It is not a 985 or 2 1 1 engineering university, but it is a high-level university among the two non-universities, and has a good performance in the national university ranking and the discipline evaluation of the Ministry of Education.

Jinan University, located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, is a comprehensive university approved by the Shandong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. It is a key construction university in Shandong Province, the first batch of famous schools in Shandong Province to train applied talents, and has the right to award bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree. Jinan University has a strong faculty. By September 2023, there were more than 2,300 full-time teachers in the school, including 385 professors, 880 associate professors and 1332 teachers with doctoral degrees.