China's Peking University, Nanjing University, China University of Science and Technology and Beijing Normal University all have astronomy departments devoted to the study of the universe.

Those who are interested in studying the universe all their lives must be graduate students in the Department of Astronomy and get a doctorate in the Department of Astronomy before they can become astronomers. In China, the departments of astronomy of Nanjing University, astrophysics of Peking University Geophysics Department, applied physics and astronomy of China University of Science and Technology, astronomy of Beijing Normal University, Beijing Observatory, Purple Mountain Observatory, Shanghai Observatory, Yunnan Observatory and physics departments of some famous universities all recruit graduate students in the field of cosmic astronomy.

World-renowned universities such as California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Princeton University and Arizona University all recruit world-class astronomy graduate students.