Distance education institutions that enroll students in Beijing are much older. Universities in Beijing include: Peking University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, University of Science and Technology Beijing, beijing language and culture university, China Renmin University, China Communication University, China Agricultural University, Central Conservatory of Music, university of international business and economics, China Central Radio and TV University, China Geo University (Beijing) and China Youshi University (Beijing).

Foreign universities enroll students in Beijing: Dalian University of Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Northeastern University, Northeast Agricultural University, Northeast Normal University, Harbin Institute of Technology, East China Normal University, South China Normal University, Central China Normal University, Jilin University, Jiangnan University, Lanzhou University, Nankai University, Sichuan University, Sichuan Agricultural University, Tianjin University, Wuhan University of Technology, xidian university, Xi Jiaotong University and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

The tuition fee is around 7000- 10000. The tuition fees of colleges and universities in Beijing are relatively high, while those of schools that recruit foreign students in Beijing are relatively low.