The first echelon: Tsinghua University, Harbin University and Tongji University.

Second echelon: Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing University and Zhejiang University.

The third echelon: Beijing University of Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Hohai University, China University of Science and Technology and South China University of Technology.

The fourth echelon: University of Science and Technology Beijing, Fudan University, East China University of Science and Technology, Southeast University, Xiamen University, Shandong University, China Ocean University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Geo University, Hunan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Chongqing University, Kunming University of Science and Technology and Xi University of Architecture and Technology.

Xi University of Architecture and Technology, referred to as Jianda and Xijian for short, was founded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. It is one of the "Old Eight Schools of Architecture", a key university directly under the former Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest" and "Key Discipline Project with Characteristics", and a provincial-level high-level university in Shaanxi Province.

The first batch of authorized units for doctor, master and bachelor degrees in China; Selected in11plan, the first batch of national outstanding engineer education and training plan, the national international science and technology cooperation base, and the national master of engineering education innovation institution.

The national project of building high-level university graduate students. The school is characterized by civil construction, environmental municipal administration, material metallurgy and related disciplines, with engineering technology as the main body and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.

The history of running a school can be traced back to Tianjin Beiyang Western School, which was founded in 1895. 1956 When the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, they were merged from Northeast Institute of Technology, Northwest Institute of Technology, Qingdao Institute of Technology and the departments (branches) of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Municipal Engineering of Sunan Institute of Technology, and were named Xi 'an Institute of Architecture and Engineering.

In 1959 and 1963, it was renamed Xi 'an Metallurgical Institute and Xi 'an Metallurgical Architecture Institute. /kloc-0 changed its name to Xi University of Architecture and Technology in March, 1994.