Foreign language universities include: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai International Studies University, Xi International Studies University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Sichuan International Studies University, etc.

Beijing Foreign Studies University, referred to as Beijing Foreign Studies University for short, is directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), the first batch of "world-class discipline construction universities" and the first batch of "21/project". He was selected as one of the six "small-scale pilot universities" of the Ministry of Finance and a member of the International Federation of University Translation Colleges.

Shanghai International Studies University, referred to as "Shanghai International Studies University" for short, is the first foreign language institution established after the founding of New China. It is one of the birthplaces of foreign language education in New China. It is a university directly under the Ministry of People's Education of China and jointly established with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. It has entered the national "2 1 1 project" and "world-class discipline construction".