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Jinan University
China

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Official website: http://www.jnu.edu.cn/
Tel：020-85220130
Address：Shipai Campus: No. 601, Huangpu Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province; Panyu Campus: No. 855, Xingye Avenue East, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province; Zhuhai Campus: No. 206, Qianshan Road, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province; Shenzhen Campus: OCT, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China; Guangyuan East Campus: No. 377, Shougouling Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Jinan University is the first overseas Chinese university in China founded by the government. The word "Jinan" comes from "Shang Shu·Yu Gong": "The east is spread over the sea, the west is covered by the quicksand, Shuonan is Jin, and the sound of education is spread all over the world." It means facing the South Sea and spreading Chinese culture to all five continents. The school is currently a national "double first-class" construction university jointly established by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Education, and the People's Government of Guangdong Province, and is directly under the management of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Jinan University is one of the oldest universities in China. The school’s predecessor was the Jinan Academy founded in Nanjing in 1906 by the Qing government. It later moved to Shanghai and was renamed National Jinan University in 1927. During the Anti-Japanese War, it moved to Jianyang, Fujian Province. It moved back to Shanghai in 1946 and merged with Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University and other universities in August 1949. After the founding of New China, Jinan University was rebuilt in Guangzhou in 1958. It was temporarily suspended during the "Cultural Revolution" and resumed in Guangzhou in 1978. After the reform and opening up, the school developed rapidly. In June 1996, Jinan University became a national key university for the 21st century. In June 2015, the school was selected as a key high-level university in Guangdong Province. In September 2017, the school was selected as a national “double first-class” construction university. On October 24, 2018, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Jinan University for an inspection and delivered an important speech. He hoped that Jinan University would adhere to the characteristics of running a school, run the school better, and provide opportunities for overseas Chinese to return to their motherland to learn and inherit. Chinese culture creates better conditions. In August 2019, the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Education, and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government decided to jointly build Jinan University. In February 2022, the school was selected into the country’s new round of “double first-class” construction universities. Jinan University, known as the "highest institution for overseas Chinese", adheres to the school motto of "loyalty, trust and respect" and focuses on cultivating talents with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The school actively implements the educational policy of "facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan". Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 400,000 talents of various types from more than 170 countries on five continents and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It can be said that the world is full of talents. As one of the oldest universities in China, Jinan University plays an important role in the history of higher education in China: it is the first overseas Chinese institution of higher learning founded by the state, one of the century-old prestigious universities whose name has been retained, and one of the first universities in the country to trial the credit system. , the first university to open a medical school in a comprehensive university, the first university to establish a research institution on overseas Chinese issues, the first university to establish a business major... At present, the school has a complete range of disciplines, covering literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, and science. It covers 12 disciplines including arts, sciences, engineering, and medicine, has remarkable comprehensive characteristics, and has great potential for cross-integration. It has 37 colleges, 59 departments, and 18 directly affiliated research institutes (institutes); there are 107 undergraduate majors, 41 first-level discipline master's degree awarding points, 26 first-level discipline doctoral degree awarding points, and 32 professional degree authorization categories. There are 24 postdoctoral mobile stations and 1 postdoctoral research workstation. In recent years, with the goal of "Chinese characteristics and world-class", the school has promoted the disciplines from the "plateau" to the "peak", strengthened the advantages of liberal arts, made significant progress in science, engineering and medicine, and comprehensively improved the competitiveness of the disciplines. At present, the school has 1 national “double first-class” construction discipline, 4 second-level national key disciplines, 8 second-level disciplines of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council’s key disciplines, 5 second-level disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s key disciplines of traditional Chinese medicine, Guangdong There are 22 first-level provincial key disciplines, 12 second-level key disciplines of Guangdong Province, and 1 interdisciplinary key discipline of Guangdong Province. As of November 2023, the school has 18 subjects in the top 1% of the ESI world rankings, ranking second among Guangdong universities in number, and 11 subjects have entered the top 5‰ of the ESI world rankings. In the fifth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education, 37 first-level disciplines of the school participated in the evaluation, and the overall progress was significant. The school has strong teaching staff and optimized structure. Since 2015, the school has vigorously implemented the strategy of "strengthening the school with talents", and high-level talents have increased significantly. Currently, the proportion of full-time teachers who have obtained provincial-level and above talent projects is 12%. There are currently 2,766 full-time teachers, including 9 academicians of the two academies (including part-time), 10 foreign academicians, 65 national-level leading talents, 75 national-level young talents, 857 with senior professional titles, and 1,047 with deputy senior professional titles. , 958 doctoral supervisors and 2,315 master’s supervisors. The school adheres to the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, and its influence in running schools is expanding day by day. It recruits students from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It has become the first choice for overseas Chinese and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to apply for further studies. It is also the largest university in the country. A training base for high-quality talents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The school has created an educational model of "categorized training, divided teaching, and same-direction integration" to cultivate students in the three categories into talents. There are currently 52 national-level first-class professional construction sites, 34 provincial-level first-class professional construction sites, 2 Huang Danian-style teacher teams, 3 national-level famous teaching teachers, 18 famous teaching teachers in Guangdong Province, and winners of the National College Young Teacher Teaching Competition. 