985 University is the collective name of 35 universities with leading academic influence and competitiveness at home and abroad. This term comes from the 985 Project, which is the higher education construction plan initiated by the government of China in 1998.

The 985 project is introduced as follows:

Project 985 refers to an important decision made by the Chinese Production Party, the people of China and the State Council at the turn of the century to build a world-class university.

The first batch of ***9 universities (namely, the Nine Universities Alliance) were built by the "985 Project", namely Peking University, Tsinghua University, China University of Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University and Harbin Institute of Technology. A total of 39 universities were approved to build the "985 Project".

On June 7, 20 16, the Ministry of Education of official website issued the Notice on Declaring a Batch of Normative Documents Invalidated, announcing that a number of normative documents such as 21kloc-0/Management Measures for Engineering Construction and Opinions on Continuing to Implement the "985 Project" were invalid, and the invalid normative documents were no longer used as the basis for administrative management.

2019165438+128 October, official website, the Ministry of Education issued a statement that key construction projects such as "Project 2 1 1" and "Project 985" have been integrated into double-class construction.

The first phase construction of 985 Engineering University is led by Peking University and Tsinghua, and the implementation of "985 Engineering University" is an important decision made by the Chinese production party, the people of China and the State Council at the turn of the century.

Although 985 University is no longer selected, in people's minds, 985 University still represents the best university group in China, and it is highly recognized by the society. Moreover, among the 42 world-class universities planned by the national double-class university construction plan, all 39 985 universities are composed of Zhengzhou University, Yunnan University and Xinjiang University.