Multi-disciplinary university is a university with coordinated development of multi-disciplines supported by several disciplines, which is a university form between a single-disciplinary university and a comprehensive university.

Generally speaking, it is a multidisciplinary and coordinated development discipline pattern dominated by two or more disciplines and supported by several related disciplines.

Multidisciplinary universities have the following characteristics: multidisciplinary, with no less than 5 disciplines; Hierarchical, with one or two disciplines as the core disciplines to form a gradient discipline group;

Complementarity The advantages of different disciplines are complementary; Permeability, mutual penetration between disciplines; Development, according to the needs of society and the development of the discipline itself, the discipline gradient can be changed, non-core disciplines may develop into core disciplines, and core disciplines may also become non-core disciplines.