Jinan University is the first overseas Chinese university founded by the state in China, and currently has the largest number of overseas students in China. It is a national key comprehensive university under the leadership of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office under the "2 1 1 Project". The word "Jin 'an" comes from the article "Yu Gong Shang Shu": "The east is gradually in the sea, the west is in quicksand, and the south is combined, and the sound teaches the world." It means facing South Asia and spreading Chinese culture.

In the past twenty years, the Education College of Jida University has trained more than 20,000 undergraduate and junior college graduates for the society and trained more than 60,000 cadres in the short term. Starting from the reality of adult education, the College of Education has continuously broadened its specialty settings and added the economic and information majors needed by the market. Reform educational content, supplement new knowledge and highlight application; Strengthen teaching management, implement flexible learning system, allow limited extension of learning time, and implement credit system among undergraduates to better adapt to the characteristics of adult on-the-job, amateur and decentralized learning.

There are more than 50 majors in accounting, business administration, informatics, law, clinical medicine, computer science and technology, science, economics, medicine, engineering, management and law. There are about 6,000 students in the school-based college, including nearly 1000 students from overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao, forming a multi-level and multi-form adult education system.

The College of Education also undertakes the management task of Jinan University's self-taught examination, and implements the management mode of "two brands and one team" with Jinan University's self-taught examination office, and is responsible for all the work of examiners, self-taught examination papers and student assistance.

The School of Education of Jinan University has always attached great importance to the strict control of teaching quality, devoted itself to improving the level of teaching management and paying attention to students' quality education. Its educational level and quality have been recognized by the education authorities and the society. 1997 The School of Education of Jinan University was awarded the honorary titles of "Advanced Unit of Correspondence Education in Colleges and Universities in Guangdong Province", "Advanced Unit of Evening Education in Guangdong Province" and "National Excellent School for Adult Higher Education Evaluation".