Colleges and universities in Hebei Province that recruit preparatory students include Hebei University, Hebei University of Technology, Yanshan University, Hebei Normal University, shijiazhuang tiedao university, Hebei Agricultural University and Hebei Polytechnic University.

Hebei University, located in Baoding, a famous historical and cultural city, is a key comprehensive university listed in the sequence of universities directly under the Ministry of Education, jointly established with the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People's Government of Hebei Province, and a member of the "one province, one school" national key construction university alliance in the central and western regions.

Hebei University of Technology, located in Tianjin, was founded by People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Education, Hebei Provincial People's Government and Tianjin Municipal People's Government. Affiliated to Hebei Province, it is a national "world-class discipline construction university" and a national "2 1 1 engineering" key construction university. It has been selected into the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Universities in the Midwest", the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, the "National First-class University Construction" of Hebei Province, and the high-level characteristic university construction project of Tianjin.