Peking University: Founded in 1898, it is the first national comprehensive university in China.
2. Tsinghua University: Located in Tsinghua Campus in the northwest suburb of Beijing, it is an important base for high-level personnel training and scientific and technological research in China.
3. Zhejiang University: located in Hangzhou, Qiushi College, formerly known as Qiushi College, was founded in 1897. It is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning founded by China people themselves.
4. Fudan University: Founded in 1905, it is the first institution of higher learning independently established by the people of China.
5. Nanjing University: Founded in 1902, referred to as Nanda, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is a university directly under the Ministry of Education.
6. Huazhong University of Science and Technology: Located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, it is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
7. Shanghai Jiaotong University: Founded in 1896, it is a university directly under the Ministry of Education.
8. Sun Yat-sen University: Founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it has a school-running tradition of 100 years and is the first institution of higher learning founded by China people themselves.
9. Tongji University: Founded in 1907, referred to as Tongji, it is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
10, Wuhan University: Founded in 1893, Wuhan University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
1 1, Xi Jiaotong University: referred to as Xi Jiaotong University, located in Xi, Shaanxi Province, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Harbin Institute of Technology: Harbin Institute of Technology, located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
13, Nankai University: referred to as Nankai, located in Tianjin, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of People's Education of China.
14, Central South University: Located in Changsha, Hunan Province, it is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
15, Southeast University: Southeast for short, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
16, Beijing Normal University: Founded in 1902, referred to as Beijing Normal University, located in Haidian District, Beijing.
17, Sichuan University: Sichuan University for short, located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is an institution of higher learning directly under the people of China and the Ministry of Education.
18, Beijing Institute of Technology: Beijing Institute of Technology, located in Haidian District, Beijing, is a university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
19, Shandong University: short for Shanda, located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China.
20. Xiamen University: Xiamen University for short, located in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).