According to the hand-held college entrance examination, Leshan has three universities, two undergraduate courses and one junior college. They are: Leshan Teachers College, Engineering and Technology College of Chengdu University of Technology and Leshan Vocational and Technical College.

Leshan Teachers College, located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, was selected as an excellent teacher education and training program in Sichuan Province. The college was founded in 1978 and approved by the Ministry of Education in March 2000. From the former Leshan Normal College and Leshan Education College, it was upgraded to an ordinary undergraduate college in Sichuan Province.

Chengdu University of Technology (Engineering &; Technicollelegofcheng University of Technology, short for "engineering", is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, and is a private full-time general higher education institution approved by the Ministry of Education.

Leshan Vocational and Technical College was established with the approval of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and was jointly established by Sichuan Provincial Department of Education and Leshan Municipal People's Government. It is a comprehensive full-time general college with disciplines of medicine and health, financial tourism, machinery and electronics, etc., and has been selected as a model higher vocational college in Sichuan Province and the construction plan of high-quality higher vocational colleges in Sichuan Province.