The list of the first batch of national key Marxist colleges includes 9 universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Renmin University, Nankai University, Jilin University, Fudan University, Shandong University, Wuhan University and Lanzhou University.

On March 20 17, the second batch of national key Marxist universities was announced, including Beijing Normal University, Dalian University of Technology, Northeast Normal University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Fujian Normal University, Zhengzhou University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Xi Jiaotong University, Xinjiang Normal University, etc. 12 universities.

On July 30th, 20 19, the third batch of national key Marxist universities was announced, including Capital Normal University, Tianjin Normal University, Hebei Normal University, Liaoning University, Harbin Normal University, Tongji University, Nanjing Normal University, Anhui Normal University, Jiangxi Normal University, Shandong Normal University, Huazhong Normal University, Hunan University, South China Normal University, Guangxi Normal University, Southwest University and Guizhou Normal University.

Ma College is the abbreviation of Marxist College. Marxism College is mainly engaged in the research and teaching of the basic principles of Marxism, the development history of Marxism, the study of Marxism in China, the basic problems of modern and contemporary history of China, scientific socialism and the international capitalist movement, Marxist philosophy, political economy, Socialism with Chinese characteristics theory, the history of the party in China, the history of contemporary China, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents.