1. Ningxia University is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a national "double first-class" university, a national "2 1 1 engineering" key university and a state-owned university.
2. Ningxia Teachers College is under the management of the People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is the only normal undergraduate college in Ningxia and belongs to a state-owned university.
3. North University for Nationalities, directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, is a comprehensive ordinary institution of higher learning and a state-owned university.