According to official website of Jinan University, Jinan University, referred to as "Jida" for short, is located in Guangzhou and directly under the leadership of the United Front Work Department. The Ministry of Education, the United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province jointly established a university. It is a national "double-class" and national "2 1 1 engineering" university. By February 2023, the school had five campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, with a total area of 2268 1 1,000 square meters and a building area of 1 1,787,600 square meters.