Yunnan University

Yunnan University

云南大学
Other name	Yunda
Motto	自尊 致知 正义 力行[1]
Motto in English	Perfection in Moral Integrity, Excellence in Scholarly Attainments, and Greatness in Career Pursuits[citation needed]
Type	Public
Established	December 1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Academic affiliations	Project 211 Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network
President	Fang Jingyun
Administrative staff	2,372[2]
Students	31,141[2]
Undergraduates	16,330[2]
Postgraduates	14,811[2]
Doctoral students	94[2]
Location	Kunming, Yunnan , China
Campus	Urban
Colours	Navy blue & white
Website	www.ynu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	云南大学
Traditional Chinese	雲南大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yúnnán Dàxué

Yunnan University (YNU; 云南大学) is a provincial public university in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Yunnan, and co-funded by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

Founded in December 1922, Yunnan University started to enroll in April 1923. It began as a privately run institution called the "University of the Eastern Land" and its name has changed six times since then.^[4] Yunnan University has also been included on the list of the key national universities for the "China Western Development" program.^[5]