The administrative level of colleges and universities means that there are corresponding administrative levels according to different colleges and universities in Chinese mainland. Generally speaking, the administrative level refers to the administrative level of the president (party secretary or dean) of a university.

There are 32 universities in Chinese mainland whose administrative levels are all deputy ministerial level (including the National University of Defense Technology at the deputy military level). The specific list is as follows:

Beijing (7) Tsinghua University, Peking University, China Renmin University, Beihang University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal University and China Agricultural University.

Tianjin (2 universities) Tianjin University and Nankai University

Northeast China (3) Harbin Institute of Technology, Jilin University and Dalian University of Technology

Shaanxi Province (3) xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Northwest A&F University

Shanghai (3) Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Tongji University

Jiangsu Province (2 universities) Nanjing University and Southeast University

Wuhan University in Hubei Province and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2 universities)

Hunan Province (2) Central South University and National University of Defense Technology

China University of Science and Technology Anhui Province (1 College)

Fujian Province (1 College) Xiamen University

Guangdong Province (1 College) Sun Yat-sen University

Zhejiang Province (1 College) Zhejiang University

Sichuan Province (1 College) Sichuan University

Chongqing (1 College) Chongqing University

Shandong Province (1 College) Shandong University

Gansu Province (1 Institute) Lanzhou University

In addition, colleges and universities above the undergraduate level are generally bureau-level, and colleges and universities are deputy bureau-level provincial colleges and universities, generally at the level of main hall or deputy hall, in which the main hall is directly under the provincial government and the deputy hall is under the provincial education department.

However, the Outline of the National Medium-and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan and the Outline of the National Medium-and Long-term Talent Development Plan issued on 20 10 clearly put forward that schools and other institutions should "cancel the actual administrative level and administrative management mode", and the cancellation of administrative level in colleges and universities began.