Jilin University is not the best 985 university, and 985 universities are excellent universities.

From the national ranking, Jilin University is in the middle of 39 985 universities.

In the ranking of China University in 2022, Jilin University ranked 27th in China and 27th among all 985 universities, which is considered as a medium-grade 985 university. In the 2022 Alumni Association's ranking of 985 engineering universities, Jilin University ranked 13. Although there is a big gap with the ranking of soft subjects, it is still in a medium position as a whole.

In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, the school has 1 1 A disciplines, of which 2 are A disciplines (Marxist theory, chemistry). The other nine subjects are all A subjects, including law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, computer science and technology, business administration, physics, politics, philosophy and archaeology.

At present, there are 18 disciplines in Jilin University that rank in the top of ESI global rankings 1‰, including clinical medicine, materials science, agricultural science, computer science, earth science, pharmacology and toxicology, among which chemistry and materials science rank in the top 1‰.