Institutional research is a kind of school-based research as well as microcosmic research which focuses on the Universities. In the historical process of stepping into “new normal” and constructing “double first-class”，research-oriented university is undergoing a series of transformations in educational philosophy，development strategy，governance structure and development path. Thus research-oriented universities developed new forms and features in comprehensive diagnosis research，internal governance research，multi-joint research，home-and-abroad research，objective-oriented research，dynamic tracking research and discipline system remodeling research.