Beihang, referred to as Beihang for short, is one of the seven sons of national defense and belongs to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is a national key university directly under the central government and the first aerospace institution of higher learning in New China.

Beijing Institute of Technology, which originated from Yan 'an Academy of Natural Sciences, is the first science and engineering university founded by China's * * * production party and one of the seven sons of national defense, and is known as the "cradle of red national defense engineers".

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The first-level discipline of information and communication engineering ranks first in the country for a long time.