The list of the first batch of national key Marxist colleges includes 9 universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Renmin University, Nankai University, Jilin University, Fudan University, Shandong University, Wuhan University and Lanzhou University.

The second batch of national key Marxist universities include Beijing Normal University, Dalian University of Technology, Northeast Normal University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Fujian Normal University, Zhengzhou University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Xi Jiaotong University and Xinjiang Normal University.

The list of the third batch of national key Marxist colleges includes Capital Normal University, Tianjin Normal University, Hebei Normal University, Liaoning University, Harbin Normal University, Tongji University, Nanjing Normal University, Anhui Normal University, Jiangxi Normal University, Shandong Normal University, Huazhong Normal University, Hunan University, South China Normal University, Guangxi Normal University, Southwest University, Guizhou Normal University, etc.