Yanshan University is not a double-class university. It is a national key university jointly established by the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, a national first-class university and a world-class discipline construction university supported by Hebei Province, and a member of the Beijing Hi-tech University Alliance.

Supplementary information: Yanshan University, founded in 1920, is located in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. It is a national key university jointly established by the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It is also a member of Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance. It is a national first-class university and a world-class discipline construction university supported by Hebei Province. Its predecessor was Harbin Institute of Technology. The school has been selected into the national high-level university construction graduate program, the national key discipline program with national characteristics, the national innovation experiment program for college students, the national demonstration university for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for international students in China, and the education and training program for outstanding engineers.