Linyi University is located in Linyi City, Shandong Province. It is a provincial comprehensive university in Shandong Province, the key construction university of the National Development and Reform Commission's "Integration of Production and Education" project, the key construction university of Shandong Province's "Famous School Project for Cultivating Applied Talents", the implementation university of "Excellent Teacher Training Plan", and the member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.

The school has 19 secondary colleges, including electronic information engineering, electronic information science and technology, mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, information and computing science, editing and publishing, Chinese international education, Chinese language and literature, history, cultural industry management, mechanical design and manufacturing and its automation, aircraft design and manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, architecture, real estate development and management, vehicle engineering, electrical engineering and its management.