1. Nanjing University, referred to as "Nanda", is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" key construction universities.

2. Southeast University, referred to as "Dongda", is located in Nanjing. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Jiangsu Province. It is also one of the national key universities under the "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project".