First of all, undergraduate colleges and universities, generally public undergraduate colleges and universities are the main hall units by default, that is, subordinate undergraduate colleges and second-class public colleges and universities in all prefecture-level cities are the main halls, that is, the presidents or deans and secretaries of public undergraduate colleges and universities in ordinary prefecture-level cities are at the same level as the local municipal party committee, people's congress, CPPCC and government.

After talking about the principle, there is another exception. There are 365,438+0 so-called vice-ministerial universities in undergraduate colleges, that is, among the 39 985 universities, there are 365,438+0 universities besides China Ocean University, Minzu University of China, South China University of Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Northeastern University, Hunan University, East China Normal University, and National University of Defense Technology (led by the Central Military Commission, generally not counted as vice-ministerial universities).

The names of vice-ministerial universities are also problematic, because vice-ministerial universities are not all administrative structures at the vice-ministerial level, but their secretaries and presidents are senior middle-level cadres at the vice-ministerial level (usually the executive vice-presidents and deputy secretaries are all at the official level), and other facilities are the same as those of other ordinary official-level universities.

Speaking of public undergraduate colleges, private undergraduate colleges generally have no administrative level, but many principals and secretaries of independent colleges run by public undergraduate colleges are led by their alma mater or deputy department heads.