanned aerial vehicles, weapons and equipment support and some emerging professional officers, as well as the undergraduate basic education of aviation pilots and aviation maintenance officers.

(2) Army Infantry Academy: Located in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, the Academy mainly undertakes training tasks such as junior commanding officers of army infantry, staff officers of synthetic battalions, graduate students of military science, junior commanding officers and staff officers of foreign troops.

(3) Academy of Armored Forces of the Army: Located in Beijing, the Academy is known as the "cradle of the king of land warfare". It is a training base for armored personnel of our army, providing technical services for armored mechanized units of the whole army and providing business consultation for decision-making of military commissions and army organs.

(4) Army Institute of Chemical Defense: also located in Beijing, it undertakes the task of training middle and junior chemical defense commanding officers and middle and senior chemical defense engineering and technical officers for the whole army.

(5) Army Artillery Air Defense Academy: Located in Hefei, Anhui Province, it is an institution of higher learning that mainly undertakes the task of training commanding officers of artillery and air defense.

(6) Army Special Operations Academy: Located in Guilin, Guangxi, it is a higher education institution in the field of special operations and intelligence reconnaissance. It is also a training base for reconnaissance special operations personnel of the whole army, a training center for senior and intermediate snipers of the whole army, a training center for military sports personnel of the whole army, and a research and innovation center for special operations theory and tactics training.

(7) Army Academy of Border and Coastal Defence: Located in Xi City, Shaanxi Province, the Academy is an institution of higher learning for commanding arms and the cradle for the growth of army commanding officers.