The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906. Later, it moved to Shanghai, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Jianyang, Fujian. 1946 moved back to Shanghai,1949 merged with Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other universities in August. After the founding of New China, Jinan University was rebuilt in Guangzhou, 1958. Suspended during the Cultural Revolution, 1978 reopened in Guangzhou.

By March 2020, there were 1 national "double first-class" construction disciplines, 4 national key disciplines (two disciplines), 8 key disciplines of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 2 key disciplines of state administration of traditional chinese medicine, 2 1 first-class disciplines of Guangdong Province and 4 key disciplines of two disciplines, Guangdong Province.

Construction points of provincial first-class undergraduate majors: economic statistics, biotechnology, food science and engineering, Chinese international education, cyberspace security, marketing, radio and television, environmental science and management.

Key majors in Guangdong province: journalism, finance, accounting, Chinese education, electronic information engineering, translation and law.

Famous-brand majors in Guangdong Province: electronic information engineering, journalism, accounting, biotechnology, business administration, finance, statistics, computer science and technology, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, tourism management, applied chemistry, Chinese language and literature, international economy and trade, and information engineering.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jinan University