Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Renmin University, Fudan University, China University of Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Aeronautics, Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Medical College, Beijing Normal University, Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China Normal University, Shanghai First Medical College and Xi 'an Jiaotong University.

In August of the same year, four national key universities were newly established, namely, China People's Liberation Army Military Engineering College, China People's Liberation Army Military Telecommunication Engineering College, Peking Union Medical College and Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese People's Liberation Army.

There are 32 engineering colleges.

Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi Jiaotong University, Tongji University, Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (now Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), East China Institute of Textile Technology (now Donghua University), South China University of Technology (now South China University of Technology), Beijing Institute of Technology (now Beijing Institute of Technology), Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology (now Dalian University of Technology), Northeast University of Technology (now Northeast University), Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Huazhong University of Science and Technology (now Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering (now University of Electronic Science and Technology), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Hefei University of Technology, Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China Youshi University (Beijing), China Youshi University (East China)), Beijing Geological Institute (now China Geo University (Beijing), China Geo University (Wuhan)), Chongqing University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (now Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)

Beijing Railway Institute (now Beijing Jiaotong University), Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology (now beijing university of chemical technology), Tangshan Railway Institute (now Southwest Jiaotong University), Jilin University of Technology (now merged into Jilin University), Dalian Maritime University (now Dalian Maritime University), East China Institute of Chemical Technology (now East China University of Science and Technology), Wuhan Institute of Hydraulic and Electric Power (now merged into Wuhan University), Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (now merged into Central South University), East China Institute of Water Conservancy (now)