Tianjin University is located in Tianjin, a famous historical and cultural city and the economic center of northern China. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, Tianjin and the State Oceanic Administration. The national "2 1 1 project", "985 project", "201/plan", "1/plan" and "excellent engineer education and training plan" are the first batch of key universities.
Nankai University, a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), ranks among the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and was selected as one of the first batch of "20 1 1 Plan", "1Plan" and ".