The nature of the school is public, the level is ordinary undergraduate, and the type is comprehensive, covering an area of 6073 mu. The school address is: No.58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province.

Hainan University is a comprehensive key university which was merged from South China University of Tropical Agriculture and Hainan University in August 2007. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Hainan Provincial People's Government.