Neither. Official website of Linyi University inquired that as of September 24, 2023, it was not selected for the 2 1 1 project, and the admission batch in 2023 was the second batch of undergraduate courses, so it was not this one. Linyi University is located in Linyi City, Shandong Province. Although Linyi University is not a 985 and 2 1 1 university, it is the first batch of training and construction units for high-level disciplines in Shandong Province, the first batch of supporting universities for application-oriented undergraduate colleges in Shandong Province, the first batch of prestigious schools for application-oriented talents training in Shandong Province, and the first batch of pilot units for educational informatization in Shandong Province. Linyi University is also the only comprehensive university in the old revolutionary area of Yimeng.