Both are 985 and 2 1 1. Beijing Normal University is both a 985 university and a 2 1 1 university. Beijing Normal University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). In the 985 Project and 2 1 1 Project, it was ranked as one of the first ten key universities in China during the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan. The school consists of 3 departments, 27 colleges, 2 departments, 1 1 research institute and 4 colleges, featuring teacher education, educational science and basic disciplines of arts and sciences.