Jinan University, referred to as Jinan University for short, is the first overseas Chinese school founded by the state in China. It is a university directly under the central government and directly led by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. It is known as the first overseas Chinese school in China. The school is a key university under the national 2 1 1 project and 985 platform. He has been selected into the national 1 1 plan, the 20 1 1 plan, the excellent doctoral education and training plan of the Ministry of Education, the excellent legal talents education and training plan, the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the construction of national high-level universities. It is a key university signed by the Ministry of Education, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and Guangdong Province. It is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out degree and postgraduate education since the reform and opening up. It has a graduate school and is eligible to recommend graduate students without examination.
The word "Jin 'an" comes from the article "Yu Gong, Shangshu": the east gradually flows into the sea, and the west sinks into quicksand, which is in the south of Shuozhou and teaches all over the world. It means facing South Asia and spreading Chinese culture. The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906.