According to Baidu's data, Rocket Army Engineering University and PLA Information Engineering University are both military schools, but the emphasis is slightly different. Rocket Force Engineering University focuses on weapons, measurement and control, aircraft and other majors related to the Second Artillery Corps, while PLA Information Engineering University focuses on electronic information engineering and cryptography.

The PLA Rocket Army Engineering University is located in Xi, China. It is the only military academy in China that trains command and technical personnel for strategic missile units.