1. Peking University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked as "double first-class", "2 1 1 project" and "985 project". Located in Haidian District, Beijing, covering an area of about 7000 mu. Peking University's main campus inherits yenching university and is famous for its traditional architectural style in China.
2. Tsinghua University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China. It ranks among the first batch of "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 project" universities in China, and has been selected into "201plan", "academic innovation and intelligence introduction plan for universities" and "training plan for top students in basic disciplines".
3. University of Science and Technology of China, located in Hefei, Anhui Province, is a comprehensive national key university with cutting-edge science and high technology, as well as medicine and characteristic liberal arts under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
4. Nanjing University, formerly known as Sanjiang Normal School, was founded in 1902. Later, it was renamed Nanjing University on 1950 after historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University.