Jinan University, referred to as JNU, is the first overseas Chinese university founded by the state in China. It is a university directly under the central government and directly under the leadership of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. Known as "China No.1 Overseas Chinese School". The school is a key university under the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Platform". It has been selected into the national "11plan", "20 1 1 plan", "excellent doctoral education and training plan of the Ministry of Education", "excellent legal talents education and training plan", the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the national master's degree program of building high-level universities.
As of April, 20 15, the school has five campuses, namely Guangzhou (headquarters), Zhuhai and Shenzhen, with a total area of 2,395,500 square meters and a school building area of1345,500 square meters. There are 18 affiliated hospitals, with 47,565,438 students and 65,438 doctoral students. There are 22 undergraduates159, and overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students 1 1774, which is the university with the largest number of students outside China.