Jinan University, referred to as "Jida", is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. It is directly under the leadership of the Central United Front Work Department and is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province. It is a national "double-class" and national "2 1 1 project" construction university; Selected in the national "985 platform", "11plan", "20 1 1 plan", excellent doctoral education and training plan and excellent legal talents education and training plan.
Jinan University has been selected into the National Experimental Plan for College Students' Innovation, the National Training Plan for College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, the National Education Base for College Students' Cultural Quality, the National Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Base, the Chinese Education Base of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the National Postgraduate Program for Building High-level Universities, and the New Engineering Research and Practice Project.
The school's predecessor was Jinan School, which was founded by the Qing government in Nanjing on 1906. Later, it moved to Shanghai, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Jianyang, Fujian. 1946 moved back to Shanghai,1949 merged with Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other universities in August. After the founding of New China, Jinan University was rebuilt in Guangzhou, 1958.
By March 2022, the school had five campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, with a total campus area of 2143,000 square meters and a school building area of 18 10 1000 square meters. There are 38 directly affiliated colleges, 58 departments and 27 research institutes. There are 105 undergraduate majors, 4 1 master's degree authorized first-level disciplines and 26 doctoral degree authorized first-level disciplines.