1 and 985 colleges and universities generally refer to the 985 project, commonly known as 985 colleges and universities, which refers to the education plan implemented by the people of China and the Ministry of Education in order to build a number of world-class universities and a number of world-famous high-level research universities. This name was put forward by 1998 at the centennial celebration of Peking University in May. There are 39 985 engineering colleges and universities, and no new schools are added.

2.985 Universities are: Tsinghua, Peking University, Xiamen University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, Nankai University, Xi Jiaotong University, Southeast University, Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shandong University, Hunan University, China Renmin University, Jilin University, Chongqing University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan University, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Lanzhou University, Northeast Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dalian University of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, Tongji University, Central South University, University of Science and Technology of China, China Agricultural University, National University of Defense Technology, Minzu University of China, East China Normal University and Northwest A&F University * * 39 universities.