8 people. The school is a national base for cultural quality education for college students, a national base for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, and a Chinese education base for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. The school currently has 47,660 full-time students, including 31,409 undergraduates, 16,251 graduate students, and 16,433 Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, overseas Chinese and foreign students on campus. The school's campus culture is diverse and inclusive, with splendid club activities and a strong atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship. Students have repeatedly achieved great results in high-level competitions at home and abroad. Jinan athletes such as Su Bingtian, Chen Aisen, and Xie Sizhen have won glory for the country in major international events such as the Olympic Games. The school was selected into the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. JNU graduates are well received by employers at home and abroad, and their employment rate has always been among the highest among similar institutions. The school adheres to the "four orientations", continues to deepen the reform of the scientific research system, optimizes the scientific research innovation system, strengthens team building, the innovation platform has grown significantly, and high-level scientific research results continue to emerge, promoting the high-quality development of philosophy and social sciences, and helping high-level science and technology to become independent and self-reliant. The scientific research strength continues to rise, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements has achieved remarkable results. There are currently 3 national-level liberal arts research platforms, 17 provincial-level liberal arts research platforms, and 5 provincial-level key laboratories of philosophy and social sciences; there are 5 national-level innovation platforms for science, engineering, and medicine, 11 innovation platforms for the Ministry of Education, and Guangdong Provincial Key Experiments 13 rooms. In recent years, the school has undertaken the largest number of national-level scientific research projects in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences among domestic universities. It has won 5 National Science and Technology Awards and published 12 papers in top international journals such as "Nature", "Science", and "Cell"; liberal arts He has won nearly 130 awards at the provincial and ministerial level or above, published 9 papers in the "Chinese Social Sciences" magazine, and published more than 1,400 papers in authoritative indexed foreign journals such as SSCI and A&HCI. The school vigorously promotes the international development strategy and has outstanding international characteristics. It has signed 749 academic exchange and cooperation agreements with 487 institutions of higher learning and cultural and scientific research institutions in 67 countries on five continents and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The school is an enrollment institution for students studying in China under the Chinese Government Scholarship, and has 143 enrollment registration points in 81 countries around the world. There are 2,047 foreign students on campus in 2023, from 98 countries and regions, including 1,723 undergraduates and 209 graduate students. The International College, which teaches all in English, has been in operation for more than 20 years. The Joint College of Jinan University Birmingham, approved by the Ministry of Education, has excellent talent training quality. The Japanese College of Jinan University, which operates schools overseas, has been recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. The school has established two Confucius Institutes with the National University of Cordoba in Argentina and Rhodes University in South Africa. The school has a strong academic style and a large number of talents. Its alumni are spread all over the world. "Wherever there is sea water, there are Jinan people", especially in Hong Kong, Macau and other places. Former Vice Prime Ministers of the State Council Wu Xueqian and Li Lanqing, famous overseas Chinese leader and first president of the University of Singapore Lee Kong Chian, former Chairman of the Thai Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister Xu Dunmao, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Tan Qixiang, Deng Ximing, Hou Fusheng, Zeng Yi, martyrs Jiang Shangqing and Chen Zhenhe ( Overseas Chinese), Fu Baolu (overseas Chinese), Fu Ke (overseas Chinese), as well as many well-known figures in the government, business and cultural and educational circles in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in recent years are outstanding alumni of Jinan University in different periods. The school is deeply involved in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and has five campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. The school is headquartered in Shipai, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City. The campus covers a total area of 2.2681 million square meters, with a building area of 1.7876 million square meters and a student dormitory area of 455,400 square meters. Library collection 425.490,000 volumes, with 184 databases in Chinese and foreign languages. There are 10 affiliated hospitals, including 4 tertiary hospitals. On the new journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the school’s mission of cultivating talents for overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is even more glorious and its responsibility is even more important. In the new era, all Jinan people are guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during his inspection of the school, continue to adhere to the school-running policy of “facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan”, and vigorously implement the “overseas Chinese school + prestigious school” " development strategy, carry forward the Jinan spirit of "loyalty and sincerity, unity of knowledge and action, continuous self-improvement, harmony without difference", adhere to the school running philosophy of "quality is life, innovation is the soul", work hard, reform and innovate, and strive to build a first-class school in China , and strive unremittingly to become a world-renowned high-level university.