Beijing City University (; ) is a private university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The school, initially named æµ·æ·Â走读大å¦ ('Haidian Non-Boarding University '), 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 university status, although it has been authorized to offer undergraduate and graduate-level education and degrees.