The list of the top universities in safety science and engineering 10 in China is as follows: China University of Mining and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Henan Polytechnic University, Central South University, Xi 'an University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Nanjing University of Technology and China Youshi University.

The research of safety science reveals the objective law of safety, and provides discipline theory, applied theory and professional theory for protecting people's life and health and protecting people's body and mind, related equipment, property and things from harm. The research direction of safety science includes: safety principle, safety science methodology, safety system science, public safety theory and method, disaster physics, disaster chemistry, disaster toxicology, safety law, safety economics, safety behavior science, safety psychology, safety ethics, safety education, industrial risk assessment theory and management methods, safety informatics, safety science, safety history, etc.