Academic institutions of the armed forces of China

Throughout the history of the People's Republic of China, there have been many dramatic reforms to the military education system, closing, merging, reducing and reassigning institutions.

The 2017 reforms saw another massive change, as they reduced the number of PLA academic institutions from 67 to 37.

In January 2018, the Coast Guard Academy (海警学院) joined the PAP institution system.

There is a significant amount of inconsistency in the translation of the Chinese terms 大学, 学院, and 学校, which should normally be "University", "Academy" and "School" respectively, but sometimes will be found as "College", "Academy", or "University",in different order, or even in other translations.

This table only lists military academic institutions (included in the military order of battle), and does not include non-military colleges and universities affiliated with the army or military factories (not included in the PLA's order of battle), such as Changsha Aviation Vocational and Technical College, the Chinese People's Liberation Army 4808 Factory Vocational and Technical School, etc.