Transitional Campus: Diejin Industrial Zone, Daxue Road, jinping district, Shantou, Guangdong (diagonally opposite to the headquarters).
Shantou University is a comprehensive university established in Guangdong Province with the approval of 198 1 the State Council. It is a provincial university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, Guangdong Province and Li Ka-shing Foundation, and the only public university in the world that is continuously funded by the private foundation-Li Ka-shing Foundation.
The school currently has 12 colleges, including College of Arts, College of Science, College of Engineering, Law School, Business School, Changjiang College of Art and Design, Changjiang School of Journalism and Communication, Medical College, School of Public Health, International College, Marxist College and College of Continuing Education.