In the 1980s, Shantou University was established in 198 1 with the strong support of the local government and the donation of the Li Ka-shing Foundation to solve the shortage of higher education in Chaoshan area.

Although it has a history of only 4 1 year, its comprehensive strength is strong, surpassing many established public undergraduate colleges. For many years, it has been ranked among the top 200 universities in China and the top 20 universities in Guangdong Province, and is the vanguard of local "four non-"universities.

Up to now, the school has formed a school scale covering an area of nearly 2,000 mu, with 12 colleges and170,000 full-time students. There are also 6 first-class doctoral programs, 18 first-class master programs and 17 master programs.

The teaching staff is also quite strong, with 984 full-time teachers, including 903 with master's degree or above, covering an area of 91.77%; There are 552 senior professional titles, accounting for 56. 10%. At the same time, the school also hired 350 excellent teachers to import high-quality teachers for Shantou University.

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Shantou University, as a newly-built university, has developed rapidly since 198 1. 1993 was granted the right to confer master's degree and 1998 was granted the right to confer doctor's degree. At the same time, as the only university in China and even in the world that is continuously funded by the Foundation, it also strives to build itself into a key university, so it has also launched the "2 1 1 project" university establishment plan.

Shantou University had hoped to be included in "2 1 1 project", but it was rejected as a "double-class" university twice for three reasons: insufficient background, shortage of talents and insufficient discipline strength. However, at present, Shantou strongly supports the construction of the new campus of Shantou University, fully supports Shantou University, strengthens discipline construction and talent introduction, and strives to build a "double-class" university. I believe it will definitely become one of them in the future.