As a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua, formerly known as Tsinghua School, was founded in 19 1 1. In the years of development, the school has also become a national key construction university with "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project", and is also known as "the cradle of red engineers".
Huazhong University is mainly located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Its predecessor was Huazhong Institute of Technology established by 1952, Shanghai Devon Medical College established by 1907 and Hubei Technical School established by 1898. In the years of development, the school has not only become a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, but also become a national "double-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" construction university by virtue of its comprehensive advantages.
China University of Science and Technology, founded in September, 1958, moved to Hefei several times. At present, the school has 23 colleges (including 6 colleges integrating science and education), 33 departments, International Finance College, Advanced Technology College and the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China. After years of development, it has become a comprehensive national key university focusing on cutting-edge science and high technology, as well as medicine, characteristic management and humanities.