1. Jishou University is a higher-level university among the non-university institutions. The school has established a "education system" with "curriculum guidance, environmental edification, practice tempering and self-shaping". Students have strong hands-on ability and many social practice activities.

2. Shaoyang College is located in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. Mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, sports, management science, energy and power engineering are national specialties. It is a good comprehensive university. In addition, Shaoyang College's four majors, including thermal energy and power engineering, management science, mechanical design and manufacturing and its automation, and physical education, were rated as national specialty by the Ministry of Education. On the whole, Shaoyang College is a powerful university in terms of comprehensive strength and ace specialty.