There are 985 universities at the deputy ministerial level: Tsinghua University, Peking University, China Renmin University, Beihang University (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Beijing Institute of Technology (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Beijing Normal University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Jilin University, Dalian University of Technology, Xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Northwest A&F University, etc., with a total of 34 universities at the deputy ministerial level.

Vice-ministerial universities (middle-level universities), that is, universities directly managed by the central government, are middle-level cadres whose positions of party secretary and president are listed in the list of central management cadres. At present, the party secretary and dean of China Management College are all vice ministers. At present, it is generally believed that "deputy ministerial universities" are top universities in China. The presidents, secretaries and other senior leaders of these universities are jointly appointed by the Central Committee and the Central Organization Department, not by the national ministries or provincial people's governments.

Advantages of vice-ministerial universities

1, the policy follows the party, and the development opportunities are even greater: as a university directly managed by the central government, the development and construction of vice-ministerial universities are actively close to the party organizations, national policies and national development routes. The school can seize the opportunity of development correctly and timely, push the school to a road more suitable for social development, and make the school build up to a higher level.

2. Richer educational resources and better school construction: Vice-ministerial colleges and universities bear the heavy responsibility of national strategy, especially the heavy responsibility of national education construction and development, so national education funds, educational preferential policies and other resources will be tilted to these top colleges and universities to some extent. Schools will get more educational resources, which will be better for their own construction, and their advantages in scientific research conditions, discipline construction, and student sources will be more prominent.

3. Strong comprehensive strength and wide platform for students' development: Vice-ministerial universities are basically top universities in China, which can provide students with high-quality development platforms and students' creativity and vision can be better exercised. This provides a good help for students' employment and entrepreneurship, and even a valuable asset on the road of life. At the same time, top universities have trained a batch of outstanding talents, which is a rich resource and development opportunity for alumni.

4. Greater prestige and better reputation: 34 vice-ministerial universities can be said to be a postcard of China University, which has a high voice in the outside world. Students admitted to such universities can use the reputation of the school to prove their strength, gain high recognition from the outside world, and have a better social status to some extent.