Changchun University is a provincial full-time comprehensive university in Jilin Province, located in Changchun, the northern spring city. It is the first batch of institutions of higher learning approved by the Ministry of Education to accept foreign students.

1949 after the founding of new China, Changchun institute of industrial accounting and statistics was established, which is affiliated to the Ministry of industry of the northeast people's government. Later, the names of Changchun Industrial Planned Economy School, Changchun Metallurgical College and Jilin Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering were used. 1987 With the approval of the former State Education Commission, Jilin University of Technology, Jilin Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changchun Foreign Studies University and Changchun Vocational College were merged to form a new Changchun University.

As of September 20 13, the school has three campuses with a total area of1030,000 square meters; The total value of fixed assets is 554 million yuan; The library has 14 10000 paper books; The school building covers an area of 420,000 square meters, and the teaching administrative building covers an area of 2 1 10,000 square meters; The school has 20 teaching colleges and 50 undergraduate majors; Full-time students 15455.