Beijing University, founded in 1898, is the product of the Reform Movement of 1898, and also the result of the Chinese nation's efforts to save the nation from national subjugation and prosper its studies. It was originally named Jingshi University Hall, the first national comprehensive university in China in modern times. After the Revolution of 1911, it was renamed in 1912.

The name of Fudan University is taken from "The Sun and the Moon are shining brightly, but Fudan is thriving" in The Great Biography of Shangshu. It was founded in 1905 as Fudan Public School, and was named Fudan University in 1917. It is the first institution of higher learning independently established by China people. The predecessor of Shanghai Medical University was the National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University Medical College founded in 1927. In 2000, Fudan University and Shanghai Medical University merged. At present, the school has 12 disciplines such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, art, and interdisciplinary subjects; In 2021, 20 disciplines of the school were selected for the second round of "double first-class" construction disciplines, an increase of 3 selected disciplines over the first round.

Nanjing University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and outstanding reputation. Its predecessor was Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. After that, it was renamed Nanjing University in 1950 after historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University. In 1952, in the adjustment of colleges and departments in colleges and universities across the country, Nanjing University adjusted some departments such as engineering, agronomy and normal education, and then merged with the School of Arts and Science of Jinling University, which was founded in 1888, and was still named Nanjing University. The school site was moved from Sipailou to the original site of Gulou Jinda.

Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua School, was founded in 1911 and renamed Tsinghua School in 1912. In 1928, it was renamed the National Tsinghua University. After the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, it moved south to Changsha, and established the National Changsha Temporary University with Peking University and Nankai University. In 1938, it moved to Kunming and was renamed the National Southwest Associated University. In 1946, he moved back to tsinghua campus, where there were 5 colleges and 26 departments of literature, law, science, engineering and agriculture.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai. After more than 120 years of unremitting efforts, Shanghai Jiaotong University has been built into a first-class domestic and internationally renowned university with "comprehensiveness, innovation and internationalization".

Jiangcheng is mountainous and unique; There are flies on the mountain, Wuhan University. Wuhan University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, a national key construction university in the "985 Project" and "211 Project", and the first batch of "double first-class" construction universities.

Jiang University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and outstanding reputation, located in Hangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China and a scenic tourist attraction. Qiushi College, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, was founded in 1897, which is one of the earliest new institutions of higher learning established by China people themselves. In 1928, it was named National Zhejiang University. During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhejiang University moved westward, running schools in Zunyi, Meitan and other places in Guizhou for seven years, and moved back to Hangzhou in the autumn of 1946.

China University of Science and Technology is a science and engineering university affiliated to China Academy of Sciences, which focuses on cutting-edge science and high technology, as well as medicine, characteristic management and humanities. The school has 32 colleges, including 8 science and education integration colleges; There are Suzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Shanghai Institute, Beijing Institute, Advanced Technology Institute, International Finance Institute and the First Affiliated Hospital (Anhui Provincial Hospital).