Project 211 is a project which aims to strengthen approximately 100 key universities and colleges for the 21st century initiated in 1995 by China's Ministry of Education.

In the eyes of Chinese people, if someone graduated from a 211-Project university, then he/she will attract more attention and preference from employers and others. So if  you dont't know which Chinese university to choose, you can consider the universities below:

1. Peking University

2. Renmin University of China

3. Tsinghua University

4. Beijing Jiao Tong University

5. Beijing University of Technology

6. Beihang University

7. Beijing Institute of Technology

8. University of Science and Technology Beijing

9. Beijing University of Chemical Technology

10. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

11. China Agricultural University

12. Beijing Forestry University

13. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

14. Beijing Normal University

15. Beijing Foreign Studies University

16. Communication University of China

17. Central University of Finance and Economic

18. University of International Business and Economics

19. Beijing Sport University

20. Central Conservatory of Music

21. Minzu University of China

22. China University of Political Science and Law

23. North China Electric Power University

24. Nankai University

25. Tianjin University

26. Tianjin Medical University

27. Hebei University of Technology

28. Taiyuan University of Technology

29. Inner Mongolia University

30. Liaoning University

31. Dalian University of Technology

32. Northeastern University

33. Dalian Maritime University

34. Jilin University

35. Yanbian University

36. Northeast Normal University

37. Harbin Institute of Technology

38. Harbin Engineering University

39. Northeast Agricultural University

40. Northeast Forestry University

41. Fudan University

42. Tongji University

43. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

44. East China University of Science and Technology

45. Donghua University

46. East China Normal University

47. Shanghai International Studies University

48. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

49. Shanghai University

50. Second Military Medical University

51. Nanjing University

52. Soochow University

53. Southeast University

54. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

55. Nanjing University of Science and Technology

56. China University of Mining and Technology

57. Hohai University

58. Jiangnan University

59. Nanjing Agricultural University

60. China Pharmaceutical University

61. Nanjing Normal University

62. Zhejiang University

63. Anhui University

64. University of Science and Technology of China

65. Hefei University of Technology

66. Xiamen University

67. Fuzhou University

68. Nanchang University

69. Shandong University

70. Ocean University of China

71. China University of Petroleum

72. Zhengzhou University

73. Wuhan University

74. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

75. China University of Geosciences

76. Wuhan University of Technology

77. Huazhong Agricultural University

78. Huazhong Normal University

79. Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

80. Hunan University

81. Central South University

82. Hunan Normal University

83. National University of Defense Technology

84. Sun Yat-sen University

85. Jinan University

86. South China Normal University

87. South China University of Technology

88. Guangxi University

89. Hainan University

90. Sichuan University

91. Chongqing University

92. Southwest Jiao Tong University

93. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

94. Sichuan Agricultural University

95. Southwest University

96. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

97. Guizhou University

98. Yunnan University

99. Xizang University

100. Northwest University

101. Xian Jiao Tong University

102. Northwestern Polytechnical University

103. Xidian University

104. Changan University

105. Northwest A&F University

106. Shaanxi Normal University

107. Fourth Military Medical University

108. Lanzhou University

109. Qinghai University

110. Ningxia University

111. Xinjiang University

112. Shihezi University