Part I: Universities directly under the central government (universities in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council that appoint and remove secretaries and presidents).

China Renmin University, China Agricultural University, University of Science and Technology of China, China University of Political Science and Law, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, Fudan University, Tongji University, Sun Yat-sen University, Southeast University, Peking University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal University, Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Jilin University, Dalian University of Technology, Xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, South Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Part II: Institutions of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education

Peking University

Renmin University of China

Tsinghua University

University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Beijing Normal University

Beijing Language and Culture University

Beijing Foreign Languages University

Beijing Jiaotong University

BUPT

Youshi University in China

China Youshi University (East China)

China Agricultural University

Communication University of China

Beijing Forestry University

China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)

The Central University Of Finance and Economics

Central Conservatory of Music

Central academy of drama

Central Academy of Fine Arts

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

University of International Business and Economics

Nankai University

Tianjin University

North China Electric Power University

Northeastern University

Dalian University of Technology

Jilin University

Northeast Teachers University

Northeast Forestry University

Fudan University

Tongji University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

East China University Of Science and Technology

Donghua University

East China Normal University

Shanghai Foreign Languages University

Nanjing University

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Southeast China University

China Mining University

China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing Campus)

Hohai University