The nearest to Beiying is the College of Arts and Sciences of Beijing Union University, which is a second-class school, and it takes 10 minutes to walk. Further north is Beihang University. Outside the North Fourth Ring Road are Geological University, Mining University and Agricultural University. To the west of the University of Mining and Technology is Beijing Foreign Studies University. Beilin Beiying faces south, and there are Jiaotong University and Beijing Normal University in the Second Ring Road.