Peking University is a deputy ministerial unit, and the following colleges, research institutes, centers and departments are all departmental units. The director of the Employment Center is a deputy ministerial cadre.

City University of Beijing, located at No.269, North Fourth Ring Road, Haidian District, Beijing, is a comprehensive ordinary university approved by the Ministry of Education. 1984 Haidian university (predecessor of beijing city university) was founded, upgraded to an undergraduate college in 2003, and renamed as "beijing city university". 20 1 1 became the first batch of private universities with master's degrees in Chinese mainland.