According to the query of college students' essential network, there are five universities in Daqing: Northeast Petroleum University, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing Teachers College, Daqing Vocational College and Daqing Medical College. The first three universities are public full-time ordinary undergraduate colleges, and the last two universities are public full-time ordinary colleges.

Northeast Petroleum University, located in Daqing City, Liaoning Province, China, is a work-oriented university, covering science, engineering, management, literature, law, education and other disciplines. The school was founded in 1960, formerly known as Daqing Petroleum Institute, and was renamed Northeast Petroleum University in 2003. The school covers an area of 1.500 mu with a building area of 530,000 square meters. It is a comprehensive university integrating undergraduate, master's and doctoral education, national defense education, vocational education and adult education.

Located in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University is an undergraduate college with distinctive agricultural characteristics. The school, formerly known as Heilongjiang Agricultural School, was founded in 195 1. In 2006, it was renamed as the present Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University. The school covers an area of more than 2,000 mu with a building area of 890,000 square meters. It is a university with mutual infiltration and coordinated development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, industry, management, literature and law.