1, Lanzhou University, referred to as "Lanzhou University" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), with the system of deputy ministerial level directly under the central government. It ranks among the first batch of "double first-class", "2 1 1 project" and "985 project" universities in China, and is jointly established by the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau and the Ministry of Education.

2. Northwest Normal University, located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is a key university jointly established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. It has been selected into 14 universities in the western region supported by the state. Beijing Normal University supports Northwest Normal University.

3. Lanzhou University of Technology is located in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People's Government of Gansu Province. It is also a key university of the National "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest".

4. Lanzhou Jiaotong University is located in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. It is a high-level university construction institution in Gansu Province. It has been selected into "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" and "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities" by the Ministry of Education, and is an excellent university for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education.

5. Northwest University for Nationalities, referred to as "Northwest University for Nationalities", located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, is the first national higher education institution founded after the founding of New China; It is a central subordinate university directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is also one of the universities selected by the "Key Plan for Ethnic Minorities" and the first batch of pilot universities for the reform of the national education and training plan for outstanding agricultural and forestry talents. It was jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, China Academy of Sciences and Gansu Province.

6. Gansu Agricultural University, located in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and the People's Government of Gansu Province, a key university in Gansu Province, an excellent university in undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education, a university in the central and western regions with basic capacity building, and the first batch of pilot universities in China to reform the education and training plan for outstanding agricultural and forestry talents. It is one of the top 100 universities in central and western China.