Yunnan University, referred to as Dayun, was formerly known as Private East Road University. Founded in 1922 and 65438+February, 1934 was renamed as provincial Yunnan University, and 1938 was renamed as national Yunnan University. It is one of the first 2 1 1 key engineering universities in China and one of the key universities in the west.
The school headquarters is located in Wuhua District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, adjacent to Cuihu Park, as well as Chenggong Campus, Yangpu Campus, Lijiang Tourism and Culture College Campus and other campuses. 20 14 July School official website shows that Yunnan University covers an area of 45510.84 mu, including 5,358.84 mu of headquarters, 40 16 mu of Chenggong Campus, 814,000 square meters of public school buildings, and the total assets of teaching and research instruments and equipment are nearly 400 million yuan.
In 20 17, in the fourth round of the national evaluation of disciplines in colleges and universities by the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University ranked among the top 60 in China, with 30 disciplines on the list, including A+ disciplines 1, A+ disciplines 1, 2 B+ disciplines, 7 B+ disciplines, 5 B- disciplines and 6 C+ disciplines.
Yunnan University is tied for ethnology 1, ecology 6, politics 8, library information and archives management 8, biology 17, China history 17, theoretical economics 19. .