1. National key universities: Tsinghua and Peking University. These two schools were first recognized as "world-class universities" and received high funding from the Ministry of Education.
2. National key universities: Nanda, Fudan, Zhejiang University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China University of Science and Technology, and Xi Jiaotong University. These seven schools are the first batch of "985 Project" universities.
3. Other deputy ministerial-level universities: 23 universities including People's Congress, Beihang University and Beijing Institute of Technology. The principals, secretaries and other senior leaders of these schools are appointed by the Central Organization Department.
4. Faculty-level 985 universities: 7 universities including Minzu University of China and Northeastern University. Although these schools are very strong, they are not "deputy ministerial colleges".
5. "Featured 985" colleges and universities: 36. These schools belong to the "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform".
6. Other subordinates 2 1 1 University: 9. These schools belong to institutions of higher learning directly under the central government.
7. Careless 2 1 1 University: 23. Compared with the former subordinate colleges, these colleges have a gap.
8. Nursing 2 1 1 Universities: Ningxia University, Tibet University and other five universities. These schools are the last batch of colleges and universities selected as "2 1 1 Project", which have the nature of national policy care.