Shantou University, located in Shantou City, Guangdong Province, is a comprehensive university in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province. Guangdong province "2 1 1 project" construction university, a key discipline construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong province, was selected as the "excellent engineer education and training plan" of the Ministry of Education. According to 2065438+May 2009, the school has two campuses, the headquarters and the Medical College, covering an area of 199 1.55 mu and a building area of 570 1000 square meters. The Medical College has five affiliated hospitals and five trusteeship hospitals, and cooperates with the Chinese University of Hong Kong to train undergraduates and postgraduates. Recruit doctors, masters and undergraduates for the whole country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Full-time students 12942. Books 17 1.8277 million copies, and e-books 3378+0.84 million copies. Shantou University has been selected into the excellent doctoral education and training program, the teacher-student exchange program between Hong Kong universities and mainland universities, the national high-level university construction graduate program, the national "key discipline project" construction university, the national new engineering research and practice project, the China government scholarship receiving institution for foreign students in China, the national demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the member units of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, and the experimental demonstration school for the reform of Guangdong higher education system and mechanism. Established jointly by the Ministry of Education, Guangdong Province and Li Ka-shing Foundation, it is the only public university in the world that is continuously funded by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, a private foundation.