Mianyang has 1 1 universities. Because there are 1 1 universities in Mianyang in 2023, including Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang Teachers College, Tianfu College of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan College of Culture and Arts, Mianyang City College, Mianyang Vocational and Technical College, Sichuan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan Kindergarten Teachers College, Sichuan Automobile Vocational and Technical College, Sichuan Electronic Machinery Vocational and Technical College, and Mianyang Flying Vocational College. So Mianyang has 1 1 universities. Mianyang, referred to as Mianzhou and Fucheng for short, is a prefecture-level city, a provincial sub-central city, a second-class big city and a third-tier city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province.