Yunnan University, referred to as Dayun for short, is located in Kunming, Yunnan Province. It is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province. It is a national "double-first-class" construction university, 21project, one school in one province, excellent legal talent education and training plan, national high-level university graduate program construction, China government scholarship for overseas students, and national demonstration of deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.
Yunnan University, founded in 1922, is a private Donglu University. 1930, changed to provincial Donglu University. 1934 was renamed Yunnan University. 1938 changed to National Yunnan University. 1946, Encyclopedia Britannica listed Yunnan University as one of the most influential universities in the world in 15.
1950 was named Yunnan University. From 65438 to 0958, Yunnan University was placed under the management of Yunnan Province by the Central Ministry of Higher Education. 65438-0978 Yunnan University was identified by the State Council as one of the 88 national key universities. 1996 was included in the first batch of national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities. 1999, Yunnan University of Political Science and Law merged into Yunnan University.