The universities ranked before Jinan University in China are: Shanghai University (48th in China), followed by: (50th in Nanjing Agricultural University); In Guangdong Province, Jinan University ranks first (No.5 in Shenzhen University), followed by (No.7 in South China Normal University).

The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906. Later, it moved to Shanghai, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Jianyang, Fujian. 1946 moved back to Shanghai,1949 merged with Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other universities in August. After the founding of New China, Jinan University was rebuilt in Guangzhou, 1958. Suspended during the Cultural Revolution, 1978 reopened in Guangzhou.

Jinan University, as one of the oldest universities in China, has an important position in the history of higher education in China: the first overseas Chinese institution of higher learning founded by the state, one of the century-old universities whose name has been used all the time, the first batch of universities in China to try out the credit system, the first university to set up a medical school in a comprehensive university, the first university to set up a research institution on overseas Chinese issues, and the first university to set up a business department.

Jinan University

Jinan University, known as "the highest institution for overseas Chinese", abides by the motto of "loyalty and forgiveness" and pays attention to cultivating talents with the excellent traditional moral culture of the Chinese nation. The school actively implements the policy of "facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan". Since its establishment, * * * has trained more than 200,000 talents for five continents 1 15 countries and three regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and is known as the country with the most talents in the world.