The eight universities in Xueyuan Road are: Beihang University, China Geo University, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, peking university health science center, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Youshi University in China and China Agricultural University. The origin of the eight colleges has something to do with the planned college district in Beijing. At that time, it was the 52-year adjustment period of colleges and universities, and the first batch of colleges and universities were established in Beijing. There are eight colleges and universities in this batch, so all eight colleges and universities are named after it. This road is also called Xueyuan Road.

Eight geographical locations of Xueyuan Road:

In the construction of eight colleges, a main road named Xueyuan Road was built from south to north in the college area. From south to north, the east side of the road is: Beijing Medical College is now peking university health science center, Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel is now Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing Petroleum Institute is now Youshi University in China, and Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College is now China Agricultural University; From south to north, the west side of the road is: Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Institute of Geology, China University of Geology, Beijing Institute of Mining and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Forestry College and Beijing Forestry University.