Lanzhou University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the central government of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is one of the "double first-class" world-class universities in China jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Ministry of Education. It is one of the first universities in China with the right to award bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree, and the first postdoctoral research center. It is a pilot university of the "Strong Foundation Program" and the technical and innovation support center of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization. So the gold content is very high.

Doctor is the title of a degree, which means that a person has the ability to produce original theoretical achievements or academic degrees, and it is the highest degree (postdoctoral is not a degree). Among the three levels of bachelor, master and doctor, doctor is the highest level.