Jinan University is located in Guangzhou, directly under the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, on an equal footing with universities directly under the Ministry of Education.

Due to the small scale of the school, the comprehensive ranking is generally 45~60 in China. However, the admission score is 30-45, with business, social sciences and liberal arts slightly higher and science and engineering slightly lower. The school's three ace majors are: economy, management and new biography.

The school is located in the developed Pearl River Delta and has employment advantages in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities. The average salary of graduates is equivalent to the middle level of 985 (files of Wuhan University, Xiamen University and Southeast University), and it is among the best in 2 1 1 universities.