Lanzhou University is a 2 1 1 university and a 985 university. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and a vice-ministerial system directly under the central government. Ranked among the first batch of double-class (Class A), 2 1 1 engineering universities and 985 engineering universities in China.

Lanzhou University, a 985-year-old traditional school, is located in Lanzhou, Gansu. The school has 25 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 47 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 2 categories authorized by doctoral professional degrees, 24 categories authorized by master's professional degrees, and 2 1 postdoctoral research mobile stations. It is one of the universities with degree authorization and independent audit.

13 disciplines including chemistry, physics, materials science, earth science, botany and zoology, mathematics, engineering, biology and biochemistry, environment and ecology, clinical medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, agricultural science and social science are among the top 1% in ESI world, among which chemistry is among the top 1‰ in the world.

In the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University has 35 disciplines to participate in the evaluation, among which Grass received A+, ranking first in China, and Ecology received A+. Ethnology, mathematics, physics, computer science and technology, etc. 18 was awarded Class B, and nuclear science and technology, clinical medicine, chemical engineering and technology, etc. 15 was awarded Class C.

At the same time, Lanzhou University has four world-class disciplines of atmospheric science, chemistry, ecology and materia medica.