The nature of the school is public, the level is ordinary undergraduate, and the type is comprehensive. The school has several campuses: Qianwei South Area: No.2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun City, Jilin Province, and Qianwei North Area: Jiefang Road 123, Changchun City, Jilin Province.

Jilin University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in Changchun City, Jilin Province. The school was founded in 1946, and was listed as a national key university in 1960. 1984 became one of the first 22 universities to establish graduate schools. 1 1 The project passed the State Education Commission's "21/kloc-0"

The school's national specialties are: electronic information science and technology, Internet of Things engineering, geology, polymer materials and engineering, measurement and control technology and instruments, computer science and technology, animal medicine, politics and administration, archaeology, groundwater science and engineering, material molding and control engineering, Chinese language and literature, mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, exploration technology and engineering, mechanical engineering and automation, pharmaceutical engineering, philosophy, chemistry and vehicles.