1. Shenzhen University has 17 doctoral programs, 9 postdoctoral mobile stations and 1 postdoctoral research mobile stations. Yanbian University has ten doctoral programs, four post-doctoral research stations and one post-doctoral research station.

2. Shenzhen University is located in Shenzhen, a developed national special economic zone. Yanbian University is located in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, and its economic development is not as good as that of Shenzhen.