Guangzhou Jinan University is a 2 1 1 university, but it is not a 985 university. Jinan University, referred to as Jida for short, is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. It is directly under the leadership of the Central United Front Work Department and is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province. It is a national double-class, national 2 1 1 engineering construction university.

Selected into the National 985 Platform,11plan, 20 1 1 plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, excellent legal talents education and training plan, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education and national college students' cultural quality education base.

Major setting of Jinan University:

National first-class construction discipline 1, 4 national key disciplines in two disciplines, 8 key disciplines in the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 2 key disciplines in state administration of traditional chinese medicine, 22 key disciplines in two disciplines, Guangdong, two disciplines 12 and Guangdong 1.

Chemistry, clinical medicine, engineering, pharmacology and toxicology, materials science, biology and biochemistry, agricultural science, environmental science/ecology, botany and zoology, molecular biology and genetics, social science, neuroscience and behavior, computer science, etc. 13 have all entered the top 1% of ESI world rankings in schools. In the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, 30 first-level disciplines were listed, ranking third in the number of universities in the province, among which journalism and communication got an A and applied economics got an A..