The enrollment of doctor of education is included in the national postgraduate enrollment management and academic education is implemented; The major areas of enrollment are tentatively defined as school curriculum and teaching, student development and education, and educational leadership and management. In the pilot stage, each school has no more than two enrollment fields.

There are 15 schools that recruit doctoral students, namely:

Peking University

Tsinghua University

Beijing Normal University

Northeast Teachers University

East China Normal University

Nanjing University

Nanjing Normal University (NNU)

Zhejiang University

Xiamen University

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Huazhong normal university (CCNU)

South China Normal University

Southwest University

Shaanxi Normal University

Northwest Normal University