Colleges and universities in Gansu Province include: Lanzhou University, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou University of Technology, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics and Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

1, Lanzhou University: It is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. It has an important strategic position in the national higher education pattern and has an important influence and good reputation at home and abroad. There are two campuses, Chengguan and Yuzhong, with a campus area of 3544.32 mu. Gansu University of Political Science and Law, founded in 1909, is the first modern institution of higher learning in northwest China.

2. 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 of China, the excellent teacher training program, the academic innovation and intelligence introduction program 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.

3. Lanzhou University of Technology: Located in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, it is a university jointly established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education and the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The national "Midwest Higher Education Revitalization Plan" focuses on the construction of colleges and universities, the "National Undergraduate Innovation Experiment Plan" and the "Outstanding Engineer Plan" of the Ministry of Education are selected into colleges and universities, the reserve officers of the China People's Liberation Army are selected and trained, and Southeast University provides counterpart support to colleges and universities.

4. Northwest University for Nationalities: referred to as "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 national university established after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC).

5. Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics: a financial university located in the golden channel of the Silk Road Economic Belt, founded in 1952, with three campuses of Heping, Duanjiatan and Donggang, offering 6 1 undergraduate majors, 7 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees and 1 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, ranking 39th in 2022.

6. Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, it is a university jointly established by Gansu Provincial People's Government and state administration of traditional chinese medicine. The school formerly known as Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in1978; From 65438 to 0989, the school established the Department of Tibetan Medicine on the basis of Tibetan Medicine in Gannan Health School, and gradually developed into a college of Tibetan Medicine with a master's degree. 20 14 the overall merger of Dingxi Normal University; 20 15, the school officially changed its name to Gansu university of traditional Chinese medicine.