Beijing City University

Beijing City University is a private university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The school, initially named 海淀走读大学, was established in 1984. as a private career college, the first in its kind in socialist China. The name of the institution was formally changed to 'Beijing City University' in 2003. Despite the name, the institution is not considered to have full Types of [universities and colleges in China#By institutional status|university status], although it has been authorized to offer undergraduate and graduate-level education and degrees.