Chengdu University for the Aged offers more than 200 specialized courses in 43 majors, including literature and history, English, painting and calligraphy, computer, photography, piano, folk music, Beijing Opera, vocal music, dance, Chinese massage and card. The majors in universities for the elderly are mainly leisure and entertainment, and the mental requirements for professional types are relatively small.

The university for the aged is a classroom for the elderly to update their knowledge, a place for keeping fit and nourishing their hearts, a garden for happy entertainment, a platform for making friends and a base for intellectual development.

With the increase of the elderly population in China, universities for the elderly rose in many places in China in 1980s. 1973, the world's first university for the aged was established in France.

The university for the aged has a very flexible way of running a school, which includes centralized teaching in a fixed place and remote teaching. The teaching content of the university for the aged is very rich, mainly including health preservation, cooking, art and so on.