Yanbian University, referred to as "Yanda", is located in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. It is a national "double-class" construction university, a national "2 1 1 project" key construction university, and a key construction university for the development of the western region. The Jilin Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education * * * will jointly support the construction of universities, and the Jilin Provincial People's Government and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission * * *.

It has been selected into the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions, the national postgraduate program for building high-level universities, the excellent doctoral education and training program, the excellent agricultural and forestry talents education and training program, "11plan", the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students in China, the Chinese education base of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and the national college students' cultural quality education base. It is "1+.

The school was founded in 1949, once under the Ministry of Higher Education of the State Council, and was transferred to Jilin Province in 1957. From August 65438 to August 0958, Yanbian University was divided into Yanbian University, Yanbian Medical College, Yanbian Agricultural College and Yanbian Institute of Technology. 65438-0996 The former Yanbian University, Yanbian Medical College, Yanbian Agricultural College, Yanbian Normal College and Yanbian Branch of Jilin Art College merged to form a new Yanbian University. In September of the same year, Yanbian University of Science and Technology merged into Yanbian University.