Qiqihar has six universities. The list includes Qiqihar University, Qiqihar Medical College, Qiqihar Engineering College, Qiqihar Teachers College, Heilongjiang Communications Vocational College and Qiqihar Vocational and Technical College.
Qiqihar, known as he cheng or Bukui in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province, located in Nenjiang Plain in the northwest of Heilongjiang Province, at the junction of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia, bordering Suihua and Daqing in Heilongjiang Province in the east, Baicheng in Jilin Province in the south, Hulunbeier in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the west and Heihe in Heilongjiang Province in the north.