Jinan University

Ji'nan University

暨南大学
Former names	Ji'nan Academy, Ji'nan School, National Ji'nan University
Motto	忠信笃敬[1]
Motto in English	loyalty, sincerity, integrity and respect[2]
Type	National
Established	Established 1906; 118 years ago (1906) Reestablished 1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Chairman	Wan Gang
President	Song Xianzhong (宋献中)
Party Secretary	Lin Rupeng (林如鹏)
Academic staff	1917
Students	50,535
Undergraduates	22,527
Postgraduates	10,767
Location	Tianhe District, Guangzhou , Guangdong , China
Nickname	JNU
Affiliations	Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA)
Website	english.jnu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	暨南大学
Traditional Chinese	暨南大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jìnán Dàxué Wade–Giles Chi-nan Ta-hsuëh Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Kei Nàahm Daaih Hohk Jyutping Kei3 Naam4 Daai6 Hok6

Ji'nan University (/dʒiː'nan/; Chinese: 暨南大学; pinyin: Jì'nán Dàxué; JNU) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee.^[3] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211.^[4][5]

Jinan University is currently being jointly constructed by the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and the Guangdong Provincial Government as a "Double First-Class" university. ^[6] It is also a key construction university under the "Project 211" and one of the 13 Guangdong Province High-Level Universities. Its admission scores have consistently ranked among the top three universities in Guangdong Province. Jinan University holds a unique position in the history of overseas Chinese and Chinese language education and is the first Chinese university to recruit foreign students. It is renowned as the "highest institution of overseas Chinese." ^[7] The university features a distinctive educational approach focusing on "overseas, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan." Jinan University consistently ranks among the top mainland Chinese universities in terms of the number of students from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and abroad. Jinan University is one of the earliest universities in China to offer business education and is the fifth university in mainland China to be accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

"Ji'nan" literally means "reaching southward," indicating the university's original mission to disseminate Chinese learning and culture from North to South when it was founded in 1906 in Nanjing. It is the first Chinese university to recruit foreign students and one of the universities with the largest number of international students in China.^[4]