Jinan University

Jinan University

Jinan University (JNU), located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is China’s first higher education institution for overseas Chinese established by the state. It is a central government-administered university directly under the leadership of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and is hailed as “China’s premier university for overseas Chinese.” The university is a national key university under the “211 Project” and the “985 Innovation Platform for Advantageous Disciplines,” as well as a “Double First-Class” university for world-class discipline development. It has been selected for the national “111 Plan,” the “2011 Plan,” the Ministry of Education’s “Excellence in Medical Education Program,” the “Excellence in Legal Talent Education Program,” is home to a key research base for humanities and social sciences under the Ministry of Education, and participates in the National High-Level University Public Sponsored Graduate Program. It is a key jointly developed university by the Ministry of Education, the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and Guangdong Province. It is also among the first universities in China recognized by the Ministry of Education as a model for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. Jinan University is one of the earliest institutions in China to offer degree and graduate education since the reform and opening up, and it has a graduate school and the qualification to recommend students for exemption from entrance exams for postgraduate studies.

The university has four national second-level key disciplines, eight key disciplines under the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, two key disciplines under the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 20 first-level key disciplines in Guangdong Province, and four second-level key disciplines in Guangdong Province. Seven of its disciplines—engineering, chemistry, clinical medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, materials science, biology and biochemistry, and agricultural science—are ranked in the top 1% in the ESI global rankings. According to the 2013 Ministry of Education national university discipline evaluation rankings, the university’s applied economics, journalism and communication, and traditional Chinese pharmacy all ranked fifth, Chinese language and literature and statistics tied for eighth, basic medicine ranked eleventh, and optical engineering ranked fourteenth.

Attraction Location

No. West Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province