The university was one of the first 88 national key universities designated by the central government.
It has been built into a key university in Beijing Municipality.
It will be formed as a provincial key university focusing on medicine, developing science, management and law etc.
It is also one of the five key universities in Central China.
In 1979, it was authorized by the State Council to be one of the national key universities.
About 80% of the graduates enroll in key universities in the nation for higher education.
Now the number of the key national universities has been expanded into ten.
It was among China's first 16 key universities back in the 1950s.
It was one of the first 20 national key universities in 1959.
In 1978, it was designated as one of the key universities in China.
