Chongqing University (CQU) is located in Chongqing. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, Chongqing Municipality and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It ranks among the national "double first-class", "2 1 1 project" and "985 project".

2. Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, referred to as "cyit", is located in Chongqing, a municipality directly under the central government. It is a teaching and research university jointly established by the Ministry of People, Industry and Information Technology of China and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, and it has been selected into the national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest" and the national "Education and Training Plan for Outstanding Engineers".

3. Chongqing Jiaotong University

Chongqing Jiaotong University (CQJTU) is a multi-disciplinary university with traffic characteristics and industries as its main tasks, which was founded by Chongqing Municipal People's Government, China Municipal People's Government and Ministry of Transport.