Good universities in the south are: Nanjing University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, etc.

Nanjing University, referred to as Nanda for short, 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). It ranks among the national key construction universities of "Double First-class", "985 Project" and "21Project" and is selected into "Everest Plan", "Strong Foundation Plan" and "Project 0".

Fudan University, located in Shanghai, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and a comprehensive research university. Jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai, it ranks among the "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21/engineering" universities in China. It has successively been selected into the Everest Plan, the Strong Foundation Plan, the National Postgraduate Plan for Building a High-level University, the New Engineering Research and Practice Project, the China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Foreign Students in China, the Model University for Deepening the Reform of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, the first batch of independent institutions for degree authorization, the Pacific Rim University Alliance, the Nine Major Alliances, and the Global University Advanced Research Alliance.